ghosts of halloween past
not dressing up this year. not in the mood, can’t be bothered, and for most part i usually bartend this holiday & truth be told i’m pretty sick of being a playboy bunny or a sexy cat or whatever it is i’ve conjured up to get money from drunk people.
halloween was never my favourite holiday. think it was due to my mom’s general lack of enthusiasm for making me costumes.
here’s me in 1980 as a witch. i’m 3 years old in this one, and wearing an assortment of my moms scarves & jewelry:
1981, pre-k, this one is funny because i’m the strawberry shortcake on the right w. the mask up not the one on the left that my mom snapped.
1982, kindergarten. My cousin Mary inherited the strawberry shortcake costume i see, and i am a fairy princess:
1983, first grade. this one is called “oh shit tomorrow’s halloween we forgot to get jen a costume!” i have no idea wtf i’m supposed to be, it’s definitely a costume from Hills, i remember that much. ps. check out young tommy’s face in this shot. epic.
1984, 2nd grade, a punk rock madonna type. this one’s great because i pretty much dressed like that everyday with the exception of the flourescent hairspray. epic kits back in the day. no shit. those are all my clothes, eva joia gitano pink pleather skirt, check. white fingerless lace gloves, check. jellies, check. oh & my moms pink forenza “shaker knit” deep v-neck sweater, check. i also had the same skirt/sweater kit in powder blue. gangster i know. i used to rock a white lace bow headband steadily too.
oi! me lucky charms. jesus christ. good thing those guys were plastic. the weight of my plastic chain is on gangster level proportions!
okay so here’s an argument that my mom & i still have about 1985’s costume. i’m in third grade. i’m a playboy bunny. no shit. look at me on the top row, far left. little black patent bow heels, check. fishnets w. seam (!!!), check. sequin furry bow tie, check. BUNNY EARS, check. um call me crazy but my mom let me dress up as a young bunny ho for halloween. even if this wasn’t her doing, which I KNOW it was, who the hell let’s their kid go to school in that get up? i mean really.
ps. i totally remember what i’m talking about in that pic, i’m yelling at cindy donmoyer that i KNOW she has a crush on joe lauck. no shit. he was a cutie. pps. this was my girl scout/brownie troop, my mom was the den leader or troop pack chick or whatever it is. all i know is my mom was a bartender and she convinced every drunk customer to buy MANY boxes of thin mints from her & i always won the best prizes. good job peg!
okay now we venture off in to, “dad, i’m really too cool to dress up for halloween.”
i’m marking this off as 7th grade, so i’m about 12-13 here, 1988ish. this is ali’s favourite picture of me. early teen, over weight w. braces & a sun in bang look. peep those sick g&s / body glove bracelets. i can tell who “im going with” in this picture by the swatch watch on my wrist (chris goheen). my kit is pretty bad but my pumpkin looked like it was about to turn out epic.
nice one huh?
then completely unrelated but my favourite picture of me & my little bro tommy o.
look at that EVIL smile on my face. i always wanted a little sister.
ps. check out t’s phillies fanatic shirt. told you we were old school mike schmidt fans in the O’Donnell house. OG fans.
