I've always had a flair for the dramatic, so 12 years ago when the clinic I worked at decided the staff would wear Halloween costumes to work on October 31st, I decided I didn't want to dress as a witch, or a clown, or a pumpkin.  Instead of going to work in a costume, I decided to go in disguise.

I borrowed one of my mom's too-out-of-date dresses, let my slip hang out so that the tops of my knee-hi stockings showed, made my lips too large and too red, my eyebrows too dark, and changed my look completely with additional makeup tricks, over-sized glasses, and by wearing a borrowed wig.  It was a perfect disguise.  Not even my closest co-workers recognized me.  I wasn't ME!  I was someone totally different, and had a day unlike any other.

Here's me (compliments of Glamour Shots which I had done as a surprise for my husband's 60th birthday.  I told you I had a thing for being dramatic!)



And here's me, incognito! (Bag lady extraordinaire.)



Tip for a fun Halloween:

Don't wear a costume.  Wear a disguise!