I am not a big fan of Halloween. Most of the time, I advoid it all costs...including passing out candy to trick or treaters. I know...I'm like Captain Buzzkill for little kids.
With that said, my friend Heather called several weeks ago and asked me to go to a Halloween party in Carlisle, Kentucky. I didn't even hesitate when I answered with, "Sure, I'll go." Really?? It's so unlike me. Maybe I was just excited to do something with my pal, or maybe I thought it might change my mind on Halloween.
Let me just note here that Heather feels the same way about Halloween, she's not a fan either.
After toiling with my ideas (I will detail in a moment, don't worry) we decided to dress as Thing 1 and Thing 2 from "The Cat in the Hat"....cute, I know. In lieu of buying the complete copyrighted outfit from a Halloween store, we decided we could find things to
wear that would be cheaper. Luckily, I was able to find some red fleecy pajamas that would work perfectly at Meijer. Check. My neighbor's had dressed up as the same "Things" a couple years ago and were gracious enough to let me borrow the blue wigs and "Thing" signs. Check.But, here's were things went a little off track...Heather decided she didn't want to be Thing 2. We were on a mission to find something else. Here's an overview of some of the costumes we came up with prior to going back to our original idea:
- Dress all in black, including a black mask and hat. Wear a sash that says, "blessing"....Blessing in Disguise.
- Run fishing wire through a lemon, tie it to your belt (above your crotch)...Sour Puss.
- Wear all camo and a Fidel Castro hat, do the same thing as above with a potato...Dictator.
- Wear all blue, get a chicken and tie a cord around its neck, wear it around your neck...Chicken Cordon Blue.
- Heather came up with some others...Blue hair kitty (complete with whiskas), Blue hair fairy, etc....none of which appeased me.
So we get to the party (party of eight including us) and I looked in the window as we approached. I busted out laughing when I saw people inside not dressed up. We had been had...this was not a costume party at all! What had she gotten me into...long story short...the people I saw were dressed up (mullet, big fake gut sticking out of the shirt)! I felt pretty bad assuming this was their normal attire. We stayed about an hour and a half before hightailing it back to Lexington where we continued to
enjoy ourselves at the local watering hole.
Always good times with Heather, always.
