Halloween!

I don’t know about anyone else, but every year I have such a hard time deciding on a good Halloween costume. When I was younger I loved choosing my costume and finding just the right clothing and accessories to truly transform myself into Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz or a princess. Now that I’m almost 22, this task seems to have gotten much more difficult. Obviously, I don’t trick or treat anymore (although some people people clearly don't believe there's an age limit because I’m almost positive I gave candy to a 55 year old on Halloween night) but I do seem to be invited to at least one party every season which requires me to wear a costume. I’ll admit that I usually don’t make my life any easier in the costume department by not coming up with an idea until three days before the party. This tendency to procrastinate coupled with the limited budget of a college student typically results in a lame final product.

But everything changed this year; I finally came up with (in my opinion) a good costume idea (i.e. it was relatively original, not time consuming to make, and cheap). My boyfriend Matt and I were invited to a costume party on Saturday night and we decided we wanted some sort of couple costume. After bemoaning how much I hate Halloween because I can never think of something to go as, I was inspired. “I want to be a flower,” just burst out of my mouth and on closer inspection it turned out not to be such a bad idea. I then said, “and you can go as a bee.” And that was how our costume idea was born. Here’s a picture of us in our flower and bee costumes:

I’m sure that most of you out there are much more creative than I am when it comes to Halloween costume ideas. Leave us a message telling us what you were for Halloween, or even better, post a picture of yourself.

I hope everyone is hanging in there after mid-terms week. But don’t worry, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and then it’s on to winter break!

--Alesia