>satin
all my rage, every time.

My rage will begin on October 24, when people from other boards will begin to post constantly. They will all want: 1) an incredibly detailed costume (i.e. Ezio, Altair, Master Chief), 2) knowledge of how to make in in a week, and 3) to know how to make it for under $20. Then they will call us useless bitches and whores who will die alone when we tell them it's impossible.

And they won't even have the decency to keep it to one thread, they will all post their own threads.

>Last year mom's best friend throws a Halloween party.
>Have to go, have no choice, have maintain relations, etc.
>Decide to wear Alice dress
>Show up to party
>Everyone is in sport's jerseys and regular clothes
>Everyone stares at me
>The woman's Twilighttard/wannabe-emo/other social cliches daughter and her friends are laughing at me "LOL LEMME GUESS, ALICE RIGHT? LOLOL"

>Party host see's my outfit
>OH YEAH. I WAS TOO LAZY/TIRED TO MAKE THIS PARTY HALLOWEEN RELATED AT ALL SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO WATCH SPORTS AND SMOKE POT.

Fuckyou.jpg

>>5056076
Better one:

>Birthday is October 22, have a combined Halloween/birthday party
>Request people attend in costume
>One person wears pink lashes, one wears cat ears, others wear casual clothes
>Change out of my costume after half an hour

If a host sets a dress code, it's good manners to follow it.

>>5056076
>not going with your dress in a bag and changing in his/her bathroom

>>5056076
This is why I can not be friends with "normal" people. I can't find any value in hanging out with people that aren't at least a little geeky.

>fabric thinner than 1ply toilet paper
Seriously, for $60+ a pop why are all the costumes in the stores fucking see through? Be better to make a costume out of the dollar bills

>>5056097
To be honest, this is why I started sewing. Loved Halloween, but the commercial costumes looked like shit and I'm poor as hell. Then I discovered anime and cosplay, and all hell broke loose.

>>5056076
>>5056076
What a bitchdog.

I kind of hate Halloween. I have never had fun on Halloween and everyone expects me to love it because "lol but you do costumes all the time!"

It's not very fun, though, because every costume I have is pretty obscure and frankly, people generally think having a detailed, non-funny costume on Halloween is weird. Least favorite holiday. The only redeeming factor is candy.

>>5056103
I think your me...

OH WOW GUYS, I have a huge work load this October so I can't help people out with their costumes this year. Just, don't ask ok? I will say no.

>OH HEY DEAREST DAUGHTER WHO I RAISED WITH LOVE AND CARE, COULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO HELP YOU DEAR SWEET OLD MOTHER WITH A CAPE?

oh, ok... I mean you are my mom and it IS just a cape. It will take an hour max including shopping for the fabric.

>OH HEY SLOW, I KNOW YOU SAID NO HELP THIS YEAR BUT MAYBE YOU COULD JUST HELP WITH MAKEUP?

Oh, well that shouldn't be a problem I-
>OH HEY, THAT'S GREAT, I WAS GONNA DO A FULL BODY MONOCHROME ZOMBIE LOOK! SO EVERYTHING ON MY BODY HAS TO BE GRAY AND BLACK INCLUDING WOUNDS AND BLOOD AND STUFF.

I.... ok.

>OH HEY, JUST ZOMBIE MAKE UP FOR THE ZOMBIE WALK PLEASEEEE????

fine, no prob.

>OH HEY I NEED HELP MAKING MY COSTUME AND YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS STUFF SO PLEASE HELP ME? I DON'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE CRAP.

ugh fine, what do you want to do so we can work on it over time?

>I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY YET, SOME KIND OF RED DEATH OR PROTOZOA OR SOMETHING, I WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN A WEEK OR SO.
MY SPINE. WHERE THE FUCK DID I DROP IT?

I'm wearing a cheap ~sexy nurse~ costume like all the normalfag whores.
Problem, /cgl/?

>>5056120
GOD DAMMIT TRIP, WHERE DID I DROP YOU?

>>5056143
Not really. It's much better than doing this >>5056074.

I'm currently happy for Halloween, having a party, friends will have costumes on, we're going to do skit practice and record our lines, then a smash bros tournament and maybe some King's game if we get bored

>Birthday is Halloween
>Friends are always busy with activities/parties/etc so no birthday celebrations
>Never invited anywhere/to do anything

>Used to suffer in silence with halloween candy.
>Now get sick off of to much suger
>FUCK YOU BODY

>Be cosplay nerd
>Come up with a heap of complicated but awesome ideas
>Realize everyone just buys shit/slutty-insert-generic-profession/character
>Also realize said shit costumes always win ALL contests
>Be depressed,Don't even want to wear a costume anymore

I miss trick-or-treating. At least then my awesome costumes were rewarded with stuff like extra candy. (Edward Scissorhands-SO MUCH CANDY)

I was asked by a local gay club to come in a character costume to match my friend, one of the dancers. He's Narcissus, I'm Aphrodite. Bare tit and all.

I didn't get to pick my costume.

I also didn't pick to dance later in the evening dressed as a cop.

His defense?

"You have the boots for it!"

>>5056149
Ha just dont forget your costume for my party ;p

me and my friends decided to do a group costume, and decided on ballroom murderers.
seeing as how i felt like doing something else, i changed my own plans.
>"so i think im going to do a zombie king this year. crown and everything"
>" but you were a zombie last year, why would you do it again?"
>"i-i dont know the makeup is really fun"
>" god, if you dont want to do crap with us just say so. bail on us then..."


