It’s that time of year again—time for all the children to dress up in their spookiest, scariest, and most creative gear before trick or treating around their neighborhoods. It’s also the time when we grown-ups enjoy a good excuse to wear costumes and have a some fun as we attend Halloween parties or answer the door for the children who come by.

Halloween has always been special to me because it involves two of my most favorite things: eating candy and dressing up. While I’ve attempted to subdue my love of candy all these years (or not), I still can’t seem to get enough of the dressing up. Back in my pseudo-seamstressing days, I made a new costume every year. Now, that endeavor [obsession] has established an actual Costume Closet in my house. Sure, it could be a bigger collection, but for now it contains everything from Renaissance Faire costumes to disco gear, red devil pants to cat dresses, and of course the legendary arctic raver meets unicorn meets My Little Pony ensemble (it’s a long story). These are just a few that I still have, though there were some from the past that were just as fun and exciting to throw together and wear (Mata Hari, Cleopatra, and the Madonna Montage, to name a few).

Saturday night I went to a friend’s Halloween party, and while I took the “easy” route for me—the disco dress seemed more suited to a three-hour round trip car ride—I still enjoyed a lengthy costume try-on session before I left. Each costume represented a different year of my Halloween adventures and ambitions, and all of them made me feel a like a kid again. The holiday is a mix of fantasy and magic to me—the day we get to let our imaginations run wild and dare to dress in the most unusual of costumes.

So in honor of Halloween I wanted to ask all my readers—what are you planning to don this year for Halloween? Or, what’s your favorite past costume?

In other words, what fantasy will you live on All Hallow’s Eve? Please share below!

Also, don’t forget to send your Third Thursday Flash Halloween-themed ideas by 8 p.m. PST tonight (to evariederauthor@gmail.com). I’ll be creating a Halloween inspired edition for Thursday’s post.

Until then…have a safe and spooky Halloween!