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I used to love Halloween. I mean L-O-V-E it! I loved going to pick out our pumpkin in the scarecrow filled pumpkin patch at the Nut Tree. Carving Jack-O-Lanterns, baking pumpkin seeds, and nibbling on candy were always highlights at our house too. My sister, Mindy, and I would brainstorm our costume ideas in early July and we were lucky enough to have a mom who made them for us. Not only was I really into my costume, (yes, I entered all the contests) but the thought of eating candy was almost too much for me to bear.
The other eleven months in our house there was a strict no candy rule—so every October, Mindy and I literally counted down to the 31st.
Sadly, I’ve lost my loving feeling for Halloween. At first, I didn’t know why. However, it dawned on me while racking my brain on what to wear to school for our Halloween parade. The costume choices for women at Halloween are whore-en-dous! Literally, they go from one extreme to the other. You’re either showing your stuff:
…or you are not:
When did Halloween officially become an excuse to whore it up? Did I miss the memo? Although this costume is tempting…
I wonder if my parent’s would appreciate their first grade teacher parading around the yard in that one? Plus, it might make for a slightly awkward parent teacher conference, which are always held right after our parade.
Don’t ask.
Even more shocking are some of the costumes my students wear:
Knee Socks and short skirts. Really? Is it necessary for a 9 year old?
Sigh.
Surely, this is a sign that I’m getting old and set in my ways, but it doesn’t make it any less disappointing. I guess next year I’ll should spend more time making my own costume than wasting my time making Emi’s.
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I would say pretty much any costume labeled as “Sexy __(Insert Profession Here)___” I’m sorry ladies, but Halloween is NOT an excuse to wear your lingerie out in public. Plus, I will just laugh at you behind your back (or maybe in front of you too) when you complain that you’re cold because you’re wearing nothing but tule and high heels.
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I once saw someone dressed as a condom – it was horribly captivating, like a walking train wreck. That would have been a good one to catch on video.
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I think a whoopie cushion would be a not-so-great costume… but I would probably video someone wearing one.. just because. I wonder how many times people would try to squeeze them on Halloween?
And I agree very much with your post.. it’s bad when a parent is taking their kids out and you have to cover your kids’ eyes because all the other parent is wearing are some pasties and a tutu.
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How about the millon times I was a baby, talk about easy just wear your pajamas out.
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Um, I don’t really know…maybe the homemade robot I saw tonight? It didn’t look “good” really but they put some work into it and it was nice to see a homemade versus store bought costume for a change.
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It’ll probably have to be me in my normal soccer mom attire – I look like a monster after a whole day of to-ing and fro-ing – no need for any extra effort. And I’d also have the mood to match the look.
Za´s last blog ..Celebrating Sweetness
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As for the costumes…I really feel sorry for the whore-er kind more than the shocked lizard kind. As for getting old and set in your ways..I hope you’re glad you’re not alone. ;P
Za´s last blog ..Celebrating Sweetness
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I so agree with the costumes these days! I think I’ll stick with my cat ears and call it good!
A friend sent me a pic of what her costume is….cupid…WOW…that’s cupid? Looks like a pink french maids outfit in pink with wings! And another mom I know….she’s going to wear her dominatrix outfit….that’s the costume I want to see on video….her in her dominatrix with her 18 month old daughter in her little cheerleader outfit….now that’s scary!
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When I was a kid – my mom took me to an adult Halloween party – and there was a guy dressed up as poop with a big fly on it. That would have probably been funny to catch on tape.
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I still blush crimson when I remember the time I dressed up as Violet from Willie Wonka for a school play…but I didn’t have enough stuffing to look like a proper blueberry and instead I looked like what I was: a 5th grade girl in purple footie pajamas. How glad I am that this was in the days before hand-held video cameras!
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Hmmm, the Jon Gosselin costumes I have seen lately I could definitely do without.
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Sexy Abraham Lincoln!
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I hate the whole “naughty French Maid” costume. I had a friend wear that to school when we were in HS. complete with fishnet stockings. At a Catholic HS. I’m wondering why they even let her in the door that day. Heck, I”m wondering why her parents let her OUT the door that morning!
I guess it’s no surprise she was prego before graduation.