BITCH, I WEAR WHAT I WANT.

>>5056120
Have you thought about charging people? I am ho-hum about halloween the only good thing about it is I usually make some money out of it.
> I even charge my mom if she ask for commission work, she knows my commission time is how I make extra money.

>>5056143
no1curr

>Halloween party in a club near me
>Flyer has sexy chicks in costumes on it
>"free drinks for anyone in a costume" "wear your hottest costumes" etc.
>Decide to dress up as Trinity from Matrix. Friend wears catwoman costume
>arrive at party
>it's 99% normalfags, everyone is staring, guys are groping us because they think we're gogo dancers hired by the club
>Oh God this is like a bad movie, let's leave
>Weeaboo with cat ears spots us and follows us for the rest of the night, yells in public, calls McDonalds clerks bakas for getting her the wrong burger
>facepalm forever, Halloween night ruined

>Super busy time of the year for me
>Vaguely remember Halloween stuff in the back of mind
>Have to do a good job dressing up for a work event
>It's really just makeup and a wig, no big deal
>No big deal
>No big deal
>Getting around to it tonight
>Need rigid collodion, white aquacolor, and a shitton of wig extensions
>out of stockoutofstockoutofstock
>Freaking out

Thankfully, I think I've found a good site finally. But goddamnit last time I procrastinate on this kind of shit around Halloween.

A while ago someone tagged a bunch of my cosplay pictures on Facebook. I untagged them but not fast enough to prevent...

Two days ago at work
>Hey Anon, my little sister, she's in high school, she needs a costume and she likes those weird japanese cartoons too and she's your size, maybe could she borrow one of your costumes you don't use?
"Well um sure let me talk to her and see if there's anything I've made that I can loan out that she'd like?" I have some old Naruto bullshit I don't mind loaning to kids, why not? I'm sure as hell not wearing it anymore. So her little sister calls me and I get this before I can even get a word in edgewise:
>Hey Anon! My brother told me you like anime! That's soooo cool! He said you'd make me a costume for free too! I just saw a movie called Evangelion, have you heard of it? I want to be the white suit girl with the blue hair!

I turned her down, but I am going to verbally bitchsmack that guy when I see him next.

>>5056074
Also, this. I hate this. I hate this so much that there are no words for my rage.

>>5056120
>>5056186

Oh yes. I haven't been attacked yet but I know it's coming. I thankfully didn't have to do anything last year because I put a stop to the requests really quick by making it clear that I would not be able/willing to make something in a week for $30 not including materials.

Last year I was asked to make a stage-perfect Mister Mistoffeles with light-up vest,custom wig, and all. All went well until I came back to the guy with a rough estimate of the cost. He tried to talk me into $40 after hearing that the suit alone would be $50.
The other insane one asked first for a sexy pirate, then a gigantic renaissance outfit, and then 5 or six other things before coming back to the ren-faire insanity. She chose some very lovely, very expensive silk as well as wanting a corset. She expected I already had everything and wouldn't pay for anything.

>OH BOY IT'S MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY EVER!
>plan all sorts of fun stuff for my boyfriend and I to do because his parents were uber strict christfags who thought halloween was a tool of satan and he never got to have fun
>decide to go to a haunted house, go through the annual corn maze, and halloween party with my boyfriend.
>wanna carve pumpkins and dress in awesome costumes
>wanna eat lots of candy
>couldn't go to corn maze at end of september, it was raining non-stop
>Can't go to haunted house because it's an hour away and the bus no longer goes out there
>boyfriend has a bad cavity and until it's fixed he won't be able to gorge on sugar
I really hope this shit gets better soon or I'm gonna have the biggest shit fit ever. I want him to have a good halloween, dammit.

>Vampire cape, vampire teeth, red contacts, some blood on my mouth and cleavage
>Awesome zombie costume anon, I like the blood stains.
>Mom in a furry Barbarella costume and blonde wig
>Lol is she Lara Croft?
>Friend dressed as awesome Legolas right after the last LotR movie came out
>Nobody knows who he's supposed to be.

I HATE NORMAL PEOPLE.

>>5056222
Your mom sounds awesome.

>>5056171
It's people like you I hate, I had friends like you and got rid of them because they flake when people want to do group things. Either say no at the start or stay with it. Bailing on a planned event is such a dick move

>>5056240

at least im not flaking on them the last minute. none of them even have their costumes done, nor have they even started.

Calm down anon.

>Hey anon, I don't like all the slutty Marie Antoinette costumes. Will you make me a historically accurate one?
Yeah sure just pay me enough and-
>OH MY GOD YOU WANT ME TO PAY? YOU'RE SUCH A BITCH, ANON. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

What do you mean, fabric costs money?
Are you telling me that sewing takes time and can be really difficult?
What, I can't have this pre-styled, super expensive wig of yours?
I was wearing this precious historic ballgown of yours and I ripped it and my drunk friends through up on it, but you don't mind do you?
What do you mean, you can't dress me up and apply make-up and style my hair and pay for the entire party?

I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS, ANON?

>>5056263

>>5056167
I am working on it now :D

>>5056270

... Are you the Panty cosplayer who's dating that Dark Link I always see at southern US cons?

