Excited for Halloween

[LisaKarenAZ]

It's been a little bit since I've posted. Lisa had been quiet since her month long ability to stay out, but it's coming up on Halloween and she's been knocking hard to come out. :)

Halloween is right around the party and the wife and I have 2 adult costume parties to go to this year. We happen to be going with my GG friend that knows I CD. She's the one I posted about this summer. Anyways, she had asked what my wife were going as for the parties. She suggested a group pimp and ho's idea, where her BF would be the pimp and she, my wife, and I would be the ho's.
I ran that idea and the wife said absolutely not. (She's not supportive of my CD'ing).
Yesterday the friend suggested Rocky Horror Picture Show and for me to be Dr. Frankenfurter. A group of about 6 of us are going to go as an RHPS character. After a couple of minutes of discussion, my wife said okay!.

I have to dress as the Creation Scene Frank, with a surgical gown, but I'll still be dressed in a corset and garter belt under the gown. (Who knows how the parties will go. I may get too hot. :wink:) My friend is loving this too. The wife is a bit nervous, but she'll come around. The wife is going to be Magenta.

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Who else is dressing for Halloween?

[AKAMichelle]

Halloween is the cd'ers national holiday since we get to dress the way we want and nobody cares. Have fun.

[ArleneRaquel]

I hope to attend a CD Halloween event this year, I planned to attend one last year but my illness prevented me fom attending. :battingeyelashes:

[alyssaenglefield]

YES!!! It's the only time of year you can get into bars without the bouncer questioning your ID.

[Jenna Stunned]

I've just talked my wife into having a Halloween party this year at our house, But we have not discussed costume ideas yet. She knows that I have wanted to go all out and dress as Jenna for the last few years but I always seem to chicken out. She has said in the past that she would be alright with it so that shouldn't be a problem. But Im not sure I want my closest friends and family to see me so enfem. Im actualy worried that I might pass to well and that will bring out "Looks like you have done this before?" I have done the Guy in womans clothing before, And i get alot of laughs. But really going all out...... Eh.... Im worried.
I want to soooo bad though, Maybe I'll over come my fears this year and throw caution to the wind.

[suchacutie]

Jenna, the answer might be to someone else :). If you decided to be Elvira, no one would give a second thought. If they think you are too good at it, just look at them with a hurt look and exclaime, "well, don't you think I worked at this? How the h*** else does one walk in these d****d heels!" They'll all laugh and that will be that!

In fact, I'm not sure I'd want Tina out and about at Halloween. It's just now who she is, BUT she could dress up as someone else :)

tina

[LitaKelley]

I'm soooo excited for Halloween this year too. That's how my CD'ing come out, because my wife jokingly said I should dress as a girl for Halloween and well, a can of worms opened and I become a full blown cross dresser, lol.

A few friends know of my CD'ing and are looking forward to spending Halloween with my wife and I, but I get more than Halloween to dress for since I'll be in Salem, MA for most of Haunted Happenings (http://www.hauntedhappenings.org/) which gives me several times to go out en femme :) I'm soooo excited.

[Roxanne_Alternate]

It's too bad that Halloween isn't celebrated in the Netherlands.

Fortunately, my c(r)osplay hobby makes up for it! :D

[Gerrijerry]

This year for halloween I will be in florida for a week. I suggested to my wife that since I am full time now I could go as a guy. She said never again, so plan B is going as a young sexy woman. To which she said over her dead body would I go out looking like that. Tried ****ty, and all other things that were just not me normally, same answer NO. She told me to act my age give out the candy and fix my makeup and hair I looked like a mess at that minute. So there it is I am the candygirl for Halloween.

["Mary"]

I'm looking forward to Halloween as always. I have a costume in mind, (witch/vampiress) that hasn't come together yet. Plans- yeah, that's the hard part. nothing cooking yet. More and more friends know I like to dress up, hopefully we'll get invited to a few get othertss

[Sophie86]

Yesterday the friend suggested Rocky Horror Picture Show and for me to be Dr. Frankenfurter. A group of about 6 of us are going to go as an RHPS character. After a couple of minutes of discussion, my wife said okay!.

