If you went out trick or treating, what costume would you wear and why?
I would go as Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas. Why? Because I want to.
I’d be a full-on, over-the-top, melodramatic Drag Queen.
Why? Because I’ve always wanted to do that.
If I were going trick or treating? I am going trick or treating.
I’ll be the first to admit it. I’m 22 years old, no kids, going trick or treating for Halloween. Why? Because. I never got to go trick or treating as a kid. My parents were very fundamentalist Baptists, and Halloween was an evil pagan holiday, celebrating demons and witches and ghosts. Ergo, I wasn’t allowed to participate. :eek: The first time I ever trick or treated was my senior year of high school, at the tender age of 16. After a cross country race, I spent the night at a friends house, and we went out trick or treating, dressed as cross country runners. I went trick or treating in college and it is just so much fun. 
This year I’m going to be Boobzilla the Beermaid, complete with beer (all cups shalt runneth over this halloween). My neighbor is going as a vampiric cat who humps peoples legs.
I think I will be going trick or treating and I’m going as a girl version 1920’s-Dick Tracey gangster. Why? Because me and my friends have a theme every year and this is what we came up with.
Last year I was a pimp and all my friends were dressed as crackwhores.
I’m going as a mermaid and the hubby is going as the fisherman who caught me. I was trying to talk him into being a pirate (ala one of my favorite songs, Captain Jack and The Mermaid) but he’s not really a costume kind of guy, so I just bought him a vest with lots of pockets and a Henry Blake fisherman hat. Close enough.
I’d like to go as a vampire (original, I know–but I go for the minimalist look. Slightly edgy outfit and a modest pair of fangs is all…none of this grr arg crap).
Usually, though, for Halloween, I just adopt the personality of one of my characters. It’s rather invigorating. . .and has creeped more than a few friends of mine out in the past. Hey, who said costumes had to be physical?
I really wish I could go trick or treating this year, because all I’d need is a coupla nerf balls and a coupla squirt guns and I could put together an awesome Lara Croft costume.
Not sure if I’ll go trick or treating (it’s just not the same at apartment complexes), but I’m defniitely going to get dressed up. Last year I went as a pinata. I made my mask out of paper mache, and although it was a pretty rushed costume, it was original and kinda fun.
This year, I doubt I’ll put as much effort into my costume, but I am thinking of going as the main character from Grim Fandango. Simple Skeleton in a Tuxedo outfit. Elegent, yet spooky…and hey, who doesn’t like skeletons?
Since I already own a Cat-in-the-Suessical hat and a Mamma Mia! beach ball, I could have an Evita white gown with a Madonna bullet bra made and go as a Broadway Diva.
Last year I was Gofotron from Sluggy Freelance www.sluggy.com
This year I may go as Colonel Sanders, if I can find a white suit. My grandfather was regional manager for Kentucky Fried Chicken, so I’ve got the tie, lapel pins, photos of him and the man, etc…
Of course, being an adult I now go treating for drinks, instead of candy 
ghandi: i hear ya, most churches i know think Halloween is evil.
However, i am joining a Lutheran one, and I asked them before I decided to attend what their thoughts on Halloween were! To see if they were fundies.
Anyway, my son and I are going together; I will be Miss Snow (all white) and he will be a dog, though we can’t find any dog costumes!!
I just hope its warm out.
I dressed as Alex for a Costume Party a few years ago. It was a lot of fun, and I was a Big Hit. I tried to get my friends to dress as “Droogs” but they flatly refused. Great movie, but the book’s better (isn’t it always the way?). And I should add, I was inspired to dress as Alex for Halloween by none other than Bart Simpson.
Well, I’m not going to be home this year for Halloween, but if I was able to go trick-or-treating, I would probably go as an old-western whore. What’s not to love about low-cut corsets, lace, fancy hats, fishnet stockings, and garters?
I’m going to be a cigarette girl. It’s, like, my third choice. The other two would have taken more shopping and sewing time than I have available between now and Halloween.
Cigarette girl ain’t so bad though. Last night, I was looking on eBay for part of the cigarette costume. My boyfriend asked me what I was looking for, and I replied “Thigh-high backseamed fishnet stockings.” He said, “Now that’s what I like to hear!”
I’m going to write ‘Batman’ on my forehead with a black felt marker…that’s it…by the way, guess who I’m going as!!
I would go as Groucho Marx. I love masquerading as Groucho.
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… just to see if anyone would get the reference.
I could go as Binkley from Bloom County, as my hair is about the same color, since i have dyed it.