{"id":245,"date":"2007-10-31T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2007-10-31T22:33:44","modified_gmt":"2007-11-01T02:33:44","slug":"happy-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween may not be my favorite holiday, but I can&#8217;t help getting nostalgic about it. As a kid, I looked forward to the day with an excitement that I can only vaguely recall now. I had a limited budget, so I chose my costumes with care, though as you&#8217;ll soon see, I did not always choose wisely!<\/p>\n<p>My Most Notable Halloween Costumes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Butterfly: I bought posterboard, cut it into wings, reinforced the wings with &#8220;veins&#8221; of metal cut from wire hangers, painted the wings with poster paints, and then sewed them to the back of my jacket. Far and away my most creative costume.<\/li>\n<li>Old lady: I bummed some baggy clothes, put my hair up in a bun and painted it silver. I think I even borrowed a cane. Then I went door-to-door calling everyone I met a &#8220;whippersnapper.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Easter Bunny: I used cotton balls to make a cotton tail, then sewed it to the back of my white sweatpants. I bought a pair of bunny ears, painted whiskers on my face, and hopped from house to house, wishing everyone a happy Easter.<\/li>\n<li>Prostitute: During my early teens, I thought it would be fun to dress as a prostitute, so I borrowed a miniskirt and bought some fishnet stockings. My parents were more than a little furious, especially since they had unwittingly provided funds for part of my getup. I got plenty of candy, but I was a good girl and didn&#8217;t pick up any Sugar Daddies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What were your most notable costumes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween may not be my favorite holiday, but I can&#8217;t help getting nostalgic about it. As a kid, I looked forward to the day with an excitement that I can only vaguely recall now. I had a limited budget, so &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=245\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[34,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}