Doctor!

Halloween kind of snuck up on me.

The people I know here are obsessed with Halloween. It is like a mini Christmas for them. They enjoy planning months in advance in order to make (yes, make) elaborate costumes and attend elaborate parties.

As someone who has spent more Halloweens alone than with people, I didn't catch on to the phenom that is Halloween activities. Don't get me wrong, I freaking love Halloween. I am use to buying candy for myself, racking up a bunch of Dvd's to watch, and chilling at home with a pizza pie and movies. The End.

But now everyone I know participates in Halloween extravaganzas, I'm not sure my own activities makes the grade. From parties, to parades to bar hopping fiascoes, I feel like my tentative plans are lackluster despite how much I enjoy doing them. The last two Halloweens I have worked or taken my cousin to Treak or Treating. I still plan on doing that this year along with setting up a Halloween Themed instant queue on Netflix (GHOSTBUSTERS!!!). Michelle wants to be a skeleton on Sunday and any opportunity to drag her around a neighborhood where she will ask and receive candy is one that I will glady take part in.

There are some parties being thrown by co-workers that I could attend, but I am not sure I am up to it; mainly because the main party is being thrown by Josh who is driving me crazy. Josh and Kat are starting to annoy the shit out of me these days. Josh rambles on and on about his writing 'ideas' (because as of yet they are just 'way awesome scenes that i am just too busy to write') and contends that I have 'low self esteem' in regards to my own stories, which is why I am not as awesome of a writer as he is.

*anger boiling*

Kat started hanging out with Pretty Ricky outside of work and can't stop gushing about how awesome he is. Josh's party is tomorrow and she mentioned it to Pretty Ricky when they were grabbing dinner. According to her he said he would only go if 'she went' and then she made a swooning gesture in the aisle which made me gag a little.

*jealousy boiling*

For this reason alone I don't feel like dragging myself after work tomorrow to his party. One because Josh said I had low self esteem and two because my moderate self esteem is jealous of Kat's continued conquest of all the male attention at work.

So, treak-or-treating and Ghostbusters it is.

I did end up buying a costume though. Today actually. This summer I had my heart set on being Amelia Pond (doctor who companion). I bought a fiery auburn wig and everything in preparation for the awesomeness that was going to be Amelia Pond/UK police outfit. But then I sort of forgot about the whole costume thing (and realized how much money it would be to buy all the things needed for a costume such as hers) and decided a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to be Daria Morgendorffer. However, trying to find clothes for an anti-social, sardonic misfit was very difficult. You'd think combat boots, a black pleated skirt and a green blazer would be easy to find.

It's not.

So I sort of gave up on that costume also went back with my original idea, except I choose the outfit pictured to mimic instead. And guess what? I think I only spent $24 on the whole costume. Armed with a red wig, a mini skirt, leggings and a red hoodie....I make a pretty awkward looking but adorable Amelia pond.

Outside of taking Michelle Trick or Treakin' I don't know where else I will wear this costume. Josh's party is a maybe, hanging out with friends is a maybe and going to the city is a definite no. But I wouldn't mind just wearing it all day and yelling "Doctor" with a Scottish accent into the air.

I do think this is the cheapest costume I've ever worn.

Thank you H&M for making Halloween costumes possible to very broke girls. If only you could provide attractive British guy wearing a bow tie.