Cosplay ruined Halloween for me.

>Halloween rolls around
>Suddenly everyone in school is my BEST FRIEND EVAR!
>Mom goes huge for Halloween, always made our costumes on top of doing the biggest haunted house in town
>We have tons of stuff around the house, props, costumes, make up
My reaction
>NO.
>You assholes are nice to me 2 weeks out of the year
>You CANNOT play in my magical fun box house of costumes and happiness.
>Deal with your shit costumes and lack luster Halloween
Mom's reaction
>Tries to be nice, lends costumes to our friends
>Half are never seen again, the other half are stained, ripped or otherwise ruined
>Mom starts saying no, or lending only costumes that we don't care about

Fuck the people that only want you for your things. I'm not your friend just because I have cool costumes you want to borrow.

>>5056282

I mean Stocking.

>>5056260
you made it sound last minute, less mad now

Thankfully even though I'm making majority of costumes for my friends this year it's all really simple. 4 of us are into Homestuck so we're just gonna goof in our costumes and test how cold we get in them since it's a winter con we plan to wear them at. Other friends probably won't be in costumes, but I'm use to them doing that.

>>5056270
Oh, and my boyfriend dropped this on me today.
>boyfriend asks me for help with costumes for him
>of course
>help for him turns into help for his entire band
>they want to be something scary
>try to talk them into something manageable
>they decide they want to be lambent humans
>"I can't do this well by Halloween. No way."
>they think they're god damn genius' so they decide they're going to tape LED lights to themselves, put yellow fabric over it, and then pour/streak black liquid latex over themselves
>they tell me to get the stuff for it because I "know where to shop for it"
>tell my boyfriend that if he does this it's not going to turn out at all how he's picturing it and will look like shit
>he tells me I'm wrong
>"Oh, and you can do all of this for us for like 25 bucks a person, right? We're on a budget here."
>areyoufuckingjoking

I basically directed him to where to get his stuff and wished him luck. I don't want to be involved. That way they can't blame how terrible this will be on me.

>>5056282
>>5056291
What about my post could possible make you think that...?

But no, I'm not. Never cosplayed Panty, boyfriend doesn't cosplay, and I live in the north.

Oh thank heavens no.
No one knows I do cosplay outside of my cosplay-buddies and my parents.

Wow, I'm sorry for some of these stories, I wish you guys could have happier Halloweens!

Halloweens around here are pretty fun. Me and my group of friends are all pretty chillax, and we invite each other to Halloween parties. We try not to overlap parties so we have them on the 28th, 29th, 30th consecutively, it also helps if we're allowed to spend the night in case we get drunk. They're not big parties either (normally 15-20 people) so everyone knows each other and there hardly isn't drama or tension. We usually go trick-or-treating too (although it did get a bit lame since they recently made the curfew around here for collecting candy only until 7-8pm). We don't feel weird doing it since each of us are normally wearing full costumes. It's nice to be able to dick around with your friends and act immature over candy.

HOWEVER, there was an incident that made me rage last year:
>have a gay, flamboyant friend
>kinda pudgy
>says he wants to walk around town with us in costume
>we go to pick him up from his house
>skin tight, red skinny jeans
>too-tight purple t-shirt that's constricting his moobs
>pink face paint with random red dots on it
>Durex CONDOMS taped onto the shirt
>tacky party beads around neck
>some color fedora hat
>"I'M GOING AS AIDS!"
All my whys...it was kind of...embarrassing. I'd rather be around a Leg Avenue whore.

>>5056312

Oh, I just know a couple who cosplays as Dark Link and Fionna. I read your post wrong and thought you were talking about you and another person.

>Could you help me make a Princess Jasmine costume for Halloween?
>I guess I could help some, yeah. What's your budget?
>$20

I like to make humorous costumes for cosplay, and Halloween is no exception! I live in a tiny town, though, and all I gotta say when dealing with Halloween and normal folk is...

Don't even THINK about crossplay (f to m in this case). The stares and comments, man. It makes no sense. ITS JUST FOR FUN GAH.

>>5056316

>"I'M GOING AS AIDS!"

>>5056074
THIS SO MUCH i am dreading this.

They're always like "what do you mean I can't make this in a week? I asked for help, you aren't helping!!"

>>5056508

Don't forget the /b/ mentality bump every two minutes

>friend asks for wig help for halloween costume
>i agree to do it for free if they provide the wig
>she shows up with shitty, shiny as fuck, party store wig thats tangled to hell
>gets mad when i tell her i cant work with that

this happens with someone i know. every damn year.

this is the time of year when i start hiding in my office and avoid the throngs of "OMGWHATSHOULDIGOAS" conversations that are inevitable if i go over to the common area/bar (yes, we have a bar at work). i'll give advice on what people should be and even consult on supplies/where to get stuff, but i DO NOT offer anything more....and i they ask i shoot that down pretty fast. seeing as how i haven't even gotten the fabric for my work party costume.....

there's a casino down here that does a biiiiig costume contest with a $1000 cash prize. not gonna lie, i'm kinda thinking about going this year...i'm doing a gaga costume so at least i'd be recognizable to the normals.

I don't understand a lot of people's thinking I guess. I had my friends mom one year make me a costume since I was young and couldn't sew for shit. She said she would do it for free but I never even thought that would be right and paid her 200 dollars for the materials and shit, (it was a BOMB ass vampire costume). She almost cried, made me happy.

