Hi, y’all. So the thing is this: My husband and I are dutifully going to a neighborhood gathering on Halloween night. It’ll be held outdoors, mostly adults attending, and we don’t plan to stay long. However, costumes are expected. What can I do that won’t be too uncomfortable or troublesome?
Truthfully, I already have dark clothes and long scraggly hair, so I may just plop on a witch hat and call it good. But I like to hear y’all’s ideas, and maybe someone else out there is half-assing it this year as well.
Years ago, when I needed a costume on short notice, I put on a brown sweatshirt and pants, collected a bunch of band posters and lost-pet flyers in the neighborhood, stapled them to myself, and went as a utility pole.
Do you have jeans and a plaid or otherwise bright-colored shirt? In years past, I picked up a “ten-gallon hat” at the local dollar store and went as a cowgirl. I’m not sure if they still sell them, though.
Personally, I love the Japanese “Jimi Halloween” phenomenon, where people “dress up” as “everyday situation” characters. Like the person whose glasses fogged up from their hot beverage, the person who wishes they’d gotten a shopping basket while juggling too many items in the checkout line, etc. (Wearing the little badge explicitly stating your “everyday situation” is helpful.)
Cervaise’s “utility pole” costume seems somewhat in that spirit.