I have to dress as the Creation Scene Frank, with a surgical gown, but I'll still be dressed in a corset and garter belt under the gown. (Who knows how the parties will go. I may get too hot. :wink: ) My friend is loving this too. The wife is a bit nervous, but she'll come around. The wife is going to be Magenta.

I went to a RHPS party last year dressed as Frankenfurter. I bought one of those stock costumes they sell online, but decided it was just not going to work. The "corset" was flimsy and way too large, and the knickers were a complete disaster. I ended up using this corset (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=140469), even though it looks nothing like the one in the movie, and I bought a pair of black panties, a garter belt, and a boa. The only part of the stock costume I ended up using were the fishnet stockings. I also bought a Frankenfurter costume wig that worked well enough. So my costume was really not very accurate, but I had a lot of fun wearing it. :D

In case you don't already know about it, here's a great website (http://www.rockyhorrorcostumelist.info/) for helping you get your costume and makeup as close as possible to the movie. I could've used this last year. :)


Who else is dressing for Halloween?

I plan to go to a party dressed up. I want to wear this (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=143291), but like Jenna, I'm a little nervous about being too obvious. I may wear this (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=143296) instead, because, you know... that's not obvious at all. :heehee:

[5150 Girl]

Well, "back in the day" I would just express my inner self on Holoween, BUT, scince I've decided I don't give a s*** who know's I CD and to just be me whenever time alows. I've had to kick the occasion up a notch....
My first year as an actual charicter, I was Sarah Palin. Hey how was i to know beeing thust into the spot light was going to cause her to have a mental melt down?
Last year i was Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Somthing I've wanted to do for a very long time.
Thisyear, i plan to fulfill another long time ambition... Daisy Duke! Catherine Bach's Daisy, not that trampy Jessica Simpson version.... Catherine was the origonal, and gave the shot shorts their name!!!

[windycissy]

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! This Halloween once again I will be taking it one step further: I'll be a guy dressing up as a girl dressing up as a cat

[erika_s]

I am waiting for Halloween this year, but since I live in France few places are available for wearing Halloween clothes...
Will see what is available.

[Kjara_Ra]

Yaaaay Halloween!!!!!

I'm not passable and don't normally go out so Halloween is a nice relief for me. Last year we were at a wedding social (a fundraising party before the wedding) that was Halloween themed. 4 of my buddies (not normally crossdressers) and I went as the "bridal party" it was tons of fun.

This year I'm going as Lady Gaga. I can't stand her music, but the wacky fashion sense and makeup is right up my alley :)

[sissystephanie]

I am not going to a party this year, at least I don't think I am. However I do have a very nice "naughty nurse" costume on its way to me. If I don't go to a party, I will wear it to give handouts to the Trick or Treaters who come to the door. Usually have close to 100!

[Sarah Doepner]

The key for closeted CD's going out on Halloween is not to go out as their femme self, but a female character. Go out as a princess, witch, devil, bride or anything you normally wouldn't wear on a non-Halloween trip out. Go a little over the top with your makeup and do something different with your hair and it's all good. I'm trying to choose between Nurse Ratched, from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" and a Lunch lady. Neither one terribly glamorous and neither one very close to the look I normally wear out.

[LisaKarenAZ]

So the wife and I were out shopping yesterday for a couple of things, and this trip turns into something magical.
She wants to look for our costumes. So, we're near a Ross, Target, and a halloween store and we need to look for shoes for both of us.
We go over to shoes in Ross, and she starts asking me what size and what I'm going for. I tell her a size 11 and an open/peep toed heel, so we start going through the selection and I'm trying them on. With her helping. Famous Footwear wasn't so great as not many of they're sizes went to 11, and they just didn't have the style I was looking for.