>Little sister won't fucking shut up about a Bleach shihakusho for Halloween
>No, seriously, WILL NOT SHUT UP
>FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR
>is asking me about it AT EASTER DINNER

I'm tempted to just not do it out of spite, but then she'll be even more of a bitch to me.

>>5056528
Casino? Where Live?

>Is really good at doing makeup
>Two of my friends ask for really complicated makeup designs.
>Takes me an hour and a half to do one, then another hour for the other.
>I end up not having any time to do my own, and end up having to just wear pink eye shadow.

I was so fucking pissed. I had decided like, a month before how i was going to do my makeup, and I was so excited to do it, but those bitches are so high maintenance I swur to gawd.

This doesn't just apply to Halloween though. It applies to every time I'm with them and we go somewhere. They wait till 5 minutes before we leave and expect me to do all of their make up in that amount of time. I'm like, bitch! It takes 15 at the least and you crazies want me to fucking bedazzle your vag's while I'm at it.

>all of my rage

>>5056543
At least she understands that these things take time. She is probably just excited to share your hobby. As an annoying little sister I know how that is.

> My friend is getting married on October 30. It's a Halloween themed wedding and everyone is suppossed to wear costumes.
> Groom and bride decide to dress up as Mario and Princess Peach.
> He shows me a picture of a lolita dress that he ordered for her to wear.

I lurk enough lolita threads to have basic knowledge about scammers.

> I ask him where did he order it from? He shows me some random website with a stolen photo.
> I try to explain that what he ordered will not be whay he gets. He freaks out and wants to cancel the order.
> We look at the customer service page and it's all in some fucking european language. He freaks out even more.
> I recomend some other sites for him to order from. >"Lol anon, were getting married in three weeks, it won't be done in time."

Whatever I tried to help. Then he hits me with this gem today.

> "Hey anon, turns out european sizes are smaller than ours, can you fix the dress when it comes in?"

>>5056561 bedazzle your vag's

So hoping to use this in conversation one day.

>>5056593
The technical term is "vajazzle".

>>5056156
THIS

>Birthday is Halloween
>Friends like dressing up too
>Wanted to have a costume party or go out with friends weekend before (since it's on a Monday)
>Talked about it quite a bit
>Announcement comes on
>Fucking homecoming is also that weekend
>Everyone forgets me. Don't even ask if I want to go with them.

Guess I'll just be sitting around doing nothing. I see where their loyalty lies.

>>5056586
you could try making a dress for her and then you wouldn't be obligated to get a present/give cash

>>5056593
>>5056606

I lol'd so hard. I love you guys.

>>5056586
You've got to post a follow-up when the dress arrives

>>5056692
German anon here, same here. But I like halloween because it's fun and you can dress up in funny costumes.

I don't get all you fun-haters. "baaaawww it's from the US so it must be shit". Come on. You do watch every American soap the TV feeds you so shut up.

>>5056711

Yeah, I don't mind the people who celebrate it and have parties, but I just find it really awkward when these furry weeaboos and emos demand a halloween party at the school. There once was one but they were the only ones to dress up and some other people had like a hairband with bumblebee balls and minor shit like that.

I guess halloween hasn't hit our culture because we dress up and do crazy stuff on 1st of May. And "trick or treating" is done around Easter. Ohgodtheamountofchocolateatewheniwasakid

>>5056561
even better:
>friend asks for really complicated makeup design
>anon I need this I need this please please anon do it exactly like that. oh and please use Revlon and MAC because that's the best make-up
>spend hours on her make-up folloing her instructions and bad drawings
>friend leaves to get some stuff from her home, comes back with her own shitty make-up applied
>"Lol it was a little too extreme for me so I whiped it off."
friendship terminated

>my aunt asks my mother if her 12 year old daughter can borrow one of my costumes for halloween
>the only costume i've made that would be acceptable for a child is toph
>my mom points out how much money i spend on the costumes and how i would never let a child touch them. (she's a spoiled little brat.)

every year one of my family members asks me to make a costume or let them borrow one of my old ones.

>Invite girlfriend and several friends over for a night of Mario Party and random shenanigans
>Friend A sees the Mordekaiser Mace and random armor bits sitting in my workroom that i've been making for weeks
>"OMG ANON YOU'RE SO GOOD AT ARMORMAKING CAN YOU MAKE MY GIRL AND I SOME PINK AND GREEN MASTER CHIEF ARMOR BY NEXT WEEK"
>Friend B just starts laughing and tries to explain how long that would take and how expensive it would be
>"LOLNO I WOULD GIVE HIM 20 BUCKS FOR EACH COSTUME ITS TOTALLY FAIR WHY WONT YOU DO IT ANON"
>My face when he asked me to do it again yesterday and I just pointed him in the direction of a website where he can pay out the ass for one.

Maybe if he asked MONTHS AGO I would have HELPED.

already been asked. i refused immediately. i have no idea why they even asked, i'm new to all this and i'd rather prop-make than sew any day. they know i suck at sewing too.

i'm flattered that you think i could even do a good job, but no.

>>5056546
soFL....the Seminole hard rock casino has a big party every year...

MMaybe you guys should "take a chill pill" and have some fun... just relax and have a good time! chill w your posting buddies!

