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    When's the party Joyce?  I have an awesome clown costume that I made
    three years ago.  Complete with pants, hat, shoes, wig, nose, make-up. 
    The only thing that's missing is the blouse, but I can whip up a blouse
    in less than an hour.  Would you like to borrow it?
    
    Lori

    Take a clear plastic trash bag, cut 2 holes in the bottom for your
    legs, wear tights and the trash bag pulled on like a dress (from the
    bottom up), fill the bag with blown up balloons, close the top with a w
    sting and go as a bag of marbles (or M&M's)

    Or jelly beans, as Holly is telling me on the phone!!!

    Are you going with a guy?  You could always dress up as a brick.  And
    guess what the guy could dress up as? :-)  hehehehehehe
    
    Lori

    Now I'm really showing my ignorance.... a brink and ??????  Ummm, Lori,
    either I'm really dense today, or you are!!!!  What is the rest of the
    costume?????

    
    That makes 2 of us - Lori?????

    I didn't want to post it in here 'cause it'll probably get set hidden
    but you asked.
    
    The guy could go as a "brick layer".  Hahahahahahahaha
    
    Lori

    Aaaaaaaaa, yeah right!!!
    
    I think it would be   r e a l   far-fetched to expect people to know
    what his costume would be.  BUT.... whatever frosts your cake!

    
    A bag of cement?  :-)

    Well, I thought it was funny.
    
    Lori

    
    
    	I'll lend you my assault rifle along with my cami's.....you can be
    a terrorist....;*)
    
    
    chico...

    You could take two large pieces of cardboard and hinge them together
    making one the inside of the refridgerator and the other the door.  On
    the inside piece, draw shelves and put a hole in the freezer section to 
    stick your face through .  Guess what this is?  Jeffrey Dahmer's lunch.
    
    Lori

    well thank you to all who have replied but I would like to clear one
    thing up - when I said 'adult' I didn't mean X-rated or gory, just not
    "how to make a ninja turtle" costume or where to get a Barney patern.
    
    2 from holly that made me chuckle:
    
    Wear a t-shirt with a front pocket, put a straw in the pocket and go
    as:
    
    
    The last straw......
    
    
    or wear an eye patch, a hook and a sword and tape video's on to it and 
    go as :
    
    
    
    
    A video pirate!
    
    Jt

    Okay, to keep it on the same context.......
    
    You could take a bunch of envelopes and draw a big letter "E" on all of
    them.  Tape them to you and go as E-Mail.
    
    Lori

    Lori,
    
    Now THAT'S funny!!!!

    Just give me a minute and I'll come up with stuff!
    
    Lori

    
    
    
    Well, this is my costume...........
    
    Flannel one piece pajamas that button up the front
    Teddy bear slippers
    stuffed animal
    Passifyer hanging around my neck
    Baby bottle
    Freckles
    Pony tails with kiddie ponytail holders.
    
    
    
    The way the jammies fit, it looks like a loaded diaper from
    the back!  I won a prize for best costume with it 2 years ago,
    but we aren't going to the same place with the same people
    this year, so I'm doing it again.
    
    Also, you could wear a set of hospital greens, and rubber gloves
    with a stethascope around your neck.  Fill your pockets with all
    kinds of medical parafanalia.....
    

    
    	Like....if I can...like, find my syringe, I'll let
    you...like....borrow it....you know...
    
    
    chico

    So Joyce, what'cha come up with?
    
    Lori

    So far....I don't know :^} 
    
    I guess I'm waiting for that costume that is
    cheap/easy-to-make/sexy/not-sleezy/warm/cute/funny all in one :^) 
    
    Jt

    
    How 'bout a garbage bag then with holes for the arms and head in it and
    the funny part is your face on top of it! and warm that that is! ;-)))
    
    hahahahahaha!! ;-)))) sorry Joyce, I've just returned from dinner and
    we managed to get into a funny silly mude! ;-))))) 
    
    It surely can't be too difficult to look funny? how about making a
    banana suit with the saying on it "honey would you mind lying straight
    for a change tonight? It's starting to bother me! ;-))))) 
    
    hehehehe! 
    mark ;-)
     

    RE: Mark,
    
    huh?

