My MIL is *super* into Halloween. She makes huge, elaborate costumes every year and we enter contests. So while as a child I had store-bought costumes that were not particularly memorable, I'll share my favorite adult costume: the roller coaster! Basically MIL designed a coaster car we stood inside, and in front of us was the lap bar and a pair of jeans stuffed to look like legs in front of us. W and I entered the Chicago costume contest parade on Halsted in Boystown and while we were walking we put our hands up and screamed, leaning from side to side and back and forth. We had the crowd cracking up. It was so fun. We ended up winning best couple and best overall and took home the grand prize Oh man, I wish I had a pic to share now! I'll have to try to find one!
My nana used to make our costumes when my cousins and I were little. I think the best one was the witch costume that she made me when I was in third grade. My favorite costume from college was when my then-boyfriend and I dressed up as Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley. We don't get trick-or-treaters at my house since we live on a street without sidewalks and very few street lights. I think if we did, I would be more into decorating/dressing up for Halloween. But I do make it a point to watch "Hocus Pocus" with wine and Chinese food at some point during October!
I went as Pippi Longstocking one year and my mom put pipe cleaners in my braids to make them stand up. Having red hair when you're young is tough but it's super helpful for certain costumes.
My mom made our costumes too. I loved pretending to be animals, especially cats and dogs, so she made me full-body cat costume complete with hood and ears. I wore it until I outgrew it!
All of your costumes sounds really neat. I did not grow up with Halloween. It was just not something that we ever celebrated back in South Africa. So I did not experience it until I was in my 20's, which it is a whole different experience then.
@wishiwaspreggo please share a pic if you find one. It sounds like an amazing costume.
My fave costume was when I was a bride. I felt so pretty! I only dressed up until I was 8 and then just kinda stopped. I went out to a bar when I was 22 I think and went as a referee. The best part was realizing all of the bouncers were dressed the same as me lol
It was when I was in girl scouts. There was a costume competition. My mom grew up in the 60s. She helped me cut denim to make a jean jacket vest and bell bottom jeans. We sewed on brightly colored geometric patterns. I won the contest. More than anything, it was so much fun making something with and spending time with my mama.
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My mom used to make my costume. I would decide what I wanted to be the day after Halloween and stuck with it. My mom made this Rainbow Brite costume that was amazing!! (And one year I was a bottle of nail polish—I was weird that year lol)
I am so jealous of all the moms/grandmas who would sew your costumes. I always had a store bought costume and was always SO jealous of the creative costumes moms would help their kids with!
@Swiftlet I'm 40% Indian and I would not be offended. I am white passing though. I'm sure some folks on the reservation would be. It really just depends. Cultural appropriation is such a tricky subject.
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My Mom sewed a lot of our costumes when we were kids. She made a pumpkin, Princess Leia, scarecrow, witch and I'm sure a bunch more I'm forgetting.
I think my fave was my "I Dream of Jeannie" genie outfit that my grandma made
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@lillywonderland I do love Hocus Pocus, and it really isn't Halloween until I've watch that movie.
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We don't get trick-or-treaters at my house since we live on a street without sidewalks and very few street lights. I think if we did, I would be more into decorating/dressing up for Halloween. But I do make it a point to watch "Hocus Pocus" with wine and Chinese food at some point during October!
@wishiwaspreggo please share a pic if you find one. It sounds like an amazing costume.
I went out to a bar when I was 22 I think and went as a referee. The best part was realizing all of the bouncers were dressed the same as me lol
My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
Back on Levothyroxine
FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt,
1st Beta on 7dpt 93
2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI
IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine
IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
Back on Levothyroxine
FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt,
1st Beta on 7dpt 93
2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI
IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine
IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN