Halloween in Michigan is usually cold. Sometimes snowy cold and so a winter jacket is usually required. I like that my mom found a costume that would/could fit over the jacket instead of being hidden underneath rendering the whole dressing-up tradition pointless.
This picture of me at Halloween in 1979 begs some questions that I just don’t remember the answer to. Or, probably never thought to ask while visions of chocolate bars danced through my four year old mind:
- Why exactly does this Cinderella mask look like a fifty year old lady who ought to have a cigarette dangling from her too-red lips?
- Are the dark circles under the eyes of this masked princess from not enough sleep because the fifty year old lady has been working the night shift at the diner slinging slices of pie and pouring cups of coffee all evening?
- And, is that really just a white plastic trash bag decorated with a pink Sharpie to look like a Cinderella dress? I think when you actually have to write the name of what you’re supposed to be on the costume itself, that perhaps it’s not the best costume.
Julie says
Not only does she look like an old lady but also strikingly similar to Richard Nixon (if he had had yellow hair!)
glitterandrainbows says
I remember those plastic costumes being so much cooler back then, but when I was looking at mine today and some of the other photos people have posted, I realize how bad they were! Love the pic though. 🙂