At Saturday night's Halloween party:
- A parsnip
- Asian bird flu
- Middle of the road
- The second best squash player at Harvard
- Cowgirl (2)
- Geisha girl (2)
- Xena the warrior princess
- Pirate (2)
- Rap star
- Classified
- Guy with a bloody nose
- Harriet Miers
- Black Sabbath
- Mia Hamm
- Julius Ceasar
- Gossip
- Various characters from the board game Clue
- Twister man
- Policeman
- 50's housewife
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Snow White
- Schoolgirl
- Barbarella
- 70s promgoers
- a Ghost
- Used car salesman
- Pregnant Jennifer Garner
- The White Stripes
- Longshoreman
- Farmer
- Scuba girl
- Disco girl
- Vampire
- Slash, from Guns N' Roses
There were a variety of other less well-defined costumes; the guy in the bathrobe with the Elvis glasses, the guy with the surfer wig, the guy with the scary mask, the guy with the cardboard thing on his chest, the guy with the bag over his head, and various girls in skimpy dresses or funny wigs of indeterminate significance. Fun crowd, busy dance floor, good party.
Poor Harriet. She'll never be able to wear that blue suit again.
By the way, what did you wear Sherry?
Posted by: Tillerman | October 31, 2005 at 11:16 AM
Yeah -- which were you?
Posted by: a | October 31, 2005 at 03:39 PM
What, no swanky witches?
Seriously, a creative crowd. Did you have a little piece of paper in your pocket, writing it down for the blog?
Posted by: Amy | October 31, 2005 at 06:22 PM
I didn't have any pockets. I was scuba girl, which isn't a name I came up with myself, it was just what people started calling me by the end of the party. I couldn't think of a good costume and I was in a hurry packing so I just grabbed my light wetsuit and a snorkel and mask, and wore the wetsuit and my wetsuit booties, with the snorkel mask pushed up on my forehead and the snorkel dangling beside my face. It was quick, and people seemed to think it was good. But it was very hot, especially when I was dancing.
Posted by: Scheherazade | October 31, 2005 at 08:49 PM
I hope we are going to see a photo of scuba girl?
Posted by: Tillerman | October 31, 2005 at 10:23 PM
The temperature of Halloween costumes can be difficult above the Mason Dixon line. The last time I wore a real costume was two years ago when I visited at friend in Atlanta. She and all her girlfriends were dressing up as Hooters girls, so I went along with it, and got buzzed enough before we went out that I thought I looked kind of cute. But I can't wear that costume here, and I felt sorry for all the women I saw out in the chilly NY weather wearing skimpy outfits.
If I lose 15 lbs and put on some white powder and wrinkles, I think I could do a good Ruth Bader Ginsburg next year.
Posted by: PG | November 05, 2005 at 11:57 PM