    
    Just thinking out loud! hahahahaha And imagining you in a banana suit!
    
    Mark ;-)))))))) did you like the other one? 
    
     

    Joyce,
    
    I've got a sexy devil costume you can always borrow!
    
    Holly
    

Joyce,

>> sexy/not-sleezy/warm/cute/funny

That's your natural self, you don't need to dress up to look like that! :-)

Scott

    
    
    Egad that was mushy.....;*)
    
    
    chico

    Mushy and sweet :^)
    
    I loved it!
    
    Well still not sure...since its a 'costume optional' party I may not
    even bother......but so far there have been some good ideas!
    
    Jt

    
    
    	or Madonna.....
    
    
    

    
    
    
    No, Chico, You gotta know Joyce.  :*)
    Lady Godiva is *much* more appropriate!  hehehehehe
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    
    I definitely want piccies of this event....
    
    
    ;*)

    
    
    	I feel a moderator coming on.....can you say "set hidden"?
    
    
    :) 
    
    chico

    chico,
    
    Yup..I've set the note hidden.
    
    How DARE Scott treat a horse like that!!
    
    Don
    *8-)

    
    
    	I'm pretty good at predicting this mod thingy....:*)
    
    
    chico

Joyce,

How about going as a gypsy?  Wear a white peasant blouse, get a cheap black vest
and sew different color rick rack all over it, put on several chain belts, 
wear a long ruffly print skirt, and borrow all kinds of costume necklaces and
bracelets and layer them on, and big dangly earrings.  Put on lots of make-up,
and tie a bandana on, babushka style.  This can be as sexy as you want to go,
depending on how low the blouse is!  Most of the stuff you should be able to
borrow if you don't already have it. You'd look great in this costume!

You could also carry a tambourine, giving it a good shake whenever you want
attention!

Lola

    Lola,
    
    That's such an awesome idea!  You're right, Joyce would make an awesome
    gypsy!
    
    Mim

    Here's one I got over the phone - she saw it in Reader's Digest but we
    got a great kick out of it.....
    
    I put on army fatigues, just the shirt and the helmet, my date wears
    army pants and boots and we go as...
    
    
    
    
    Upper and Lower GI
    
    :^)))))))))))))))))))))))
    
    Jt

    
    Joyce, 
    
    With friends like you, who needs enemas?  :-))))

    Oh so funny I forgot to laugh.....
    
    'mornin Java hows thinsg with you?
    Jt

    
    Pretty well, lots of issues, but exciting!  :-)

    Joyce,
    
    Now that was funny!  :-)
    
    Mim

    Oh???
    
    Was it??
    
    Don
    *8-)

    Yes, it was.
    
    Lori

    
    
    
    Of course it was funny!!!  The friend who told her about it 
    over the phone last night was ME!!!!!!!!  :*)
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    
    I should've known...
    
    

    Joyce,
    
    I distinctly recall seeing a note that said you went to a Halloween
    party this weekend.  So, what did you finally decide to dress up as?
    
    Mim

    Well I decided to go as Lady Godiva.  I bought a very long blonde wig,
    flesh colored turtleneck and flesh colored stretch pants.
    
    It was an excellent party!
    
    Thanks for all the ideas folks!
    Joyce

    Sounds cute!
    
    Mim

    
    
    re: lady godiva
    
    any piccies?
    
    chico

    I wasn't the one with the camera so I don't know......
    
    I'm sure most of the film was used up on 3 guys who came dressed as
    women!!  They were great!, hair, makeup, foofoo dresses, pumps the
    works! 
    
    Jt

    
    
    
    Ok folks, tis the season again......:*)  Are you going to a party?
    What are you dressing up as?  Costumes for the kiddo's yet?  Tell!
    
