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Is It Halloween Yet?!

Whew!  What a weekend!

Shellie and J (the ol' dance partner) made my birthday run from Friday to Monday...everyday was about ME! 

For someone who never even celebrates birthdays, it was interesting.  I got to pick the movies ('Take the Lead' and 'The Last Kiss') and pick the food (cheese fries and cheesecake and cheeseburgers and...well, lots of cheese, apparently).  And I got some great presents (tango CDs, a memory foam pillow, and, oh yeah, DAVID.SEDARIS.TICKETS).

So now that I'm officially 31 (dammit), what on earth do I have to look forward to?!

(DAVID SEDARIS! OCTOBER 18th!)

That's right - HALLOWEEN!

I freakin' love Halloween.  I like handing out candy and seeing all the kids' costumes (except when the 20-year-olds just wear a baseball cap and want free crap from me).  I like decorating (though don't do it nearly enough).  And I love love love dressing up.

I'm not one for parties anymore (31, remember?), but if it's a Halloween party?  COUNT ME IN!

In 2001, I started going to a private 'invite only' party thrown for some richies in town (I knew the band playing one year and snuck myself onto the mailing list...I don't normally get invited to the richies' parties, you see).  They rent out a big concert hall for the night, have free wine, a cheap cash bar, bands, dancing, etc.  Last year, they hired the big marching/dancing band from a high school and had them parading around the balcony sections while we all danced.  It's definitely what you'd call a BASH.

To be let in the door, you must be wearing formal wear or a REAL costume (no baseball caps, 20-year-olds!).  Most of the people choose costumes.  And, believe me, you ain't seen nothin' like richies dressing up.  It's AMAZING.

Of course, I've lost all my pictures from last year (wtf??), but I promise some good ones this year.

Last year I went as an evil fairy.  I have no idea what I'm dressing up as this year. I need to go SHOPPING!

Are you dressing up?  Have you already gotten your costume?  What do you do on Halloween?

September 26, 2006 08:29 AM |
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I'm dressing up twice. Josh's co-workers are throwing a Halloween party and I'm going as a tramp/slut (definitely "out-there" for me), and a geisha when trick-or-treating with the babies :)
Posted by Sarah at September 26, 2006 09:32 AM

Our neighborhood is a trick-or-treat hot-spot. Carloads of people come to our street just to get our candy. The worst is the mothers, without costumes, who bring their OWN LOOT BAGS and fill them up right alongside their kids. Uh, NO!
Posted by Mayberry at September 26, 2006 10:04 AM

I am walking my Gracers around the neighborhood with my neice and nephew! I do not dress up though. I am boring and easily humiliated!! I suppose the atmosphere is different at a party where everyone is dressed up, but I just don't look forward to donning a costume and being one of the few over 15 wandering around my brother's honkey-infested neighborhood!
Posted by Megs at September 26, 2006 10:50 AM

DH and I always have pretty cool costumes every year....but this year I'm soooo excited becauseI (and DH's friends wife) convinced the boys to go as Ennis and Jack from Brokeback!!!
Posted by cj72 at September 26, 2006 11:50 AM

Halloween is my favorite! We've been decorating all weekend and I'm not even finished yet. I would LOVE to go that party! How fun! I can't wait to see the pictures.
Posted by chilihead at September 26, 2006 12:54 PM

Sarah - HAHAH!! That's great! I've heard 'slutty nurse' and 'slutty cheerleader'...but never just "slut". HAHAH! Perfect! Mayberry - Oooh, no! Seriously!? That's so tacky. Of course, I guess it's better than them stealing their kids' candy. But still..I'd tell 'em NO! lol Megs - Honky-infested?! ROFL! Dork. I think you should dress up. Maybe dress up as Seven? ;) cj - Ok, now that's hilarious!! Chili - Oh yeah, I remember you saying how much you loved it, too. My invite only allows for a "plus one" or I'd make you come with me! Maybe I can sneak your name onto the guest list, too...that way next year, you can go! :)
Posted by Chase at September 26, 2006 01:25 PM

I love Halloween. It is the greatest holiday EVAR! But I've only ever been to one Halloween party in my life and that was back in grad school. Not the best. I'd prefer to sit at home and watch the trick or treaters come by. That is just way too damned cool.
Posted by kapgar at September 26, 2006 03:57 PM

