Dressed to thrill

Ah, the chance to dress up as someone else for a day!

As holidays go, Halloween is in my top two favorite. I think it has something to do with being able to wear a costume for an entire day without having to provide an exhaustive explanation.

For the record, I’m still not sure how capes and tights don’t fall within the boundaries of “casual Friday,” but whatever!

At any rate, since I like costumes, this is an exciting time of the year for me. Of course it also means that for the last couple months I haven’t been able to visit Target, Walgreens, Osco, Shopko, Kmart or WalMart without making a compulsory stop at the Halloween isle.

Alas, this particular obsession has made me privy to some perhaps lesser known costume information. For instance, and I’m sure this has a lot to say about the state of our nation as a whole, this year WalMart has a selection of Plus Size costumes for “chunky” kids.

On the scale of funny things, I’d rate this as HILARIOUS!

Of course chunkiness is a condition that Halloween candy won’t help. I suppose that’s a boon for the red & green velvet suppliers of the world, since this year’s Christmas outfits will no doubt require additional material—especially after the target-market has consumed a plastic pumpkin or two full of candy.

Anyway, in the spirit of taking on a new and different persona, this year I’m going dressed as someone that’s stably employed, in a committed relationship and significantly younger than myself.

Now I just have to decide what color cape to wear.