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

JC wants to be a space shuttle.  Idea spawned, no doubt, from our
trip to KSC back in August.  I don't have a clue, yet, as to how
I'm gonna pull this off.

Jazmin?  Who knows.  We may dress her up like a pumpkin; get some
real pumpkins and put them all in a wagon together and pull them
around.


Hamp

    
    
    Great Idea hamp honey! :*)
    
    Justin wants to be a power ranger. (what ELSE is there?!?!)
    Matt jokingly said the other day that he wanted to be a homicidal
    maniac.  What DOES that look like??  I told him to go as is cuz that's
    what he's gonna grow up to be if he doesn't straighten out......IT'S A
    JOKE!  I would never really say that!  I'm KIDDING!!! :*)  I told him
    I didn't know how to make that, and to pick something a bit less
    violent or he'd be handing out the candy while justin went trick or
    treating.
    
    As for me, I think I'll wear that purple and orange number you gave me
    last Christmas Hamp. :*)  (As >M< would say....What DOES she mean by
    that?!?!)  hehehehe
    
    
    Terrie
    

;->

JC has also mentioned being a Power Ranger...but the space shuttle
is #1 on the list.


As far as you wearing that purple and orange number....I'd love to see
that on you!  ;->


Hamp

    
    
    Oh, I don't know....might be a tight fit.... :*)
    
    
    Terrie
    

If you need help trying it on...let me know.  ;->




I don't think Tam and I will be attending any adults parties this year.


The last time we did go to a Halloween party, I went as Hugh Hefner...
silk pjs, silk robe, pipe, etc.  and Tam went as a Playboy Bunny.  ;->


Hamp

	I haven't been to a dress up halloween party since I was a kid (less
than 8yrs old). Can't even imagine what I would go as (a homicidal maniac?). :)


	the kids? Amanda wants to be snow white and David wants to be a
power-ranger (ack!). 


chico

    For some unknown reason, putting on a holloween costume is one of the
    few things that I get embarrassed doing. I skip most all costume
    parties. I'm mostly a fun guy though!
    
    ...Tom

    
    I think I'll be me this year.....Orphan Annie!
    A
    

    
    
    
    >Matt jokingly said the other day that he wanted to be a homicidal
    >maniac.  What DOES that look like??
    
    
      A homicidal maniac would look like....
    
    
    
    
    
    
    OJ Simpson :')
    
    
     sorry couldn't really resist that one
    
    
    
    iceman
    
    

    
    
    Icedood!  How you be sweet thing?!?!?! :*)
    
    
    
    MAJOR BIG HUGS!!!
    
    
    BTW:  Going to the ice cats again in Nov.
    
    Terrie
    

    
    
    
    Can't do Halloween this year- i gotta work ! (pout) 
    but i do have a wicked Batman and Superman
    costume!!  ( i love to make costumes and put piecers together )
    
    Chris
    :)

    (For all who don't know - we here in Austria do not "celebrate"
    Halloween).
    
    So, here's my story:
    
    A couple of years ago I asked some American friends what they do on
    this day; and one of them said "Well, we wear fency clothes and then we
    go from house to house asking for candies and chocolate and if they
    don't give us any we burn their house down."
    
    Nice folk
    
    Ciao
    Tina

    
    <------------------- hahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!
    
    Like you said Tina, nice folks !! *8)))
    
    Ravi.

	O.K., time to put on your thinking caps!  I need plenty of ideas for
costumes Steve and I can wear on the cruise, one night there's a masquerade
party.  Requirements are:

	- Must be comfortable
 	- Must be easy to pack and not take up alot of room
	- Must be couple complimentary
	- Must be suitable for large sized people!

Thanks for any help!

Lola

Evening Lola,

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum (the "b" is optional and assignable at your 
				disgression 8^)
Skipper and first mate
Pirates
(both of which are pretty size independent)
Mama and Papa bear (carry a Goldilocks doll)
Sculptured bookends
Rubenesque figures (how well will you know this crowd?)
Animals
Couch potatos (just bring along a remote 8^)

Some Cruises have a theme so you might check and see if there is one this time.

