Why I Love Halloween

My 2 favorite holidays are Halloween & Christmas. I love Halloween because for one day out of the year, I get to be something I’m not. The year that Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows book came out, I was Harry Potter. Pulled it off too. I’m only 5′ 1″ so when I used to trick-or-treat with my kids, I was literally going up and getting my own candy. I went through the trouble of putting together my own costume plus 3 kids, I was going to get something for it. Unfortunately, I can’t find the photos from the year I was Harry Potter. All the photos below were costumes that I wore to work the past 5 years.

2014 – Grumpy Killer Granny

2015 – Oompa Loompa from the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

2016 – Groovy Hippie from the 60’s – The jeans were my hubby’s jeans that he once wore back in the day. He’s 10 years older than me.

2017 – Hula Hoop Girl from the 50’s – Photographed with my friend Amber. Neither of us knew we were dressing from the same decade. Note: My hula hoops in the background!

2018 – Deadly Bride – Groom slit my throat, drove a nail into my ring finger & left me at the altar.

I won best overall at work last year for this one.

2019 – You will have to wait until Friday to see what I become this Halloween! I have co-workers who follow my blog & it’s a secret.


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23 responses to “Why I Love Halloween”

  1. tanjabrittonwriter Avatar

    Wow, you are REALLY into this, aren’t you?! Happy Halloween!

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    1. Lisa Coleman Avatar

      Yep! Sure am. Wait til you see the house decorated. Tomorrow night I will post from last year’s Halloween night. We have a lot of kids that come to our house.

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  2. JoAnn Avatar
    JoAnn

    Wow. The oompa loompa costume is awesome!

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    1. Lisa Coleman Avatar

      Thanks! It was fun!

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  3. Michelle Avatar

    These are awesome!! The Oompa Loompa is my favorite!

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    1. Lisa Coleman Avatar

      My favorite too. Thanks!

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  4. Stroke Survivor UK Avatar

    As soon as you mentioned Harry Potter I started thinking of the Inbetweeners movie. Did you get that there?

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    1. Lisa Coleman Avatar

      I don’t think so. We got the 8 & then fantastic beasts series.

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      1. Stroke Survivor UK Avatar

        This was a comedy series about four 16/17 year olds, with which there were some spin-off movies. The only reason I thought of HP was because at the start of one of the movies, they went to an HP-themed party.

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      2. Lisa Coleman Avatar

        Nope. Haven’t seen a movie like that. I’m sure I would enjoy it.

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      3. Stroke Survivor UK Avatar

        They are brilliant but after 100 minutes, you’ve had enough. It’s very schoolboy humour.

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      4. Lisa Coleman Avatar

        Yeah the teenager stuff in 5 wore me out a bit.

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  5. nananoyz Avatar

    How awesome! Happy Halloween!

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  6. ghostmmnc Avatar

    Love your costumes! The granny & the hippie were great. So fun to dress up. Halloween is my favorite, too. 🙂

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    1. Lisa Coleman Avatar

      Thanks. I enjoy it. Still acting like at kid at 54. Fun!

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    Nice article 👌

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  10. LuAnne Holder Avatar

    Great costumes, Lisa. I bet your kids have great costumes, too. I am a big believer in pulling together a costume – no store bought costumes for me or my kids!

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    1. Lisa Coleman Avatar

      Thank you. My kids are all grown but they had awesome costumes when they were little. My son who is 33 now, sent me a photo tonight of him & his girlfriend. He was Forrest Gump & she was Jenny. It was great! Love the creativity. I will be posting my Halloween night blog tomorrow. It’s has been Florida/Georgia weekend here & not much getting done. 😉

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