So, my wife suggests we check Target next. We needed to go there panty shopping for me anyways. Oh.. another story altogether. :wink: As we're in there, I find the almost perfect shoe for my costume that were on sale. I had to try them on for her and exhibit that I wasn't going to break my neck in these. Since these were almost perfect, suggestion to try Payless after the costume store. Checked out with 6 new panties for her, and 4 for me. These in Black, though. (http://www.target.com/Xhilaration-Tabitha-T-Strap-Peep-Toe-Pumps/dp/B002QB8P9Y/ref=br_1_6?ie=UTF8&id=Xhilaration%20Tabitha%20T-Strap%20Peep-Toe%20Pumps&node=10756831&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=3&sr=1-6&qid=1285753618&rh=&searchBinNameList=target_com_category-bin%2Cstyle_name%2Ctarget_com_shoe_size-bin%2Clifestyle-bin%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1)

Costume store resulted in nothing for either of our costumes. We'll have to order them online.

Skipped Payless as we ran out of time and had to get home. But, I sat down with my laptop last night and she tells me to pull up Payless online and look at their styles. It was a great feeling sitting together and looking at shoes. She'd point something out with those are hot, or beautiful, or cute, you should get those. All the while, our daughter suggesting a wide heel for the shoes. Not a whole lot of options that fit the bill for the costume. Many that I loved, though. Well, we'll just have to go to the store and try them on, she says.

Almost forgot the Walmart run for stockings for our costumes, and lipstick, lip liner pencil, and foundation, for my makeup.

This is getting soooo exciting. Two parties, and now she wants us to dress up to give out candy too.

[alyssaenglefield]

I haven't got any firm plans on where to go yet - most likely to one of the student bars that will put on something for Halloween.

I do have all but one item of my costume sorted. Unfortunately the skirt I bought was too small and I had to send it back for a larger size in a different style. I think the lady I talked to was suspicious when I changed the tartan, and now I can't exactly go to my old school and give the principal a heart attack. That is being delayed due to the company's admin system being down for the switch-over from 12.5% GST to 15% GST on Friday. (The last time GST went up was in 1989, so you can imagine the huge task of updating software).

Now I just need a tie to go with it.

[Sophie86]

These in Black, though. (http://www.target.com/Xhilaration-Tabitha-T-Strap-Peep-Toe-Pumps/dp/B002QB8P9Y/ref=br_1_6?ie=UTF8&id=Xhilaration%20Tabitha%20T-Strap%20Peep-Toe%20Pumps&node=10756831&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=3&sr=1-6&qid=1285753618&rh=&searchBinNameList=target_com_category-bin%2Cstyle_name%2Ctarget_com_shoe_size-bin%2Clifestyle-bin%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1)

These (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OPJR40/ref=wms_ohs_product) are the ones I got last year. Perfect style, but I got them in a size 9 when I should have gotten a size 10. I can only wear them for about ten minutes before I'm ready to confess to killing Jimmy Hoffa, bombing the WTC, and being the second shooter on the grassy knoll. :sad:

[LisaKarenAZ]

Too cute sophie! I like those too.

[Ashleythenewgirl]

I know what I want to wear Selene from Underworld but I have no party to go to and no one to go with! Not fair!!!

[LisaKarenAZ]

Then dress to hand out candy to the trick or treaters. No excuses for our national holiday! :wink:

[Ashleythenewgirl]

I could do that!!

[LisaKarenAZ]

Ya know what Jenna. Go for it! Don't worry about passing too well.
Go for the ooh and aah reactions. If you get the "Looks like you've done this before" comments, simply reply with a smile, say just a few times, and end with a laugh. If it comes down to it, just say It's halloween, it's a costume, get over it.

This is a perfect opportunity to completely be you for a day or two.

Go get a mani/pedi a day or two before the party. If anyone asks, just say that you didn't have time the day of the party. The day of the party, get up in the AM and bring Jenna out first thing. Enjoy it for the day. Go shopping, setup for the party, be casual Jenna. When getting ready for the party itself, go formal Jenna.

