Large Barge Marge: Halloween

Originally, I had planned on doing absolutely nothing on Halloween since for the last few years I have stayed home to hand out candy, my sister was doing something with her boyfriend, and my "best" friend here was going to be gone. But on Wednesday, a friend of my sister's ate lunch with us and, upon finding out I had no plans, asked if I wanted to go to the silent movie Phantom of the Opera because he had an extra ticket and kind of needed a date! I hesitantly agreed, figuring it couldn't be too bad and really, I had nothing else to do. Since Wayne (the dude) was dressing up, my sister & I figured I should probably have some sort of costume. Originally I was going to do Ugly Betty so we went to Walmart to find some red glasses, but upon passing the costume section, I saw a Batman suit and instantly fell in love. We tried multiple other outfits, but in the end I desperately wanted to be Batman & bought it. Friday night came and I was getting ready but as I tried to put my awesome suit on, I discovered that it was terribly short, as I should have expected seeing as it was made for a 10yr old boy, and not a full-grown, tall, 18yr old girl. After panicking slightly, I got out the trusty scissors and began making adjustments in various critical places. Finally I got it to fit decently enough for me to be comfortable for a few hours on campus. At 6:30 Wayne came to get me, and let me just say, he loved my outfit. We went to the Pita Pit for a bite to eat, where we ran into some missionaries "dressed up" as twins and had a great time joking around and eating. Then we went to the HFAC and watched Phantom of the Opera. I thought it was going to be pretty lame (how cool can a SILENT movie, especially a silent MUSICAL, be after all?!). But it actually ended up being soo much fun! The old-school movie was awesome - especially with Lon Cheney's wire/fishhook makeover, and the participation of the audience was soo funny. At one point when Christina yawns, some guy in the audience managed to time a yawn perfectly - it actually looked like they had put sound in for just that one part of the movie! Afterwards we got frosties and stopped by a dance party. After discovering we weren't having any fun there, we went to Wayne's house, where I met his cousin & wife, and some of their friends. I was also privileged enough to see their "Harry Potter" closet under their stairs. Then we played a couple rounds of fooseball (I schooled him) before I decided it was getting late. All in all it was a really good date and we had a lot of fun just joking around. Not my usual Halloween night, but still a good night. Below are some pictures of my costume!