>be 13
>Halloween comes up
>school day
>decide to for the lulz dress up as a witch
>no one else at school is dressed up
>w/e, lol around with friends, have a field day, ignore all awkwardness
>fat bitch puts 10 cents into my bra, hand and all
>"LOL NOW YOU CAN BUY SOME REAL CLOTHES YOU STUPID GOTHIC TWAT"
>fist fight
>nearly get suspended and thrown off the school myself
>she doesn't get any of that

I grew to hate so many people that day.

>>5056813
I actually really love halloween, I just like to rant about things. I'm sure same goes for a lot of people in this thread, hah.

>>5056817
i'd just like to know where i can buy new clothes with 10 cents

>>5056827
Honestly, I was just pissed off that she put her hand in my bra. Wanted to gnaw it off.

My senior year of high school... I spend lots of time and money on being the flying spaghetti monster for Halloween. The teachers all love it because they get it, the students think I look weird.

Best costume goes to two straight boys in leg avenue slut costumes because it's so creative or some shit.

As far as costuming for other people, I lend my costumes out but require a down payment and insurance for each piece. They pay me a huge lump sum at the beginning of the night and, provided they return the costume in one piece, they get it back... If not? Well I just made $500 on a costume I only wore twice and then forgot about!

What I really hate? When I go out of the house in my EGL or just wearing regular slightly interesting clothes with colored hair (like I do every other goddamn day) people talk to me about Halloween. Ask me what I'm dressed as. SO frustrating.

>planning fun costume ideas for Halloween this year
>friends all have plans already, none of them invite me
>ok.jpg

Looks like I'm going to be giving out candy to trick or treators this year while awkwardly staying in with my landlady.

>>5056725

Oh my geezus I would have murdered her. That shit's not something you can just whip off cuz you don't like it. Even if she thought it was too extreme, it's not extreme enough to wipe hundreds of dollars worth of makeup off your face.

Bitch knows nothing about make up.

She must have be vajazzled.

Senior year of high school, I dressed up. Nothing too crazy, just jaguar ears, tail, and fangs since the school mascot is a jaguar and I happened to already have had those. I also had this purple, witchy-ish bandana on me. A girl in my Latin class sees the bandana and tells me I can be a pirate if I let her borrow my tail. I say no problem and ask where her locker is. School ends and I stand by her locker for maybe half an hour before I have to go to choir practice. I called her later and asked where she was and it turns out she was outside waiting for me, but she'll bring the tail next week (it was a Friday). Following week, I ask where my tail is. "Oh, I left it at a friend's house." I tell her no problem again and remind her to bring it. Next day, she tells me her friend hasn't seen it. She offered to reimburse me for the fabric, but I turned it down (should have taken it). Even if I did remake it, I would still be pissed since that tail was from my first handmade cosplay and I trusted her to return it. Learned my lesson.

This year, it looks like I'm going to be stuck in the house so costumes don't matter. I just moved in with my sisters and mom so I don't know anyone other than them which means no parties. My sister invited me costume shopping with her and said I could hang with her friends on Halloween, but I don't know if I'll accept or not.

>>5056886

Do it yah loner.

>turned 21 last year
>birthday is on Nov.4th, few days AFTER halloween
>sadface no drunk in costume
>2011 - old enough to party this year in costume
>FUCK YEAH

Totes gonna get my drunk on in Reptile from Mortal Kombat this year, can't wait.

>At an early Halloween party
>see this girl in a really cool pirate Lolita dress
>talk with her about Lolita in general, she's nice
>compliment her dress
>"My mom made it AND SHE WON'T MAKE ONE FOR YOU! Piss off and beg someone else for freebies you ass!"
While I assume she got a lot of the assholes like the ones described in this thread nagging her for free shit, it still seems like a tiny overreaction to being told "your dress is really pretty, is it hand made?"

The kicker:
>I had saved up $350 for a dress
>needed it by June
>was totally going to comission the shit out of her

I'm heavily anticipating the quality of this board to go up.

>>5057112
Don't hold your breath.

ITT: Fatties butthurt because shit costumes look good on hot people.

AND

Aspies hate people asking them for things and can't say no to anything.

Everyone always asks me to borrow one of my "Princess/alice in wonderland dress" for Halloween. 99% of them are people who can't keep their fucking shirt clean for one day, so i tell them to bugger off unless they can pay 300+ dollars if they ruin the dress.

1 friend actually really appreciates Lolita but doesn't have the guts of wear it outside Halloween, so I let her borrow it and we go trick or treating together. We always get awesome candy hauls and kids fucking love us <3

>"Hey anon, can you make me a costume?"
>"Sure. My rates are cost of materials plus £7 an hour. I also require a minimum of 3 weeks notice, sometimes more if the costume is more complex."
>"But I want it for Halloween! It's only a couple of weeks away... please make me a costume!"
>"In that case I will charge you rush rates, which is cost of materials plus £15 an hour."
>"It's too expensive, can't I just give you £20 or buy you a drink or something?"
>"Find another commissioner."

Pretty much every conversation I have at work around this time of year. Not to mention my time is already taken with costumes for MCM Expo at the end of the month.

Finished reading all these and now feel extremely lucky to spend every year at my house scaring the piss out of kids and their parents.