[LisaKarenAZ]

I went to a RHPS party last year dressed as Frankenfurter. I bought one of those stock costumes they sell online, but decided it was just not going to work. The "corset" was flimsy and way too large, and the knickers were a complete disaster. I ended up using this corset (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=140469), even though it looks nothing like the one in the movie, and I bought a pair of black panties, a garter belt, and a boa. The only part of the stock costume I ended up using were the fishnet stockings. I also bought a Frankenfurter costume wig that worked well enough. So my costume was really not very accurate, but I had a lot of fun wearing it. :D

In case you don't already know about it, here's a great website (http://www.rockyhorrorcostumelist.info/) for helping you get your costume and makeup as close as possible to the movie. I could've used this last year. :)



I plan to go to a party dressed up. I want to wear this (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=143291), but like Jenna, I'm a little nervous about being too obvious. I may wear this (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=143296) instead, because, you know... that's not obvious at all. :heehee:

So, the only "official" things I'm ordering are the wig, the pearls, and the surgical gown. The corset I'm borrowing from a friend, going to Frederick's for the garter belt and the fishnet stockings, and shoes from either Target or Payless.

So, the wife asked why I'm wearing the full costume on underneath the surgical gown. She suggested just a t-shirt and shorts. I told her I'll need to take off the gown if it gets too hot. and I don't want to be out of costume at all.

I'm planning on going the day of our first party and getting a mani/pedi with a color like Orly's Moonlit Madness. The pedi will stay through at least Halloween. Longer if I can get a away with it. I wish I could leave the mani that long too, but with the work I do, it wouldn't work out well.

I am sooo excited about this Halloween. I'm hoping that my wife gains even a little bit more acceptance into my feminine side. She's starting to with the panties and all, so who knows how far it will go, but I'll take every bit I can get. :)

[Daphne Renee]

I want to go out this year but I recently moved to a different state. I really dont know very many people and all here and dont know if anyplace around here is doing anything for Halloween.

[Heisthebride]

I've been planning for this Halloween since January of 2009. My wife agreed to have a 2nd wedding where I get to be the bride. We chose Halloween so there won't be as many strange looks, but I'm sure we'll get some. She will be the groom. I didn't want this to be costumey and small so I am going all out. I have a GG friend joining us as my bridesmaid, a custom made wedding dress, a photophrapher, limo, hair and makeup, the whole 9 yards. This is my very own princess for a day wedding. I am so excited. Just 32 days left. I've been writing a blog about it since Jan 2009 too. It should be on my profile page if you want to read more.

I hope everyones Halloween is as fun and special as you want it to be.

[BrandiLynnCD]

I always called Halloween "crossdresser new year's". So many closeted CDs dressing up like girls and looking sexy. I'm hoping to dress up and go to a gay bar although my original costume (an old cocktail wiatress outfit from the casino I worked at) is being postponed until next year so I can lose some weight and look good in it.

[LisaKarenAZ]

The wedding sounds so AMAZING! I can't imagine my wife agreeing to that, even though I would be in HEAVEN!
Enjoy the opportunity. You'll just have to deal with the jealousy and catty talk from us girls that would love to be in your high heels!

[Rachel Morley]

I've done Rocky Horror a bunch of times and I usually go as Frank or Magenta, next time though I promised myself I'd be Janet as dressed in the rain scene. :)

I dress fully fairly often and with my wife's approval, so Halloween gives me a change and a chance to indulge myself in a feminine fantasy costume. Our TG support group is having a Halloween party at a board members house so I will be dressing up in a costume. I've decided that I'll embellish clothes I already have to obtain my costume. Looks like I need to choose from either a 1950's poodle skirt outfit, an LG pink party dress outfit, or an Alice in Wonderland outfit. I'm leaning toward Alice at the moment :)

[kimmy p]

Alice in wonderland, Big Time!

[Randee]

Being a fan of leotards and tights, I usually use Halloween as a reason to wear a leotard and tights as part of a costume, not always crossdressed. The closest I have come up is like Windycissy's girl being a kitty kat idea with a few embellishments. But just to for all who want to cd, just wear an outfit, don't do too well at it for Halloween. And then for the piece-de-resistance, screw in a piece of coaxial cable to your costume so you can go as, oh this is too funny, ---Cable TV!
Keep it fun.

[Sophie86]

Looks like I need to choose from either a 1950's poodle skirt outfit, an LG pink party dress outfit, or an Alice in Wonderland outfit. I'm leaning toward Alice at the moment :)

I would totally do the poodle skirt. I love 50s fashions! :)

[CallMeMeg]

I've responded to "you've done this before" with "twelve year old girls do it. How hard can it be?"

