With Halloween looming, I thought I would take a trip down memory lane and try to remember all the costumes I donned through the years.

197X Pink Bunny Rabbit. My mother sewed the costume. It was beautiful but sadly I cried the entire time I wore it at the Gym Jam Halloween Party. My mother tells me that when all the kids went up to dance I just sat on the floor and pouted until they played the YMCA song by the Village People. Only then did I get up and shake my booty.
1980 Wonder Woman. My mother made this one too. I remember being in class, sitting on the floor in a circle with all the other kids in their Halloween costumes. As usual, I began to daydream and that dream is almost more real than other actual events from that time in my life. I twirled my Golden Lasso of Truth and swung around the classroom! Everyone started cheering but it all came to and end when my teacher, Mrs Coleman, shocked me awake by yelling, “DONNA, PAY ATTENTION!!!”
1981 Cowgirl. If memory serves me, this was from a box and given to us by Aunt Helen.
1982 Ghost . Sure, white bed sheet, but my mom used black felt to decorate around the eye holes. She cut eyelashes so I was a little girl ghost.
1983 Witch. I had a beautiful, tall, witch’s hat that I lost while trick or treating.
1984 Devil. My best friend Usha was an angel.
1985 Raggedy Andy. Usha was Raggedy Ann. My mother painstakingly made the wig by taking red yarn and sewing it to a ski cap.
1986 Poodleskirt wearing 1950’s girl
1987 Hippy I wore an old outfit of my mother’s that I dug out of the attic
1988 Jim Baker. My girlfriends, Vickie and Elaine, dressed as Tammy Faye and Jessica Hahn
1989 Mad Scientist
1990 Joan Crawford; I carried a wire hanger
1991 I just wore a silly dress and wig
1992 Gold, Mardi Gras bat mask and my black graduation gown. I got the mask from a Dollar Store.
1993 Nothing
1994 Poet. I wore a black dress and a black beret.
1995 Witch
1996 Pinky & Leather Tuscadero; Audra and I wore black pleather jackets & jeans.
1997 Ape Mask
1998 Ape Mask
1999 Devil
2000 Ape Mask, Goodness, I really got a lot of use out of that rubber mask!
2001 Supermodel Truth is, I tied back my hair and wore a suit and tie. When I was about to leave my father screamed at me. He said I looked like a lesbian and no man would hit on me and if I wanted to leave I would have to put something else on. I screamed and said: FINE THEN I’M NOT WEARING A COSTUME! At the party, everyone kept saying, why aren’t you wearing a costume and Lisa would say, “She is dressed like a supermodel, can’t you tell?” At the time I thought my dad’s reaction was harsh but now I realize he was right.
2002 Cowgirl
2003 Wonder Woman