It’s November 15th and I already have six entries for next year’s Halloween. All throughout the year, I collect Halloween articles and post them in October. That’s great for me because during my busiest month of the year, I end up having to write less because I already have a huge list of entries just waiting. This is the first year where I have six entries written before I’m finished with November.

I’m beginning to think that I might be a little crazy.

This is also the first year where I have no idea what I’m going to be for next year’s Halloween before Thanksgiving. I am purposely putting off the costume decision. I’ll probably decide in January or maybe February. All last year, I was planning on being Rogue, but it was going to be yet ANOTHER costume I would have had to explain all night long, so I opted for the easy way out: Mrs. Incredible.

Maybe next year I’ll be the girl in the pink wig or something simple like that.

Nah…

Here’s a collection of the costumes from the last few years:

I never had to explain that I was Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

Vampire is another costume that just doesn’t need explaining.

Tippi Heddren from The Birds, however, was a never-ending barrage of “What are you?” all night long. I even had the movie playing on the television and people kept asking me what I was.

I didn’t expect anyone to know that I was “The Homecoming Queen Has Got A Gun.” They just kept calling me a dead prom queen. The gory head wound was enough for everyone.

No one asked me what I was this year. It was a refreshing change.

If you’re going to dress up like a Star Trek character, you better go with Original Series. Deep Space Nine and Trills was just too much of a stretch.

“Who are you?”

“I’m Jedzia Dax.”

“…”

Despite her popularity, Mother Nature is another costume where everyone asks, “What are you?”

I wish I had photos from parties before then, but this as far back as it goes…