This year I am crashing your richies party. (I wish.) That sounds like my kind of fun. I love costumes. But I'll probably be escorting Girlie and our dogs around the hood that evening.
Posted by Wendy Boucher at September 26, 2006 05:26 PM

all that 'cheese' stuff sounds fabulous! I'm going to be a can-can dancer and I'm going to go several costume parties at various clubs and get completely hammered and not remember the entire night the next day. I can hardly wait!
Posted by Dawn (webmiztris) at September 26, 2006 08:59 PM

Kapgar - But the important question is...do YOU dress up?? Because I want pictures of that, too! Wendy - I think you'd be a blast to crash a party with! Make your way to Tulsa and I can sneak you in! Dawn - I haven't done that one in awhile...I might just join you this year! LOL
Posted by Chase at September 26, 2006 09:05 PM

I set up a mini-haunted house in the front yard for the Tricker-treaters to go through! It's basically a dark tunnel with scary shit hanging down and the Mu-ahahahah & moaning ghost music. Fun stuff.
Posted by L.A. Daddy at September 26, 2006 09:08 PM

I have only two good costumes. One, I go as "Man without pants." Always a hit until the cops show. And a few years ago, I went as the 1997 Tulsa World Spelling Bee Champion. I wore a T-shirt that said, "1997 Tulsa World Spelling Bee Champion."
Posted by Dr. Pants at September 26, 2006 09:17 PM

What were you dressed up last year that I ripped off of you at the party in the hot dirty moment, ummmm I can't remember. jk. We did dance though right? Oh yeah I was working that night, hardly!
Posted by Maniaci at September 27, 2006 03:47 AM

We ARE dressing up for a halloween party this year! Gretch wants to be an evil fairy and i'm planning on being a gothic punk rock grrl. Any advice in the evil fairy planning department would be greatly appreciated. :)
Posted by Jen at September 27, 2006 06:55 AM

Double photos this year will make up for the missing copies of last year. Will wait patiently for 11/1/06 to see them. I love the little trick or treaters.
Posted by jali at September 27, 2006 09:17 AM

I'm more of a "stay home and give candy to the kiddies" type of girl myself. I haven't dressed up in years. But I love the thought of that richies party! Free wine? I'm there. ;)
Posted by Mrs. Chicky at September 27, 2006 09:37 AM

My favorite all-time Halloween costume was one that requires a bit of an acting job...my friend K dressed as a realtor - bad pantsuit, big blonde wig, fake nails, big ugly jewelry (sorry to any realtors out there but you know the type). She had a wallet with a looooong fold-out photo compartment FULL of pictures of the most terrible kinds of housing she could find...ugly mobile homes, barns, shacks, etc. and spent all night raving to people about how they HAD to come see this little fixer-upper she had for them. She made it work.
Posted by Suebob at September 27, 2006 02:10 PM

ok, I am not a Halloween person(um, hi, yeah, I'm not fun you know this). I'm glad you had a fun weekend though! How was The Last Kiss?? I want to see it! Hugs to you, you big ol whoreslut!
Posted by Plunky(Deb) at September 27, 2006 04:18 PM

Just don't NObody be impersonating Santa. Dat's all I gots to say on dat.
Posted by Paul Tay at September 27, 2006 10:49 PM

I haven't dressed up in a few years -- since I moved to this godsforsaken prairie town..... people are boring here, or the ones I know are. My all-time fave costume was a horror movie prom queen -- ripped dress, running mascara, up-do falling down....good stuff.
Posted by kT at September 28, 2006 10:19 AM

mmmm.....cheese. I hardly ever dress up. Not very creative in the costume department. It's weird to see everything decorated for Fall/Halloween here when it's still in the 90s. Christmas is going to be surreal.
Posted by TB at September 28, 2006 05:17 PM

Who the hell is David Sedaris?
Posted by Celise at October 2, 2006 10:27 AM

Ugh, me bad friend. I'm so behind on all my blogs that I neglected to wish you a happy birthday! You know, on your actual birthday. Glad it was a good one.
Posted by Karl at October 5, 2006 07:30 AM

Hope you're checking out The Write Coast every day because I'm borrowing a phrase from Ministry: all month, Every Day Is Halloween. Well, except for 10/11's breakdown post. Halloween RULES. But I think I said that before.
Posted by SJ at October 11, 2006 08:50 PM