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Never had anything overly memorable costume-wise when I was a kid. Usually just the basic stuff like some sort of athlete or something. The better ones came from my adult years and most are too inappropriate to talk about publicly. I think I'm going as Manny this year. The first half of the night I'll have on a Red Sox hat and jersey and slowly limp from bar to bar. Then I'll change into a Dodgers hat and jersey and magically be healed. Then I'll be running from bar to bar (or stumbling briskly).

My most memorable costume as a kid? Hmm. Has to have been the year I was Elvira. That was pretty awesome, but not as good as the costume I've had every year as an adult.

My most memorable costume as a kid was being an Apollo astronaut. Cause I was always taking up space...lol

Maria, Back in the stone age when my little brother and I went trick or treating, we relied of good ol FW Woolworth. Those same stupid boxed costumes around today were there than. One piece tie in the back outfits and a plastic mask that made you sweat was the costume de jour. My mother had two left hands and very little imagination when it came to that. Years later when I was on my own, making something found at the bottom of Mommy's closet became routine.

BTW, my mom was really, really angry with me...but I made the costume all by myself! I think I was ten...maybe eleven-?

My favorite was the year I dressed up as Gene Simons from Kiss. My brother did my makeup and helped me make the boots. I really looked good and had the hardest time walking that year.

I have severl costumes. My husband went as a hyperdemic needle the year all the medical waiste washed on shore. We went together as Fred and Wilma Flintstone. As for my children I have always made their costumes. They started as skunks, puppies, princess, and snowgirls. These past few years as they have gotten older we have moved on to zombies, vampiers, miss America, and red necks. They have so much fun making them with me. What great memories we can give our children.

The hobo was a big one when I was a kid. My best ones were as an adult also. I remember one year I went as a vampire. I know, not very original. It was before I was married. My friends and I went to a party and afterward I went to my now husband's house. He was asleep so I shook his shoulder to wake him up and when he saw me he damn near went through the roof. I scared the living daylights out of him. It was really funny.
One year when my oldest son was little he went as a can of coke. I got some red fabric, sewed it up, made the word Coke out of some white felt, cut some cardboard in the shape of a pull tab (those over 35 should remember them) and covered it with aluminum foil. It was such a big hit I made one for myself the following year.

Maria, I swear, if you listen to Graham and post a political blog, I will dye my hair back to its natural color and leave it that way for the rest of the post season!

ok ok. No political blog for now. I promise. And it's not the number of posts... it's the quality and these are great. Tylenol, hyperdermic needle? Come on it doesn't get better than this.

I'll make a deal with you guys. Let's get this blog to 50 posts. Let's bombard it. It will be fun. We can talk about food :)