Or you can go with "I had help." That's how I explained my makeup when I came to work dressed last year. And I did ~ I went to a MAC store and got made up there.

[Kylie666]

Well this is my story =)

Last year i dressed up for the first time in Full CD for Halloween (did not do the best job BUT still looked ok) the thing is money was low and could not get the things i wanted :sad: But on a plus side that very night is when i met my Girlfriend :D

Now for the bad... This Halloween i planed to go again dressed BUT, I just could not get a job in time so now i am stuck with no money and no way to dress for Halloween this year :sad: So... now i am saving everything i can for next year and i hope it will be the best year ever :battingeyelashes:

[LisaKarenAZ]

Well, yesterday was a day from heaven. My wife has completely bought in to the halloween costumes for us this year.
She had some doctor's appointments today, which led us to the mall for an eye exam for her. While we were there, she thought we should go get some more items for my costume.
First we stop into Torrid to look for a couple of things for her. She spots the corsets on the back wall and we head over and pick out a beautiful, yet simple, black corset.

Next we head to Payless to look for shoes. we spent a good 30 minutes in the store for me to try on different heels and walk in them to make sure I don't break my ankles. "You have quite the wiggle.", she said. Followed by some other customers stating how good a certain pair look good on me, or how great it was we were looking for shoes for my costume.

We did some other looking around for jewelry for my costume, and a pair of shorts to minimize my below the waist look. We find the shorts at Walmart and head home. I drop her off at another appointment and pick up our daughter from school. The first thing she says is "Mom went to Torrid? Oh no.... YOU went to Torrid." and starts laughing. She says she's not laughing at me, but at how great this costume is gonna be. I drop her off at home and she wants me to try on the heels. She loves that I can walk so well with them.

After a bit, I pick up my wife from her appointment and head back home. She wants me to try on the full outfit that we have so far. I got some shock, some laughter, and some "You have beautiful legs, they're hotter than mine."

After my son gets home from school, the three girls head over to the nail salon for pedis. That was the peak of the day to sit next to my girls to get a pedi.

[Kylie666]

WOW.. your day sounds like the day i wish i would have =) your so lucky.

[Sophie86]

How is your son reacting to it? My daughter just seems bemused by the whole thing, but the boy is definitely squidgy about dad dressing up like a girl. He's particularly bothered by the wig. I don't get that, but he says it makes him uncomfortable.

We're going to a masquerade thing tomorrow, and they're going to my parents before I get dressed up. That's mainly so I don't have to talk to my Dad while dressed in drag. :eek:

[oliviarub]

speaking of which,are there any girls in the new orleans area willing to join me for an outing in the quarter for halloween?
any visitors coming here for it?
really feel the need to do it this year again but no one to do it with it.
pm me if interested.lots of fun to be had there!

[regina young]

Olivia, if I were in NO I would certainly go with you. The cool thing about this year, as you all already know, is the opportunity to dress two or three night in a row. Be still my heart. Being as this is the 1st of Oct. all the costume stores started opening today. The wife and I went shopping after work and I got her a new outfit for work, which, paved the way for me to buy a super sexy vampire costume. Got home and tried it on with knee high boots....yes. Although it is kind of short in the front. The wife said maybe I could wear shorts with it......WHAT? I thought that was the point of a sexy costume, just a little cheesecake. She agreed. I cant wait......regina

[Melanie R]

speaking of which,are there any girls in the new orleans area willing to join me for an outing in the quarter for halloween?
any visitors coming here for it?
really feel the need to do it this year again but no one to do it with it.
pm me if interested.lots of fun to be had there!

We have 59 in our group who will be sailing enfemme from NO on October 30. Many in the group will be celebrating enfemme in the quarter on the night of Oct. 29th. We will celebrate Halloween for five nights on board the Carnival Triumph among 2000 other passengers.

[LisaKarenAZ]

The son is fine.. Both kids have been raised in a very open household, where nobody is ostracized for what they believe in or feel.

