Halloween

Halloween is a big deal to me and I look forward to it every year. I know I'm too old to go trick or treating and can buy my own candy now, but I'm always excited about dressing up.

But I am a Halloween snob. I scorn people who buy costumes that come in one handy package and take great pride in making or assembling my own costume. I snicker at people whose idea of a Halloween costume is a slutty outfit and/or who go topless or nearly naked for the supposed shock value. Lately I have decided that anything that isn't scary, funny, or a little bit of both, is not properly classified as a Halloween costume.

My snootiness about Halloween is now a huge problem. I can't re-do my ninja costume this year, having already dressed as a ninja for two years in a row already. I've fixated on one particular new costume idea, but now find that it would probably be easier to buy a store-made costume rather than assemble or make it. The only reasons preventing me from doing that so far are that 1) the store bought costume would be ultra expensive and 2) that would make me a Halloween hypocrite. So I'm going to spend some of my precious time racking my brain for a new Halloween costume or going all around town trying to find a way to make the costume.