I’m not dressing up for Halloween this year, since Halloween is on a Sunday (library closed), and I’m not working on Saturday.  This is the first time in the last five years that I haven’t dressed up, and I kinda miss it.

Jim, on the other hand, has dressed up twice for Halloween this year, once for the party at his work (he is the activities director at an assisted living facility), and then tonight for a gig his band is playing.  I asked him if the rest of the band is dressing up in costume, and he just chuckled with his best grin and said, “Nope.”  “So you’re the only one who will be in costume?”  Another big grin, “Yup.”

Frustratingly, when I try to insert the photos of these great costumes, something I’ve successfully done many times before, the formatting of my entire blog gets messed up.  With luck, perhaps I’ll be able to add the photos at a later date, but for now I’ll just have to describe those costumes in words…  [Note: obviously, I’ve now added the photos – it seems that adding captions makes the photos upset the formatting of the blog, so I’ve deleted the captions.  But I’ll keep the next paragraph, since it’s already been written….]

Jim bought some black and white face makeup, and used the black cape that we bought him last year or the year before for Halloween.  For the party at his work, he dressed up as a truly scary vampire (and he even woke me up Thursday morning grinning ear to ear with his freshly applied vampire makeup).  No blood, just a big black widow’s peak, black lips, and a white white face.  And then for tonight’s gig, Jim pulled out all the stops and made himself up to look like Gene Simmons, referring to an old album cover for makeup specifics.  He looked pretty darn awesome!

Happy Halloween, everyone!