Pix from the Hogan-Woo Halloween Party

So, Rich's co-resident and his wife throw an annual Halloween party. Personally, I hate getting dressed up. I just feel so silly (and old)...BUT some people really get into the whole dressing up thing. This year's party theme was superheroes and villains. Too bad we couldn't take Maddie cuz she would've loved it!

As usual, I was being a bad sport, but since I knew I had to go, I ordered myself a Wonder Woman costume from buycostumes.com. When it arrived, it was horrific. I mean, it was literally *unwearable* (it was all kinds of frumpy looking, just all around bad). I had to return that one (and was pissed about having lost $ on the back-and-forth shipping). So then, I ordered Batgirl, and surprisingly, it wasn't as slutty as it looked online (probably cuz I'm not nearly as skinny as the model in the picture, nor am I 6 feet tall). Maddie, of course, was thrilled that Mommy was dressing up as Batgirl.

Rich, on the other hand, found some head-to-toe spandex, crazy-looking Spiderman costume on eBay and ordered it. The seller was from China, and the package literally shipped from Shanghai. After we won the auction, the seller emailed us asking for measurements and his English was barely understandable. We were somewhat worried...after all, it wasn't like we could really return it. The item cost less than $10, but shipping with insurance was almost $70.

Anyway, here are a couple pictures... The first one is from '05 (there was no theme that year) and the other two are obviously from this year. Rich's costume is actually pretty realistic and scary-looking. Maddie was totally scared of him when he put it on.