So I’ve been invited to a Halloween party.  DH isn’t going so I won’t need to think about a couples costume which good.  However, I’m having a hard time trying to figure out what to BE or dress up as, rather.

My first thought was a drunken Sarah Palin with lipstick smeared and a button that says, well, I won’t go there because it might offend.  DH says I should wear a hockey jersey, a pig nose and put on some bright red lipstick.  These are both viable options but I dunno.  Something about both of them doesn’t excite me.

What does make me excited is dressing up like Nancy Botwin from Weeds.  I’d delve into why but that might be another post.  DH says it’s a cop out.  But I think if I go the distance, get brown contacts for my eyes (mine are green), put my hair into those pig tail twists (might need long brunette wig), wear huge black sunglasses and carry a half empty iced coffee drink around with me the whole time like she does (most of the time) … anyone who actually watches the show is bound to get it, right?  Okay, maybe it is a cop out.  But I’d enjoy it just for one night.

Then I thought of something that might be rather easy — Arwen.  I’m constantly being told that I look like Liv Tyler or Cate Blanchett so I’d just have to find a long sleeved nightgown, buy the long brunette wig mentioned previously and voila!  Elfin’ magic.  But maybe I’d have to get the ears too …

OR and this one is crazy and DH thinks I’m nuts but this costume comes to mind each year when I’m invited to this particular party.  A tampon.  Yes, go as a tampon.  Not a used one, that’s just gross.  I’d wrap myself in that batting used for quilting, cut out arm and face holes and attach a string to the bottom.  Although, I’d have to be an OB tampon and wear pants on my bottom half because how else would I pee?  Too much?

Ugh.  A regular Sarah Palin is the easy way to go.  I wouldn’t even need to buy anything for it.  I have cutsy thick-framed glasses, a women’s power suit and putting my hair up like hers would be a cinch.  I dunno.  What do you think?

P.S. Apologies to any Sarah Palin fans out there.  Being the political hot-topic in the room is YET ANOTHER reason to not go dressed up as her.