trick or treat.

Don't get me wrong: I love Halloween.

But I have the misfortune of having incredibly clever friends, who all come up with really funny costumes and funny ideas.

To an observer, it's a lot of fun. To a participant, it's a lot of pressure. Already, I'm getting texts saying, "Can't wait to see your costume!" and "I'll tell you like I told your boyfriend: I'm expecting you guys to have really stellar costumes!" While I appreciate everyone's good faith in my ability to come up with a good costume, I have "costume-block." Everything I think of seems so cliche or too childish-- Alice in Wonderland, Cops and Robbers, Fred and Wilma... nothing that hasn't been done at least a million times. I am also really opposed to buying costumes at costume stores because they're overpriced and look too fake (I know, I know... it's a costume, it's fake).

So I'm in a pickle.

Pickle... maybe I should be a pickle.

See, that's the kind of thing I think of when I'm so desperate.