So let’s look at my Halloween costumes again this year. Fun stories abound!
Cocktail Bunny(2006/2007): This is my favorite. I originally purchased it my freshman year of college when I went costume shopping with Larissa. I was deciding between it and the black version and Larissa said “Clearly, you should be wearing pink. It’s just you.” And that’s that. I also wore it to a Playboy Bunny party the Theta Xis had around Easter one year. I dressed up in full bunny regalia and Melissa went with me, brought some ears, but halfway there decided she would be “that one girl” who didn’t dress up fully. Turns out, every other girl decided she would be “that one girl” also. Let’s just say, I was very popular that night.
Devil (2008): So the year I bought this costume, my riding crop was very popular with all my fraternity friends. I do not think there was a person on Halloween that did not get slapped with it. Lucky were the people that let me “slap” them; I simply tapped them and said “My my, I think you’ve been naughty.” If you were slapped by a fraternity gentleman, I apologize because that thing is real leather.
Mad Hatter (2009): So the year I wore this costume on Halloween (actual Halloween), I went to Denver with Allie and some of her friends. Let me tell you the story of how I twisted my foot. We went to a bar and I was sitting at the bar, enjoying beverages, with the heels of my shoes clamped over the rungs of the bar stool. Well a guy dressed as Max from Where The Wild Things Are (because that movie had just come out that year) barreled toward me. As I was falling, I managed to unhook one foot, but not the other. And so, I twisted my foot and wandered around Denver like that. Then I iced it all the next day. And the next (when I wasn’t in class).
Sailor (2009): I wore this costume on the day before Halloween when Bree planned a double date with her, me, Kegan, and old Brody. We went to a local Haunted House that had an intro Haunted House. We also paid for fast passes to skip the line. So the four of us went into the haunted House and within the first ten minutes, something terrified me and I spent the rest of the evening hiding my face in Brody’s jacket and clinging to his back. What a waste of $30, right? I opened my eyes twice. Once when we were in a pitch black room that you had to feel your way out of… Inevitably, old Brody, who was doing the feeling, hit an actor in the face. It went kind of like this:
There was a smack.
A disembodied voice cried “Ow!”
Old Brody responded with “Sorry, bro.”
I also opened my eyes at the end when the chainsaw wielders chased us out. The one part that terrifies most people, I just calmly walked out of. This is the Halloween that also spawned one of my favorite Halloween musings, from old Brody, “Well you do know that Halloween is for girls to be sexy and guys to be funny, right?”
Bumble Bee (2010): I bought this last year as an alternative costume. I can’t think of any truly notable costumes, but the wings are hard to maneuver in crowded rooms.
Angel(2010): My dream costume from last year. No real stories here either, but isn’t it lovely?
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