That Husband and I are going to a party (i.e. we’re going out on a date, which is a rather rare occurrence for us). Booth is hosting a theme with the party “Heroes and Villians” which means this is my favorite kind of event, A DRESS UP PARTY!
Care to help me brainstorm? It’s nice that they are holding this after halloween, which means I can dig through some clearance bins for discounted costumes if need be, but I’d like to go for something a bit more unorthodox. Maybe we will be a polar opposite hero/villian? Or two sets of silly heroes?
Bonus points if you can come up with a costume idea that incorporates my love of taking pictures. Wouldn’t it be awesome if I could wear my camera and have it be part of my costume? (TH is shaking his head right now, I love to carry my camera with me wherever I go!)
Just for fun… a picture of T1 from his 6 month photo shoot. It’s been a long time since you’ve seen pictures of him hasn’t it? My bad. Let’s not let it happen again.
October 29th, 2010 on 4:11 pm
You should totally go as Carmen Sandiego and TH can be the gumshoe.
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Jenna Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Red coat, red fedora, black pants, black shirt. Very simple, I like it (plus I have an obsession with buying new coats, TH does not understand it). TH would just need suspenders and a trench over biz casual dress, right?
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Robin M. Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Ahhh! I’m going as Carmen Sandiego for Halloween! Super fun - do it!
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Maria Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 9:55 pm
You could also do the Carmen Sandiego costume while TH did Waldo from Where’s Waldo. It might be a little bit of a stretch to call Waldo a here, but it’s a clever match up!
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October 29th, 2010 on 4:16 pm
Two non-heros- Clark Kent and Lois Lane- as journalist you could totally carry a camera and TH would look great as Clark Kent.
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Jenna Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Ohhh, I like the twist on Superman!
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
I once wore a superman shirt underneath a white button down shirt for Halloween (which I unbuttoned of course!).
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kylydia Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
He totally even looks like Clark! Also, go for the 80′s feathered hair Lois!
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Echo Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
I was going to suggest the same, or even Batman and Vicky Vale!
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October 29th, 2010 on 4:22 pm
Dora the Explorer & Swiper…?
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October 29th, 2010 on 4:29 pm
I just thought of this costume today- from UP, being ellie and carl, dressing all 50′s style and then carry a big bouquet of balloons. I guess if you wanted a villain you could include the bad guy who lives in paradise falls. I really think it would be cute, but maybe not necessarily for this party
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Jenna Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Agreed. SO CUTE! I would think that this is a pair that will start showing up at dress up parties more often. Wouldn’t getting two of those aviator helmets with the goggles be so fun too?
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October 29th, 2010 on 4:30 pm
OH, how I love him! C and I were smurfette and gargamel last year! It was fun. Gargamel created smurfette (you could do the ugly evil version of her to be different since no one knows her as well as the blonde smurfette) but no one at the party knew that, so they just thought we were weird for doing that pair.
Spiderman is a photographer! Maybe you could be spider(wo)man and TH could be…one of his enemies. A pair from X-Men would be fun too!
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Jenna Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Peter Parkette?
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Hahaha, nice!
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October 29th, 2010 on 4:34 pm
The first thing I think of when you say wanting to incorporate a camera in a costume is paparazzi. Maybe you could be a paparazza (that is the correct word I checked wikipedia
) and TH could be his favorite movie/music star? It’s a bit unclear who would be the hero and the villain. Sometimes the paparazzi is more the ‘villain’ and sometimes the famous people are depending on behavior!
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Jenna Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
AMAZING. So creative. I think this is what we might do. But how can TH dress as a celebrity? Probably just normal clothes with a pair of obnoxiously large sunglasses?
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Jessica Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
This idea is awesome I think! He could be someone iconically famous like Michael Jackson or even just something recognizable like a rapper with major bling and oversized clothes. Can’t wait to see what you come up with! Oh, and drooling over the T1 cuteness.
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amy Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
This is what I was going to suggest! Huge sunglasses a must no matter what. And if he doesn’t want to portray a girl celeb (starbucks cup, small dog, huge purse, long messy hair), I would have him try to dress like ashton kutcher or justin timberlake or zac efron, like a too-cool-for-school kind of look. good luck!
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Erin Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Also came over from Reader to suggest villain=paparazzi and hero should NOT be michael jackson (how quickly everyone forgets he molested children) but a real hero - like Lady Gaga (I’d actually pay money for your hubby to dress up as Gaga) or male heroes that paparazzi follow… John Stewart?, Colbert?, Sully the pilot who landed in the Hudson, but is he followed by paparazzi? Maybe George Clooney? He is hero-esque in his work for Darfur, and the paps follow him around. Maybe hubs can just be generic celebrity/politician. Is it sad that I’m having a hard time coming up with male heroes? Chuck Bass
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Erin Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
One of it favorite rock stars is Bono and I think he is a good guy, if a bit long winded. His outfit would be jeans and a cool jacket, sunglasses and an Irish accent if TH can pull it off!
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Katy Reply:
October 30th, 2010 at 1:07 am
Add me to the list that almost wrote this - paparazzi and a celebrity. Glad I read through before I added it below!
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liz Reply:
October 30th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Was scrolling down to also comment paparazzi.
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October 29th, 2010 on 4:52 pm
I LOVE the paparazza idea. It’d be extra funny if TH were Lindsay Lohan or something. Maybe you could be superman and TH could put on a bald wig and be Lex Luther.
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Amy Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
I realize saying ‘bald wig’ is kind of paradoxical
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October 29th, 2010 on 4:53 pm
I was thinking Lois Lane/Superman too!
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October 29th, 2010 on 5:36 pm
This has no basis from popular culture, but you guys could be a retired superhero trying to be inconspicuous (so jacket, hat, sunglasses, maybe superman t-shirt underneath) and his biggest fan girl/paparazzi that loves him and won’t leave him alone.
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Jenna Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
This is hilarious! You guys have some killer ideas.
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Echo Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Or the characters from All About Steve - TH can play the Bradley Cooper character, you can play Sandra Bullock with her red boots and umbrella and nametag. lol. Did she have a camera?
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Princess Christy Reply:
October 30th, 2010 at 9:07 am
I was totally thinking “The Incredibles”!
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October 29th, 2010 on 5:36 pm
how about a play off of “the flash”
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October 29th, 2010 on 5:39 pm
Hmmm, heroes and villains AND photos… how ’bout a stalker paparazzi and a celebrity…? have fun!
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October 29th, 2010 on 7:31 pm
I like the UP! idea!!
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October 29th, 2010 on 11:14 pm
Aw he’s gotten so tall! You could do Obama and Sarah Palin… And let everyone surmise as to who’s the villain, who’s the hero.
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October 29th, 2010 on 11:46 pm
Ridiculous. Simply ridiculous how stinking adorable your son is. Arrgghh! Heart explosion.
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October 30th, 2010 on 2:31 pm
What if you were something really unexpected like Summer and Winter? (Winter being the Villian). I don’t know why, but that popped in my head.
I know that doesn’t incorporate the camera idea, but I thought it was a neat idea, regardless.
The baby is adorable.
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October 30th, 2010 on 2:40 pm
Over-the-top tourist. You know…ugly khakis, fanny pack, the whole works.
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November 1st, 2010 on 7:20 am
You guys should be robots. C’s was such a hit. You could cut a hole out of the chest area big enough for a lens and take pictures through there
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November 4th, 2010 on 11:15 am
I’m very late to the party here - after Halloween in fact! Just wanted to give you a heads up that your “about me” description in the side bar still has you in Dallas!
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Jenna Reply:
November 4th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Gracias!
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