I think the only bad Halloween I've had is the year I had to leave decorating to my brother because I was sick and spent two hours getting dressed up as a generic horror marionette doll and could only hand out candy for a hour before I had to stumble back inside because I couldn't breathe and was coughing so much that I hurled all over the kitchen floor. Turns out one of my roommates from the convention I went to earlier that month wasn't getting over a cold like she said she was and me and another girl both got freaking PNEUMONIA from her.

>>5056076
>> Friend of Family has halloween party
>> Decideto wear waitress costume, playing it safe not cosplaying
>> Show up
>> No one is dressed up
>> OH HOLDEN ARE YOU AN ANIME PRINCESS
I died a little inside. Part of me thinks I was invited to be trolled.

I am excited for when my husband and I have our own house. He has independently confirmed that he wants to do awesome haunted house style decorations on our future front lawn that kids have to go through to get their candy, and that's something I've always wanted to do as well. He's handy and I'm creative so I just know it's going to be awesome.

I just have fun looking at all of the 'catgirl' and leg avenue sluts on facebook tagging themelves in their Amaaaazing sexy halloween costumes puking.

So much hilarity.

I give people advice on how to make shit when halloween comes around/if they ask but I NEVER say yes to making ANYTHING for ANYONE regardless of time of year. No.

Usually it's my favorite time of year. But the last few years have been kinda shitty. This will be my third year going into the city and doing..well nothing. Go to a friend's house, get costume together, go walk around Manhattan for 2-3 hours, go back to friend's house, drink and be miserable.

What ever happened to having fun Halloweens?

>>5057407
You grew up.

>>5057413
Perhaps. I was looking for some fun things to do in NYC but nothing is catching my interest. I'm still doing a costume but..eh.

My friend group that I go with dwindles down each year. I'm down to one person to spend Halloween with. It blows.

>>5057422
>looking for fun things to do in nyc
>nothing

are you even trying?
http://dancesofvice.com/

>>5057431
That's the 30th, it's at noon, and I have other obligations. I hate the bands at the afterparty and I wouldn't be able to attend anyway as I have class early on Monday morning. I've already looked there.

>>5057436
There are other events on that page. What day and time specifically did you want something to do?

>>5057439
Halloween day, the 31st, preferably after 3pm. I've got class from 9am-3:45pm but I'll leave early from the second class if needed.

Found this on the internet. Really I can understand sexy made costumes for grown up, but to make a sexy version of Snow White for kids?

>>5057448
I am this mad.

>>5057441
Well the 31st is a Monday, so if you're looking for grown up parties and stuff, then yeah you are going to be disappointed since most "adult" parties will take place on Friday or Saturday.

I'd suggest looking for a haunted house or something. If there's any refinements you'd like to make to your query let me know, I'm going to go see what I can dig up. Any particular area?

>>5057452
Anywhere in NYC, or maybe in Northern NJ. Yeah, I figured most things would be on the weekend, problem is I've got prior obligations then. Thanks for helping though, Anon.

>>5057441
http://www.bloodmanor.com/
I'm pretty sure I heard about this on NPR, can't remember what they said about it though. Opens at 6 and closes at 1am so you wouldn't have to skip class. It will probably be very crowded.

http://blackoutnyc.com/tickets
They may be sold out for Halloween, and if you go in a group with friends, you'll get split up.

http://www.hauntedhousenyc.com/tickets.php
Student discount if you go not on the 31st, sounds really cool though. 6pm to 1am on the 31st.

>>5057464
The third one sounds really intersting, actually! Thanks!

>>5057461
No problem. I live close enough to the city to want to go in all the time, and far enough that I'm just too lazy to bother. I like seeing what's going on, though, and looking for events is making me want to make a trip in. Am I correct in assuming you are 21+? Are you interested in any bar/food/tasting parties? I'd love to look for some cute restaurant/bar that has halloween themed treats.

>>5057476
Ah unfortunately I'm 19. What area are you from?

>>5057480
Long Island. there are some clubs that will let you in at 19, just can't buy drinks obviously. i'll see what else i can find after i get some work done lol

>go to college party as Red engineer
>everyone thinks I am Bob the Builder except for 2 dudes who get it

Bob the Builder does not wear goggles!

>wear a bandito costume
>mention it to hispanic acquaintance, he calls me racist
>on Halloween, go to party and have my friends post wanted posters I made of myself with the name "Dirty Sanchez"
>see him at the party
>tip my sombrero
>"hola"

>>5057493
>construction worker not wearing proper saftey atire

I'm reporting his ass to OSHA

>>5057510

>wear a cowboy costume
>mention it to white friend acquaintance, he calls me racist
>on Halloween, go to party and have my friends post wanted posters I made of myself with the name "Shane Wyoming"
>see him at the party
>tip my 10 gallon hat
>"howdy"

My only rage about the slut suits they pass of as costumes around here is when the girl in question is too old/fat to wear the costume.
>My mom's friend is going as little red riding hood
>bitch no, you are 40 and you look it cut that shit out
And she does it every fucking year.
On the upside, I got my mom to rock Alice Cooper last year.
this year she wants a Fever Ray skull face
>iamokwiththis.jpg

>>boyfriend makes god tier realistic ezio cosplay for Halloween
>>makes damn good plague doctor cosplay for best friend
hey steve i dunno what im going to go as for Halloween, maybe you can help me
>>LOL anon i saw these really costumes in the mall!
they're all leg avenue...