>	- Must be suitable for large sized people!

maybe you mean "normal" sized people (I've been most of these costumes 8^)

CostumeMan

    
    
    
    set up for ----->

    
    
    
    SNARF!!
    
    

Evening CM,

Thanks for the ideas!  Tell me, how would one go about being a sculptured
bookend? That sounds pretty interesting, although we'd have one 6', and one
5'4"!

The cruise is not having a theme for this, just a costume party.  There are a
few theme nights as well, one western and one 50/60s.

I have a few ideas for costumes, one is to go as a money bag and a robber,
another is to go as a goldminer and a nugget of gold.

>maybe you mean "normal" sized people (I've been most of these costumes 8^)

No, I mean large sized people, I am the original model for Reuben!

Lola

Gee Chris, you really stole that one from me!

Lola

    The bookends took some explaining at the party. Just do yourself up as
    mirror images of each other and always sit back to back 8^)
    
    Reubenesque is good. Gives the "artist" more to work with 8^)
    
    CM

CM,

>    The bookends took some explaining at the party. Just do yourself up as
>    mirror images of each other and always sit back to back 8^)
 
	Hmmm, this sounds interesting, I'll have to give it more thought!
   
   > Reubenesque is good. Gives the "artist" more to work with 8^)

	Steve thinks so, even though *most* men don't!

Hugs,
Lola 

>	Steve thinks so, even though *most* men don't!

BBW 8^) I guess I'm not MOST men 8^)

There's also Rosanne and Dan but you've got to have the whiny voice

K.I.S.S. applies. You want it to be something easy and comfortable. Teddy bears
are good if it's cool where you'll be (like Halloween in New England)

CostumeMangler

CostumeMangler, 


>K.I.S.S. applies.

Common sense??  That I've got!   O.K., what I think I'm going to do is go as the
money bag, and Steve as a bank robber.  I can make a "bag" out of muslin with
a drawstring neck, holes for arms and legs and glue fake money coming out of
all the openings.  I'll also paint "First National Bank" on the front and a big
"$" on the back.  Steve can dress in black, wear a mask and carry a water pistol
which will provide some entertainment by itself.  This will be easy to make
and pack, comfortable to wear...

Thanks for the ideas CM, I'm still going to ponder those bookends!  I like that
idea alot, but would like it better if I didn't have to pack it.  That way I 
could cut mirror images out of sheets of foam and paint them!

Lola

    Yeah, the bookends is more of a local party costume. Always glad to
    help. I agree that the robber/money bag should be cute. You'll have to
    take pictures and bring them to one of the gatherings (I half expected
    to see you at Kimball's today)
    
    Have a good weekend, I'll be in in the morning.
    
    CM

	CM,

	I'll make sure someone takes some pictures of us!

	I'll make it to one of the warmer weather Kimball's parties!

        Have a good weekend!

	Lola

    Where's the challenge in the warmer weather 8^)
    
    I look forward to the pictures and the trip report of the cruise. Don't
    forget to say "hi!" to Gofer for us.
    
    Cm
    

>    Where's the challenge in the warmer weather 8^)
 
	The challenge for me is more the time than the weather, I don't
	get up until 11, 11:30 usually! 
   
>    I look forward to the pictures and the trip report of the cruise. Don't
>    forget to say "hi!" to Gofer for us.
    

	I'll wave to Gopher if I pass a Princess cruise ship, but we'll be on
	RCCL!

	I plan on taking many photos, although I think I'll leave the camcorder
	home this trip.  I'm going to get a few of the disposable panoramic
	cameras, they're great!

	Lola

    Yeah, second shift does that to your schedule. By the time you get home
    and unwind, it can be pretty late. Glad to hear your house is quiet
    enough to allow it (ours isn't).
    
    Look forward to the pictures and finally meeting you f2f
    
    CM