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gunther_arneson · #11 (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 08:38 PM

I was in Cologne, Germany for Carnival last spring...I thought the costumes were pretty clever--for instance, there are the traditional witch hats made of felt that had a narrow, not a broad, brim...also many women dressed as Swiss maids, German nurses, Prussian women with the white powder wigs, and yes, there were even a couple of Britney Spears costumes as well...

Linda Buquet · #12 (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 10:05 PM

Hey Gunther, welcome to 5 Star.

Here are the top 5 TV inspired Halloween Costumes for 2007
according to YahooBuzz. (The link shows the top 20 if you want to see more.)

1) Hannah Montana Costume
2) High School Musical Costumes
3) Sharpay Costume
4) Dog the Bounty Hunter Costume
5) Flintstones Costumes

Funny that the Flintstones is such an old cartoon, yet still so popular.

Linda Buquet · #13 (**permalink**) 10-28-2007, 10:03 AM

What are your plans for Halloween?

I used to be a Halloween Party Animal, back when I still partied.

Now the big event every year is called Trunk or Treat.

It's in the parking lot of my daughter's church and the kids
safely trick or treat from car to car. Since it's all people from the church
we know everything is OK and it's a pretty big deal. Lots of people show up.

Kinda cool to because people with pickups, back their truck into the area and then build a halloween scenes in the truck bed and make it look then look like graveyards, or put up scarecrows. And there is loud spooky music and smoke. Then the church feeds everyone dinner and we all sit outside eating chili dogs. It's as much fun for us adults as it is for the kids and has such a great small time community feel to it.

I'm excited, can't wait to take Allie the Pooh.

So what about you guys???

purplebear · #14 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 06:05 AM

Awwwwwhh your Allie is sooo cute and makes such a cute bear......does this mean we may be related? lol

Church idea definitely sounds like fun....kinda sad tho that a lot of people are doing this nowadays. Other folks who look forward to seein the little people goin house to house won't get to see em.

Can understand tho.

Big event where we live. Anywhere from 100 to 140 kids come around. It goes in spurts..lol one or two earlybirds like maybe 4:30, nothin til maybe 6:30 ....one or two, if ya close your eyes there can be maybe 10 back to back....quiet again for a while and outa nowhere a bunch again. lol Most of us sit out on our steps with the candy waiting for the kids and neighbors can talk to each other.

One of my nieces brings her kids over, they go around a little then come back for ummm (yeap, do spoil em. lol as if candy's not enough I make em brownies....they sit around on our steps eatin em and they get to pass out the candy to the kids then . They seem to really enjoy that part. lol

My favorite idea would be to be a purple m&m. lol

kids in the past have made their own m&m costumes. Some other cute ideas that have been made have been, some teenage girls come dressed in footie pj's and holding their teddy bears and a pillow....supposed to be them having a slumber party. lol

another cute one was a washing machine. Just a box and had cotton balls stuck all over it to be the suds. lol

Read somewhere else a cute idea.....get dressed in black leotard outfit and tape purple balloons to ya and you're a bunch of grapes. (I like that one)

Hope everybody enjoys themselves. I love givin the candy out to the kids and seein how cute they look.

oops almost forgot, LeMichelle: loved the grocery bag idea, you looked cute

Linda Buquet · #15 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 12:10 PM

Hi PB. There are lots of cute purple things you could be.
Have fun giving the kids their candy.

Here's a cute pic of my son and daughter-in-law from
last Halloween when she was still pregnant.

I bet Grayson is going to hate it when I call him
"my little Punkin" in front of his friends when he gets bigger!

Baby Punkin

Cute, huh?

JAmieF · #16 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 02:01 PM

Just won the the worst costume for the second year running in the office! It is becoming a good winning habit.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Linda Buquet · #17 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 02:06 PM

Come on Jamie. You are such a tease!

Where are the pics???

Linda Buquet · #18 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 02:11 PM

I just met Allie in the park for a quick play date after my Dentist appt.

She was wearing her other Halloween outfit - a gorgeous white feather angel costume. Wish I would have known we were meeting up and she was looking so angelic, I would have brought my camera! It is just GORGEOUS.

So maybe she won’t be Pooh tonight. We’re letting her choose, so it’s anyone’s guess. You know how fickle 2 year old girls can be. I have my fingers crossed she'll be an Angel, but something tells me she will still end up being Allie the Pooh.