>>5057549
If he didn't offer to make you one, he obviously didn't want want to. Especially since it sounds like you expected it for free

>>5057569
That's a bit different then.
In that case he probably thought youd want something similar to theirs (read: tits not on display) and thought he was being subtle. If you want his help on a costume, make it something like Slave Leia and he'll be glad to help.

>>5057515
>wear an indian costume
>tell my quarter-navajo aquaintance about it, she calls me racist
>on Halloween, go to party and have my friends post wanted posters I made of myself with the name "Injun Jess"
>see her at the party
>tip my feathered headdress
>"How."

>>5057890
>wear a lolita costume
>tell my otaku aquaintance about it, she calls me racist
>on Halloween, go to party and have my friends post celeb posters I made of myself with the name "Rei Shinigami Magica"
>see her at the party
>tip my bonnet
>"LOLOMGLAIKWATASHIWAHKAWAIIDESU."

People always ask me if they could wear my gothic lolita dresses to Halloween parties. I understand that they might look like costumes to other people but no.

I'ma out to bump this here thread.

>>5058992

Racist.

>>5057448
This borders on CP

>>5059286
YOUR FACE BORDERS ON CP. OH SNAP!

In other news, my living room, which had previously been through a vigorous and thorough cleaning, has now been thrown into a complete and utter state of disarray with no time to properly clean between costumes. ARGH.

This is what you get when you live in an apartment with more than one cosplayer. Luckily after Friday I should be able to have some time to properly put everything back together.

>>5059307
Sad thing is, it's kinda true

Also, u mean after Saturday, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight ;p

>>5057497

Dirty Sanchez is an immature play on words referencing a sexual act and a possible nick name for a Mexican outlaw by the name of Sanchez.

Therefore I do not believe it can be expressly considered maliciously racist, given the solid defense of a comedic en devour on Halloween. Perhaps tasteless, but unless you are in the barrio you would be hard pressed to turn the crowd against the poster.

>>5057515
The funny thing is, no white person would get offended by a minority being a cowboy. It's every other race that gets even remotely butthurt.

I want to see more black guys in whiteface. That shit is hilarious.

>>5059312
OH SHIT. I thought the 15th was Friday.... HEY! I AM A AHEAD OF SCHEDULE! AWEESSSSOMMMEE.

>>5059334
Um duh, majority mocking minority is very obviously a different think from minority mocking majority.

>>5059378
*thing, damn swype.

>>5056171
>bail on group costume
You're a shitty friend.

>>5059334
30 Rock did a great episode on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_in_the_Stars
http://poptimal.com/2008/11/30-rock-believe-in-the-stars/

>Black male crossdressing with Whiteface
>White female crossdressing with Blackface

If you haven't seen it already I think you'll enjoy it.

>>5056817
>>5056817
>>5056817
>>5056817

GOOD. FOR. YOU. I hope you cleaned that ugly fat cunt's clock but good.

>>5057448
>last year
>little sister's facebook status "gonna be a super shesy alice for halloween"
>she was 12 or 13 at the time
>what the fuck mom

If I was living at home that shit would NOT fly.

>>5056842
>Best costume goes to two straight boys in leg avenue slut costumes because it's so creative or some shit.
Were they maids, and did they end up having to change halfway through the day?

Because holy shit if you went to my school... okay, I'm sure other guys in other schools thought it was just as funny, but I MUST KNOW.

>>5059528
help?

I never go to Halloween parties because of stuff like whats been posted in this thread.

Also, someone asked me today to make them a full Wonder Woman costume with everything for like $50 and wants it in a week. Fuck that

The best thing I like to do while handing out candy is amping up my scare factor for when groups of teens come by, especially girls in Leg Avenue costumes. I usually don't bother scaring the little kids and their parents end up freaking out more than them when I pop out from the bushes but I make those teenagers run screaming off my lawn if I can. Still proud of the fact that two years ago when these three highschoolers showed up, I made one dressed as a sexy nun freak out so bad she dropped her candy bag and took off running. Never came back for it and her friends went after her without grabbing it.

Got some bonus candy to eat out of it.

>>5059592
I made a post on FB a few months back saying "Its ren fest season! Ill make anything for only 20$ plus the cost of materials" few friends messaged me saying "WOW! you will make anythign for only 20$?! CAN YOU MAKE ME THIS COSPLAY/OUTFIT"
>No...20$ plus the cost of materials
>thats too much!
Some times i dont mind making stuff for for friends, for free as long as they pay for materials but unless the idea of what they want me to make them is a scarf i am not making a whole costume for 20$ and out of my pocket, lol.

Oh dear god, last Halloween
>Hanging out with girlfriend, watching bad horror movies
>roommate is about to head out
>"Hey anon, do you have any pill bottles I can borrow for my doctor costume?"
>"sure, there are some old ones under the sink"
>go to get pizza out of oven
> roommate walks past with pill bottles
>drops a few trying to put them in her purse
>pick one up
>it's my bloodthinners

Bitch literally tried to walk out with all my prescriptions as 'props'

>>5059607

Oh god, the sexy nuns make me lol so hard. My friend and I were going to go as a nun/priest just for shits, albeit not sexy.
What exactly do you do to scare them?

>>5059638
So did you never speak to her again?

What reason would she have to steal those? You can't get high off of that shit.

>>5059638
Why didn't you get empty bottles for her?
You're kind of an idiot for letting someone rummage through your prescriptions.

