Truly terrifying

Cats, and toddlers, and celebrities, oh my!

Students and secret vampires alike rang in the ghostly holiday a little early on Saturday. The lingerie and mouse ears came out to play as the candy and spiked punch were passed around. Some covered up with silly costumes and some left little to the imagination, therefore lacking imagination of any kind.

To the contrary of my Halloween how-to post about the do’s and don’t’s of costuming, I saw a lot of small animals at the parties. If I knew it was “Bring-Your-Pet” night, I would have brought my loveable mastiff. Watch out, he slobbers! Fortunately, I know better to leave animals in their respective cages. I apologize if I mistook your fishnets and bustier for, well, something other than a kitten.

Almost to the same tune, I thought I accidentally walked into a toddlers’ playpen at the next party. Wait, was that my 20-year-old friend? Toddlers and Tiaras and Honey Boo Boo have made such a scare — I mean splash — that grown women, and men, felt the need to create costumes. It was like a train wreck in slow motion as girls walked in with stilettos and pacifiers. It was so wrong, but I couldn’t look away. The horror!

Another skin bearing, but slightly less offensive costume caught my eye next. Blue hair, pin-up shorts and whip cream cans can only mean one thing: our favorite California girl living her teenage dream. My friend fell from cloud nine to dress up as Katy Perry and she kept it classy. While she still rocked the whip cream bra, her long blue wig, equipped with a built-in bow, made me think I was seeing less skin than I actually was. Kudos!

My favorite of the whole night were two of our most influential celebrities. No, I don’t mean Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. They were our presidential candidates.

While this was my favorite appearance, it was truly the most frightening of that eerie night. The free world may have been ready for Barack Obama. Heck, we may be ready for Mitt Romney, but I don’t think the world is ready for two Obamas or Romneys! Two friends suited up in their best, most boring ties and sported the grey temples and the most conservative of costumes. No pun intended. The diplomats stood out amidst the cleavage, midriffs and classic movie characters.

All in all it was a scantily-clad Halloween and memories of the Mean Girls scene came flooding back. Now let us all gather around the computer screen as the haunting pictures come back to life.