Our costumes are going to be interesting this year...
My oldest son (17) spent about $200 of his own money on a costume that he really wanted. It is a character out of his favorite anime, "Naruto" - the character is called "Pein" or "Pain". His costume included getting some of those Wild Eyes contacts. He is going to look fantastic. I would never soend this much on a costume - but he has been saving up for it all year.
My daughter (11) was just in a pageant, where we spent oodles on a pagenat dress, so I told her we would be recycling a costume from years past or figuring out something from things we already have. Well, her competitive cheer team colors are black and silver - so she decided to be a goth cheerleader. All I had to do was the makeup and a couple of accesories. I have been laughing like crasy, though - because she is going to a party tonight, so we're trying out the costume already. I just took some pics of her. Comparing these pictures to the ones I took of her from the pageant - OY! LOL!
My youngest son (5) wanted to be Annakin Skywalker, more for the light saber than the actual costume I think. So we bought the less expensive of the Skywalker costumes, and got him a light saber to pkay with. He's happy.
If I even
attempted to dress up my cats - I would wind up in the ER, needing a blood transfusion, multiple stitches, and plastic surgery.