>>5059646
My house has two brick pillars on either side of the top step coming up to the porch. You'd be surprised how effective it is to just hide behind one once the treaters come in the yard and then just step out in front of them once they get to the bottom porch step. Also, the year I was the Grim Reaper, my robe and hood were too big (it was a men's costume) so I just sat motionless on the bench beside the door and when they got on the porch and went to ring the bell, I'd move.

For the nun and her friends though, it was the year I was a sewn up doll, had stitches and blood all over my face. I just stood in this pose with my head lowered and my hair covering my face, my arms above me like they were on strings and when they came up, I yanked my head up and stared at them and then started doing this stumbling walk towards them, dragging one leg and turning my head all stuttery without ever saying a word. It's the silence that really freaks them out. If you make any noise, it's less scary because they can be startled and then laugh it off because they know you're just another person, but the silence just freaks them out, especially if they try to speak to you and you don't respond.

Pic related is my costume this year. I'm hoping it being a familiar horror movie character will make it scarier. I'm going to be crawling out from under the candy table.

>>5059666
Different Anon but I'd agree if it was a friend or something, but it was their roommate who they live with. The roomie should know what "under the sink" means and should REALLY know better than to take their roomie's bottles with pills still in them that are needed prescriptions.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/Maui_cultural_officials_cant_stop_Lahaina_Halloween_part
y.html

I WIN.

I had to remake my Car Horn Jack'o'lantern after some fuck broke it after it almost made him shit himself.

for those of you unfamilar with the concept, it is a plastic jack'o'lantern with a button for a nose

pressing the button makes a car horn go off after a delay of a few seconds

vid of someone else's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAl8aSZhSz8

it never gets less funny watching people fall for it

>>5059947

So wait, old Hawaiian people don't want halloween partygoers to hang out in an old district because it isn't culturally relevant to them or something?

>>5060039

Yeah, pretty much. And i'm part-Hawaiian, so i'm just facepalming over it.

But then again, the selection of costumes is abit.....weird.

http://lahainahalloween.com/

>>5060045

Oh so it's a big block party! Man, dem old Hawaiians need to stop living up to their stereotype and let young people party away.

>>5060045

A guy wearing a 9 foot penis must have some serious mid-life crisis issues.

I'm from other boards, and I've been reluctant to ask /cgl/ for costume advice just because I had a feel you guys are pretty fucking sick of it.

Anyway, I've decided on going either as:

>1.
Patrick Bateman, in suit and bloodsoaked transparent raincoat
>2.
Zombie 20's gangsters, shirt/suspenders or waistcoat, fedora or trilby, no jacket, as many wounds and blood as possible.

>>5061507
I would say Patrick Bateman, just because I fucking love American Psycho and it sounds like the easier of the two options. Although if you look nothing like him, then 20s zombie all the way.

>>5061507
it wouldn't piss us off if people kept it to one help thread. but nooooo they have to make a brand new thread for each and every one of their questions.

>>5061668
also the HURR ITS BEEN A WHOLE MINUTE, BETTER BUMP shit

Not so much rage but success story
>Really good female friend is going to have a costume party for her birthday
>Week later remember it's in a couple days
>No costume,shit shit shit shit
>Don't want to spend a lot on overpriced costume
>Ebay Robin T-Shirt and it comes with Cape and Mask
>Shirt arrives in a couple of days and fits perfect
>Wear skinny jeans with it and looks decent
>Get TONS of compliments from friends and cute girls
>End up getting laid while role playing a bit in bed.
better than expected

The only rage I have about Halloween, is being from Canada. It's always fucking cold as shit so you can't wear anything too elaborate out or it will be covered by your fall jacket, and if you're going to the bar, you have to coat check. I remember it snowing one year... fuck.

>>5061740
>Remember as a kid it snowed bad on Halloween one year
>Broken hearted.
>Sitting inside with hot cocoa watching stuff on TV with my mom
>Doorbell rings.
>Mom and Me: Whut?
>Answer door.
>Two kids. Brother and sister.
>See picture attached, hammers and all. (Older version of them, though.)
>They win all the candy, after I explained to my mom who they were.

>>5059700
And the roommate could have deliberately been stealing their prescriptions hoping for a good buzz because RX pills are a common form of getting high now.
>LOL I'll be at the party tonight for sure. My roommate takes some pills daily so I can probably swipe them and see how high we can get. I don't really know what they are, but I bet they're awesome.
More and more people have realized it's easier to get their hands on RX pills from friends and family than buying shit off a dealer and hoping it's what they paid for. Shit, how many people share their fucking Adderall or Vicodin with others like it's nothing.

Then again, I don't trust people with important things like my prescription pills, so I have a bias.

>>5059688

A my friend's whole family are blunt, honest and love a good laugh.
One year they tied a noose around his brother's neck and had a rock climbing harness under his clothes.
Legitimately looked like a dummy hanging from the neck, limp and whatnot.
Whenever someone got close or touched him, he'd spaz and grab at them or something. Funny as hell.

>>5061895
Reminds me of the Urban legend about a woman who went into her front garden, tied a noose from a tree, and hung herself out in the middle of the street.

The day before halloween.

Her body hung in the street for three days before somone called the police to complain about the "Tasteless" decoration, and they found out it was the owner of the house.

>>5059342
Saw this costume at the store the other way. I am so confused.

>>5061952
way=day
durrrr