I’ve bought a white sheet. There are two options, depending on whether I want to bother with grease paint.
White grease paint, toga, white tights, white hairspray, white makeup, the whole shebang. Ta-da- a Grecian marble statue.
Cut a bunch of holes in the sheet, toss it over my head, and carry a bag of rocks- Charlie Brown.
Mr. Pundit and I went as Venus and Serena Williams last year.
For Venus, I just darkened my skin with body makeup, put on one of my nice white tennis dresses, put a dark rinse in my hair and had my niece corn-row my hair. Then walked in with my tennis racquet bag.
For Mr. Pundit as Serena, we darkened his upper body with the same body makeup I used. I got a brightly colored tennis dress from the tennis clearance rack. Then bought a granny bra (size 44DDD) from Walgreens (of all places). He blew up two medium sized ballons and put them inside the bra, with the knot facing out (nipples!). Then he put on a corn-row wig and some dark colored hose and added a big gold necklace and a pair of huge clip-on hoops. Socks, tennis shoes and a tennis racquet completed the outfit. Mr. Pundit has a very angular face so I’m afraid he made a dreadful looking woman (sorry, Serena!), however, he has marvelous biceps. She has NOTHING on him in the muscle dept. 
As luck would have it, HE won first place even though I put all the effort in. Not only did he win some cash money, but as an added bonus, women coudn’t pass him without poking his balloons and giggling.
My favorite costumes were a few years ago.
In high school, a friend and I dressed up as omnipotent characters from Star Trek. He was as Q (in the “judges robes” costume from the first TNG ep) and I went as Trelane, the Squire of Gothos from TOS. And yes, to the Trek book fans out there, this was when Q-Squared by Peter David was released. Loads of fun with those costumes.
A few years ago, I went as Loki, fom the end of Dogma. I bought one of those plastic breastplates, bloodied it up, and attached some broken angel wings. Later that evening, it got too cold for the short sleeved shirt I was wearing under the plate, so I switched to a hoodie and trenchcoat and became Loki from the beginning of the movie.
I wasn’t planning on doing anything last year, until someone in the office said “Hey, let’s dress up for Halloween!” Since I was short on time, I grabbed my black suit and shades and found an earpiece and tie bar for cheap on the way to work. Yup, I was Agent Smith. I thought other folks in the office had better costumes, but I won the prize. Perhaps out of sheer intimidation? 
If Halloween was on a work day this year, I was going to suggest a Harry Potter theme, since many of us are big fans of the series. I was going to call dibs on Professor Lupin (movie version). Ah, well, maybe another time.
I’m determined, though, to be Jack from the Nightmare Before Christmas at least one year. But I want to do it right – which means making the costume myself and learning to become a stilt-walker in order to be tall and spindly enough.
any thoughts on how to whip up a cookie costume quickly? Following the Alice in Wonderland theme perhaps, and am dying to make a costume to which I can pin a note that says “eat me”.
Cardboard pizza circles painted dark, dark brown
Laces at shoulders and waist to connect them
White pants and shirt
Instant Oreo cookie
Two years ago I took a blue hoodie sweatshirt and sewed white fluffy shapes all over it (loosely, so they snipped off easily the next day), wore that and jeans and sneakers, and carried around a spray bottle filled with water. I randomly squirted it over people’s heads.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers 