Texan Mama´s last blog ..Texan Mama’s Halloween Costumes
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I knew someone that went as bubblegum stuck under a chair. She had to wear a small chair strapped to her head all night. It’s was completely crazy!
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The kid costumes like this make me really mad actually. It’s sexualizing kids & the reality is pedophiles are on the look out around Halloween for kids.
And don’t even get me started on dressing like a slut because it’s Halloween. Talk about a misunderstanding of what sexy really is–it’s not sexy but slutty. There is a difference.
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I went looking for a costume for me last night and WOW. There was lots of stuff that Hubs would like for me to get, but nothing I felt was appropriate to wear out with my family! It was like Target had turned into an adult store!!! Yikes!!
Lori´s last blog ..The not so spooky treat…
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Man, I can’t think of a thing. Just had to say how hard it was to find costume for my cute 12 yr old that didn’t look like she should be standing on a corner. Why we make our costumes!
Michelle´s last blog ..Halloweeny things
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For their third Halloween I dressed my twin boys in pajamas. Using eye shadow I colored bags under one of the twin’s eyes and used lip liner to stencil pox onto the other’s face.
Then I used felt letters on the back of their pajamas to spell out…..
“SICK” and “TIRED”
It got lots of laughs but was a no thrills, cheap, sarcastic gag mom played at the expense of her darlings.
I do hope they laugh about it one day!
Jennifer´s last blog ..A treat for my boys, a self sacrifice for me!
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I hate the women’s costumes nowadays. A trip to the Halloween store has become almost as terrifying as bathing suit shopping.
An awful costume…. I went as Cindrella one year, but my husband didn’t want to dress up. He waited til the last minute and there were no costumes left in the stores that he could wear, so I cut holes in one of those pumpkin leaf bags and made him wear it.
Ryan Ashley Scott´s last blog ..6WS: I thought we had a dog…
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The costumes with the huge ugly beer belly. Not cool.
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hmmmm – probably the drunken slutty nurse costume – NOT GOOD at all! and i’m not saying this from personal experience!!!
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Hubby and I have discussed this in the past. The year I met him I told him to dress up when we went downtown Halloween weekend. He thought I was kidding when I said everyone would be dressed up. He says it is just an excuse for regular women to dress like sluts. I don’t approve but whatever.
I give a second vote for the baby costume. That was my favorite teenager costume. I just wore my pajamas to school. One year I was a housewife, pink rollers, green face mask and all. If the teenage me could see me now!
Michelle´s last blog ..Yummy Apple Cider Recipe Just In Time for Halloween
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I’m not sure there are any costumes that are raunchy that I’d want to catch on video. But, I have heard of some men that will be going as Justin Timberlake’s character from SNL when he sang D*** in a box
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Name a not-so-great costume worthy of being caught on camera.
How about a “birthday suit” costume ! : O
Mona´s last blog ..O.M.G. I WON
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It’s not that you are old, it’s that people are skanks now… I’m 14 and I agree… I couldn’t find a costume for me, I ended up wearing an adults outfit: http://www.racheshop.de/product_images/images/big/117894_halloween-karneval-kostuem_big.jpg
it was too big for me, I pinned it up so it didn’t show clevlage and I didn’t want to take it off… I wish we could go back to the days were everyone always wore pretty dresses everywere instead of booty shorts and sagging pants
not to mention huge V neck shirts with low under shirts 
Girls just wanna give it out to any guy that asks… People should really cover up!!
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It’s not that you are old, it’s that people are skanks now… I’m 14 and I agree… I couldn’t find a costume for me, I ended up wearing an adults outfit: http://www.racheshop.de/product_images/images/big/117894_halloween-karneval-kostuem_big.jpg
it was too big for me, I pinned it up so it didn’t show clevlage and I didn’t want to take it off… I wish we could go back to the days were everyone always wore pretty dresses everywere instead of booty shorts and sagging pants
not to mention huge V neck shirts with low under shirts 
Girls just wanna give it out to any guy that asks… People should really cover up!!
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all those little smiley faces are supposed to be : – P with toung sticking out like… gross kinda thing
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Oh, you’re so right in this regard. Whatever happened to the good old witch or vampire costume? And I’ve certainly noticed that kids costumes can show way too much skin!
Tina @ Peacock Halloween Costume´s last blog ..Kids Peacock Costume
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