Oh, This year I’m either going to wear my new Roman centurion armour or I’ll wear my Japanese stuff and call myself the Penultimate Samurai.
Long black robe, hooded black cape, black gloves, black full-face mask with glowing red LEDs right above the eyes. Very effective, especially when I stand motionless in the corner of the darkened porch with my head down until the (older) kids are right at the door.
I’ve always wanted to get invited to a costume party. I figure, a paper dunce cap, a cheap inflatable sex doll et voila! I’m a fuckin’ idiot!
Then again, this attitude may be the reason I don’t get invited to parties.
A couple of years ago, I went out to the bars with a shotgun(fake) in a back holster, a torn up blue shirt, and a plastic chainsaw for a right hand. I thought it was a great costume, but some of the bars wouldn’t let me in with a gun, whether it was fake or not, and few people actually got the costume. It was pretty disappointing. Maybe I should have had a nametag that said Ash - Houswares.
One year I went as a black-eyed pea. I wore a green t-shirt, cut a letter ‘P’ out of some fabric and safety-pinned it to my t-shirt, and used some makeup to black out one of my eyes.
Haven’t figured out what I’m going to do yet for Halloween this year…
I haven’t dressed up in years (usually because I come up with a brilliant idea and then can’t pull it off), but this year I’m determined. I’m going to be Autumn. I still have to make my orangey-reddish dress and my reddy-brownish cape and sew all my pretty leaves onto it and everything, which is where the problem may lie. Usually, when attempting to make a dress from scratch, I screw up enough times to give up completely and cry in the corner. I’m hoping I make it through this year. 
If nothing else, my mask will probably look cool.
I have a suggestion for people that will just be throwing on black. Try a Spring Heeled Jack outfit. I particularly think a plain black outfit would easily adapt to Jack. Have we a person brave enough for Mothman. These two can be very flexable in the design, since accounts very by witnesses. A woman with a sarong or kimono could do a very elegant sexy outfit, that she will never get to otherwise. I really like that last one. A snake woman would be mostly some good make up and a bodystocking, or evening gown. This can be classy and animalistic at the same time.
Remember plain black transforms with a cheap cape. Get it with red lining. Add in a walking stick, top hat and waist coat for that victorian gentleman. Add some bad hair and we have mister hyde. I haven’t seen a Phillis Diller outfit for years, and that’s a attention grabing look if you can do it. Don’t forget the cigarete holder.
I was thinking of dressing up as a geisha, but when people asked me about my costume I’d reply, “I’m a cliche!” 
Ah, the advantages of being Asian.
But I like the dead Little Red Riding Hood idea. All I need is a red cloak and a gross looking neck wound. Hm…
Since I’m rather newly pregnant and just beginning to show, I’m fashioning a rotted tree costume. The upcoming member of the family is going to be the “bump” on a log.
I think I’m destined to be my back-up choice this year, Jack Bauer. I have close enough to the right look. I’ll have to shave my beard, though, so that I can have just a few days worth of stubble. I have a grey hoodie sweatshirt, a messenger bag full of gadgets and gizmos, and just need to get a toy gun.
I really wanted to do the ‘old-timey swimmer’, though, but I looked high and low and found nothing close to the old style mens’ swimsuit.
I don’t know the reason for a floppy blue hat. I would get the costume, if I knew you were going for norse mythology. The eye lost at the well for the curse of precognition. Having to live forever instead of what he wanted. The unbreakable spear Gungnir from the forge in the cave on the mountain. The crow I’m not sure of your intent. The crow is in a number of different stories applicable to Odin. Give it a try, it should be good even if they don’t guess it’s Odin.
The Jolly Green Giant and the Little Green Sprout.
I knew a couple guys who went as Heckle and Jeckyl. Black suit, slicked back black hair, and a yellow cone for a beak. It rocked.
Last year I went as a redneck vampire. Flannel shirt with the sleeves cut off, huge belt buckle, jeans, with slicked-back hair, fangs, and a cape for the vampire part.
This year I really want to go as the wolf from the 3 little bops, but that is dependant on finding the right hat and a cheap wolf costume (at least a tail) to wear underneath the shirt and jacket.
In honor of my favorite TV show, I’m gonna be Sara Sidle from CSI. I made the vest they wear out of an old tshirt. And I’m gonna wear my camera around my neck (a cheaper model than the ones they use on the show - I have a Nikon d50 and they use d200s). Free costumes rule. And I get to wear whatever clothes I want since the CSIs don’t actually have uniforms. I’ll probably wear jeans, a black dress shirt and my black Pumas. It’s all about comfort. And I hate spending money on costumes. And since the camera is part of the costume, I’ll have to have it handy for party pic-taking.
My roommate is gonna dress up with me and be a post-autopsied corpse with Y-incision blood on the sheet she will be wearing, a toe tag and everything.
Last year I went as Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High
http://upenn.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=13009581&id=609239 (Im on the right)
This year, my boyfriend and I want to dress up as something funny. Does anyone have any ideas? We were thinking along the lines of Wayne & Garth type deals…
I’m trying to decide between Pirate Girl or Marie Antoinette.
The Pirate Girl costume is a cheesy nylon tattered-striped-skirt-fake-peasant-blouse-and-pleather-corset thing I got at Walmart for around $17.00. It’s ridiculous and very comfortable. It also has an equally cheesy matching head scarf. I’ll wear it with chunky-heeled Goth kneeboots.
The Marie Antoinette costume is a period-correct handmade dress with knee stockings, petticoats and red garters that was made for me when I was a volunteer tourguide at a local historic house. The big white wig came from a theatrical costume store. I’ll wear some fussy vintage rhinestone jewelry with all of that. That costume is also actually pretty comfortable, believe it or not.
I better go out twice that weekend; then I can wear both. I’d like to go to the local karaoke bar Halloween party as Marie Antoinette. I like the idea of the Marie Antoinette singing my favorite karaoke song, “Sixteen Tons”.
Actually, this is a better link
http://upenn.facebook.com/album.php?aid=914033&id=609239&l=2f993
brewha, I think Ash was an awesome costume. It’s too bad people didn’t get it.
I believe your the blond, so this is based on that.
I see you as a perfect Bonnie, as in Bonnie and Clyde.
Your face structure is close enough to dress as Kelly, as in Regis and Kelly.
Not that those are fun.