[Steph.TS]

I just bought a wonderful dress last night, I would love to dress up for Halloween, however my family is very conservative and I live with them, I'm not sure if I should, they might see this as REALLY bad, or simply as funny, I honestly don't know but I've heard that halloween is the perfect time to use as an excuse to dress up...

[LisaKarenAZ]

You could always say that you lost a bet and had to dress as a woman for Halloween.

[5150 Girl]

My Polar Bear said the other day I know waht you should be for holoween...
I blurted out "Daisy Duke"
No, she said, you should be the bride from Guns and Roses' November Rain video.
Then I'm like yea, that would be fun, but wedding dresses are just to expensive for me right now.

[Brooklyne dawn]

I always though about going out dressed for Haloween, but my girlfriend has changed my idea of it. Like most I thought it would be an easyway to go out and be free to fit in. She had me thinking and I now know I don't want to go out for haloween, because me dressing is not a costume, it's me being me. I dont want people to think that I am simply wearing a silly costume and even have the laught it off as being, What did that fool wear for haloween. If I am going to go out, it will be because I am ready to do it and want to be excepted for me and not a costume.

[lilmissjenny]

im dressing up as a sexy nurse. i got my costume off ebay and my white knee high boots ordered as well. i cant wait for halloween :)

[NikkiW1971]

I would like to attend a party as catwoman.

[Daphne Renee]

I have found a couple of places I could go here in town. I found them online so I am not real sure about it. I have 2 Halloween costumes. I have a 50's type.. I call it sandy from grease. I also have a Alice (from Alice in Wonderland ) costume. I hope to be able to go out on more than one day so I can wear both.

[LisaKarenAZ]

Ah well. My bubble has been burst. After thinking about the costume, my wife has done a complete 180 on the idea.
Dressing for halloween has become verboten.

The excitement was nice while it lasted. :(

[Chickhe]

Give it a few days and tell her it is too much trouble to change costumes now since yours is finished...and find out what it bothering her... could be you are having fun and she is not getting enough attention to make her costume work... my wife was like that, she wanted to stay home just because she wasn't happy with her costume, but I convinced her to go and we had fun...that was several years ago and we go out every year now. You have to get over any apprehension and focus on having fun. No one will disrespect either of you for dressing up, as you have seen already everyone you tell is excited to know and even strangers think itis cool!

[Sophie86]

Has she given a reason?

We went to a masquerade party this past Saturday. My wife was reluctant to commit to going, and then she was nervous about it right up to the time we arrived (even after three glasses of wine). She ended up having a good time, though, and she was a little surprised at how much people just didn't care that I was wearing a skirt. Your wife would probably have a great time too, if she would give it a chance.

[seatown9]

I'm eagerly trying to find the right outfit for halloween... never been out in public....

[Sally24]

I've got two parties to go to this year. Neither with my wife, unfortunetly she doesn't really get into Halloween much. Friday night I'll be going into
Boston with Sisters Family. That night I plan on going as a 60's Go Go Girl. I've got the white boots, stockings and garters (panty hose didn't get into use until the 70's) and a wool dress. As soon as it all gets fitted I'll post pics.

Saturday night I'll be heading over to Manchester,NH for the Sisters Group that I run at Club 313. I'm going with an Academy Awards Red Carpet kind of look. I have this lovely tight red sparkle sheath dress, some sparkly high heels and I'm going to try some high fashion makeup if I can manage.

144816

I've got some special songs picked out for Karaoke that night. Would I have loved to be a torch singer in the clubs of the 50s or 60's!!

[Sally24]

144817
Couldn't add this to the original post so I'll put it here.

[Taylor186]

Wear stockings if you want but pantyhose were definitely part of the mid/late 60s mod look. By 1970 pantyhose were outselling stockings (per Wikipedia).

Twiggy 1967
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/images/multimedia/sixties/lategan_twiggy.jpg

Nancy 1966
http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/n/nancy-sinatra/album-how-does-that-grab-you.jpg

[oliviarub]

looks like i'll be out dressed in the french quarter with a friend this year so if any other gurls care to join us or meet somewhere,let me know please.
we may get a hotel room for changing etc...