Some of you may recall last year’s My Little Pony costume, which I’m still pretty pumped about. Everyone knew who I was, and I was right in the area of cute-but-not-skankalanky–exactly where I like to be on Halloween. For those of you who want details on last year’s look, check out this blog post.

If I were to do it again this year (which I gave serious thought to doing), I might wear leggings instead of pants. Target has pretty cheap leggings in a variety of colors, and it might have been a little cuter. And you would’ve been able to see the hearts on the ankles of my pants better. I also would’ve worn short sleeves because I was HOT last year. Oh yes, and I would have reconsidered the jewels around the neckline, because that very subtly but totally ruined my shirt.

But enough about last year. It’s time to move on to this year.

I should preface this by elaborating a bit more on my previous statement–you know, that I like to be in the area of cute-but-not-skankalanky. There’s something about going to Party City and buying a super sexy version of Dorothy or Red Riding Hood that freaks me out a little. And it makes very little sense to me. Call me crazy but neither of them really seemed like hobags, so the repeated portrayal of them as such seems a bit off. But to each her own.

While I stay away from skanky territory, I’m also not a girl who wants to throw my femininity out the door when Halloween roles around. I like to hover around looking good but not slutty. (I think this is generally a good rule of thumb any day of year.) What I lack in slut-tasticness I attempt to make up for by being a little bit clever. After all, a conservative cat next to a skanky cat is not cute, it’s lame. You have to go a different direction.

This year I’m pulling some inspiration from Jessica Quirk over at What I Wore and going as Carmen Sandiego. What can I say? I love the throwback costumes. I’ll be wearing black leggings, a black shirt, red belt, red hat with a yellow ribbon, and black gloves. I used this costume as a fabulous reason to buy a cute rain coat that I can actually wear again, so I’ll be sporting that as well. Still deciding whether I should wear boots or my fav black pumps.

photo of this cool cat found here

What are you going as this year? How do you find inspiration for your costumes? I’d love to hear what other people have planned for this weekend!