The costumes are reminding me of something from my childhood.

When I was, oh, about 10 or 12, our church had a Halloween party. Mom and dad let me get a Planet of the Apes full head mask (spend-y back then!) and I put on one of my older brothers' leather jacket as well. Mom and dad also had cheaper male and female ape masks with elastic strings.

From the moment we got there I went into full ape mode, crouching and grunting and generally hamming it up while mom and dad socialized.

In the end we won the costume contest (Hey, it was a Methodist church, variety was not a by word) as the "ape family." There were many people who hadn't guessed who we were.

That may have been my first experience hiding behind a character, come to think of it.

I bought black fairy wings at Target for Halloween. I'll probably put those on with a black skirt and blouse to answer the door tomorrow.

In the end we won the costume contest

Cool. Leif came in second in a costume contest at our Methodist Church when last he entered. He was dressed as a penguin (a wonderful home-made costume). First place when to someone in a store bought costume like you'd see on a rack in Wal-Mart, Leif was robbed.

When I was a freshman, we had a Halloween party with our dorm wing and a woman's wing. I won the costume contest. All I did was borrow a band uniform from a friend in high school....

Dammit. I bought a halloween tshirt that glows in the dark (good for my job) and completely forgot to wear it. Oh well. I only had 1 appointment today anyway.

First place when to someone in a store bought costume like you'd see on a rack in Wal-Mart, Leif was robbed.

For shame, for shame. That stinks.

Moment of ewwww....class finished up, I dismissed the kids, then looked down and saw a worm coming out of the wall and slithering across the floor. This wall is an inside wall mind you, not a wall to the outside. Ewww.... I made the teacher next door dispose of it for me.

The Girl is putting up a CD/DVD unit while singing along to Razorlight's 'America'.

It's purely circumstantial that she does the DIY (would make me fall over, a lot), but it makes me laugh. (I've banned her from wearing trousers at the Big Gay Wedding 'cos then people will think it's a metaphor for our relationship, which has inspired all our friends to go "But she does wear the trousers..." Funny.)

Franny's school is having a Halloween parade today. She's Wonder Woman. OMG the kids costumes are so cute. Store bought or homemade, kids in costumes are just cute. But the thing that makes me want to ditch work and go see the parade is the teachers. Franny's teacher is Mary Ann, and there's Ginger, the Skipper, and Gilligan too.

I look forward every year to the posting of pictures of Buffista kids in their costumes. I swear they are even cuter than other kids.