TOTBT Day 12: Author Guest Post- Tera Lynn Childs

Today on our Trick-Or-Treat Blog tour we have a very special Guest Post from Tera Lynn Childs. Tera is author of Oh My Gods and Goddess Boot Camp. She is also working on a new upcomming Novel, Forgive My Fins comming out June 2010! Can't Wait! Today she will be tellin us about her Tramatic Costume experience. Enjoy!
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When I was growing up, my mom always made my Halloween costumes. She'd been a theatre costume designer, so they were usually pretty awesome. One year I was a patchwork puppy dog made out of all different colors of fake fur. Once I was a Jack-In-The-Box, complete with clown outfit and big cardboard box (my dad contributed that part). Usually everything was awesome, but when I was seven years old I had the most traumatizing costume experience of my life.

I had all the old hardcover Disney cartoon books and I was completely in love with Cinderella. I wanted to be Cinderella, more than anything. I wanted the fairy godmother and the pumpkin coach and the mice who sang to me and, most of all, the Prince Charming. So, that year, I told my mom I wanted to be Cinderella for Halloween. She opened to the page where Cinderella's fairy godmother has just magically turned her dirty rags into a beautiful gown and said, “No problem.”

She recreated that dress perfectly! From the poufy sleeves to the princess waist to the big, full skirt. I was so ecstatic to go out in our neighborhood and rake in the treats worthy of a Disney princess. Only no one recognized me. With nearly every door that opened, someone said, “Oh, are you a fairy?” or “What kind of fairy are you?” or “And who are you tonight?” I was mortified. Couldn't they see I was Cinderella??? The costume was perfect, they should have known!

I have no conclusion to this story other than I am obviously still, twenty-five years later, annoyed by that night. I guess the moral is, if some adorable kid shows up on your step this Halloween with eager anticipation in their eyes, make sure you take the time to properly guess their costume.

What about you? Have you ever had any Halloween costume disasters or traumas? Do share (so I know I'm not alone).
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Oh my tera thats horrible! I remember a couple of years ago when i was the mad hatter from alice in wonderland,and know one knew who i was! It was awful! Although i think it is safe to say that just because i had a crazy hat and striped tights, it was okay that no one knew who i was! hahah

Thank you so much Tera for that AWSOME post! So much fun! Make sure to check out Tera's Website HERE, and her new book, FORGIVE MY FINS comming 2010!

*P.S.-there is stil time to enterthe FEAR STREET contest!*