*OK I am finally posting this. Please forgive the delay much drama has happened*

I have two good memories of Halloween costumes as a kid. But the memories are vague and distant. I am not even sure if pictures exist of either of them. I would love to have pictures of both of them but I don’t have them. So I am hoping that I can convey what they were like through the feeling I have about them.

When I was about 10 I was invited to a costume party. I think it was for Halloween. My friend chelsea was having it and we spent time at school plotting and planning our costumes. I wanted to be Isis. At the time there was a TV show about Isis and she was not only a goddess but a superhero. She was beautiful and powerful every thing a young girl like me wanted to be.
I have an odd memory of my mother making me the costume. I know it was white sleeveless tress with s short skit. I know that we had gold braid that we used to make ankle and leg straps for my sandals. I can remember the feeling of the braid in my hands it was flat and smooth and rough all at the same time it was shiny and I worried about it staying up. I think I had a very egyptian collar like the one on the TV show. I remember that because it was cool I got to wear pantyhose which was quite the rite of passage.  I remember feeling pretty and exited to wear it.
I think the only bad part was when I got to the party the other kids were in either store bought costumes or street clothes. I remember very little else.

The other costume I liked was when I was about 15. My  younger sister Kate had picked up a pretty dress that has a floaty feel to it. I had to planned to go trick or treating but My Mom asked me to take my sister as she would rather be the person handing out candy. So I put the dress on synched it up in back to fit me. Kate French braided my hair and we had some wax or clay that we used to give me pointy ears so I could be an elf.

And off we went. I was pleased that we could come up with a costume so quickly and that I felt pretty in it.
At some point we ended up at Gary’s door. gary had been in school with me for quite a while in elementary school. We had the same birthday and I apparently have a better memory than he. As when he answered the door. His older brother elbowed him and he started to try and be suave and  pique my interest. Well when I was able to use his full name and tell him his birthday he was totally unnerved his Brother was Laughing hard in the background.  I took my sisters to more houses but had the satisfaction that I had a costume that could pique a boys interest and that I had sufficiently changed since elementary school. Another big win for the costume.