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[annis39]

Stupid Halloween. I have two parties to go to this Halloween, or at least two different groups of friends to party with. One will be an easy costume-- it's a Harry Potter themed party, and if I can afford to get my hair dyed again, I'm going as Tonks (granted, I can't remember what other distinguishing marks Tonks has besides the hair, so if anyone

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[mmaestro]

I can afford to get my hair dyed again, I'm going as Tonks

No! No dying. You must instead purchase multiple different colours of wigs, and surreptitiously change them throughout the party. No idea on the other costume, I'm afraid.

[sparkofcreation]

Oooh, I agree.

The only other distinctive characteristics I can think of for Tonks are funny noses (I recommend buying several of those also and changing them throughout the party) and being exceedingly clumsy. She also has a wolf Patronus; maybe you could buy a stuffed wolf and spray-paint it silver.

Last year for Halloween I was a black cat, mostly because ... have you ever tried to find a costume that you can wear in a courtroom? With actual judges there? I wore black pants, a black tank top, black jacket, black boots, and a choker (=collar); then I had a headband with cat ears on it that I put on whenever I wasn't actually in the courtroom. Trite-ness aside, it's actually not hard to do a really good black cat costume, and everyone always loves it.

In fact, that may be the only costume I've worn as an adult, besides the eight-in-one rainbow costume we did freshman year. I've done it a few times, with more or less actual clothing depending on the setting.

[annis39]

I was actually thinking of getting a stuffed wolf and calling it Lupin, hehee!

Right now I'm leaning towards attempting to rope Ryan in on a devil/angel combination-- this group of friends thinks that he's the evil one of the two of us, so it could get funny to flip things around the other way.

[annis39]

But, see, it gives me an excuse to dye my hair again-- I tend to go for sort of rainbow colors, which means that all I have to do to change the tint is just flip it over a different direction. The wigs would probably be more affordable, though.

[polaris134]

For a non-nerdy Halloween party, how about a pirate? Pirates of the Caribbean was a big film even among non-nerds, and a pirate costume is a good ol' Halloween standby.