I love Halloween. Not just because there's loads of delicious candy and parties, but I always have good memories of it. My costumes weren't exactly brilliant - I was the Phantom of the Opera a few times - but my dad's were… well, every year it was a surprise until the 31st.

Once he was a ski bum, complete with crutches. Another time he was Santa Claus, and scared the s*** out of every little kid in the neighborhood. Once he took a large box and made himself into a dice, (Die? Dice? I can never remember) with his head as the "1." That night, when we went up to the Babcock's front door, he crouched down so only the top of his black hat showed. When Nate Babcock (also probably around 4 or 5) answered the door, Dad slowly raised his head so that only his eyes were showing. Poor Nate was traumatized when he realized the die was ALIVE!

Yeah. Anyway, since I stopped trick-or-treating at some point in high school (don't laugh), I've never had a decent costume.

I quote from "Mean Girls": Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.

Not that I want to dress up like a tramp, but I always laugh when I hear that because it's SO TRUE. The most popular costumes among the 15+ age group of girls are Playboy bunnies, naughty nurses, and cats.

So… any suggestions that don't involve spandex, leotards, or showing massive amounts of cleavage?