Halloweekend

Yeah, I know Halloween isn't over for some of you, but I'm physically incapable of a Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday-Monday weekend, so my Halloween ends here.  While three (or five) nights in a row of costuming may seem a little excessive, it's really been an entire month of dressing up.  When you think about it, October at Trincoll has more theme parties than we can handle.  The first day of October hosted Tropical this year, followed by Eighties, ABC, and then Halloween.  That's not to mention all the parties I wasn't cool enough to get invited to, or the entire weekend we had off for Trinity days.  That's a lot of costumes, and my budget was definitely hurting a bit after my umpteenth trip to Savers to find a cute and original outfit. Luckily, by recycling outfits from the previous three weekends, you could get away with not even finding a new Halloween costume.  Lifeguard, 80s aerobic instructors, and "white trash" (use the white trash bag leftover from anything but clothes) are all perfectly acceptable Halloween costumes. So, if you're in a bind and decide that school isn't worth it and you want to continue celebrating tonight and tomorrow, you're all set.  That said, its definitely a cop-out to costume-recycle.  That's why so many of us agonized over finding three to five brand-new and clever costumes that were also appropriate for the January-like weather we had over the weekend.

Despite the aftermath of a horror movie that is our campus (downed branches and entire trees are covering the quad; they couldn't handle a snowstorm in October), most people managed to put together some great costumes.  Props to those who decided to forgo the traditional "slutty _____" and cover their assets in the apocalyptic weather.  Some of the cleverest costumes: Keep these in mind if you have a total change of heart and decide to celebrate "real Halloween" tomorrow.


A Box of Crayons:  Four friends each dressed in head-to-toe spandex of a different color, with a pointed party hat on top.  They carried a cardboard crayon box surrounding the four of them.  While the box proved impractical and the hats got lost, it was still a great group costume idea while it lasted.

A Blind Date:  A friend wore dark sunglasses and carried a white broom handle, and attempted to attach a calendar to his front.  Generally bumped into people, didn't look at the camera in pictures, and lost the calendar, so most people just thought he was a blind man.  Clever, though.

The Different Stages of Drunk:  What better way to celebrate the true nature of Halloween than the different states we find ourselves in?  She wore all black (blackout), wore bee antenna (buzzed), carried a trash can (trashed), and walked around in a cardboard box labeled "Toxicated" (she was IN-toxicated, get it?)  A jealous run-in with a boy who only thought to be blackout put a damper on the wittiness, but definitely my favorite punny costume.

Golden Snitches:  My own costume of course makes the list: we dressed in gold dresses made out of cheap fabric and stocked up on gold Christmas decorations from the dollar store.  Kid's fairy wings and the quote "Ten Points for Gryffindor" topped it off.  We found endless puns: "Where my snitches at?""Get yo snitch ass ova here"; A picture with a pimp became "Mo' Money Mo' Snitches," etc.  I, for one, found this wildly amusing.

Ironic Costumes:  An Occupy Wall Street-er; a male nurse, and a witty spin on slutty animal costumes: "I'm a Mouse, Duh," complete with Karen's vapid expressions.

Oh, my roommates are pretty good at carving pumpkins, too.

So Halloween may be over for me, but I'm sure there's plenty of you out there who are just getting started.  If you're not up for recycling a costume, here are some ideas to recycle somebody else's.  I'm ready for a break from the theme parties and costumes, for one, but Trinity kids sure know how to handle a thrift store and throw something pretty impressive together.