Halloween costumes in a jiffy

It's almost that time of the year again and whether you decide to go on ghost tours at the Keys, trick-or-treating with the kids, attending sexy costume parties, carving jack-o-lanterns or maybe just bobbing for apples, you're going to need to do it dressed up. Doesn't Halloween just ooze of  fun?!

But what's scarier than going to a haunted house and getting chased by zombies with chainsaws? I'll tell you what--having less than just 5 days to find the perfect costume for your Halloween hooplas.

Don't fret, procrastinators of the world-- Your GTG- to the rescue. I'm going to give you all the skinny on the hottest costume ideas for guys, gals and couples (though, I always frown upon people in relationships that think it's cute to dress in the same color schemes and totally isn't; however, dressing to complement your better half is different and it's GTG approved!)

Costumes for Guys

• With so many icy, cold, bloodsucking characters melting women's hearts all over the world, there's no reason why men shouldn't be dressing up as vampires, this and every Halloween (or at least until vampires are no longer hot, but let's face it it might be years before that ever happens.) Being a vamp is a total breeze: all you really need is some fake fangs, make-up (feel free to borrow from women you know, but please ask before taking make-up, since it can be quite expensive to just ruin in one use.) For all of our sakes and yours, leave your cloaks at home, that's so 14th century, and instead opt for a leather jacket and some gaudy jewelry, for a modern take on these mythical creatures.
• My next costume is perfect for tall men, but seriously anyone can rock it. With all the buzz around our future NBA champs, The Miami Heat, what's hotter than being Lebron James, Dwayne Wade or Chris Bosh at least for a night. What do you need? A simple Miami Heat basketball uniform is all .
• Halloween is really just for fun! And let's face it the boys of Jersey Shore defined fun for us this year, so feel free to get your Jersey on, as one of the MVP boys or Ronnie. Tanks and jeans, a fake tan, tons of hair gel and some fake bling is all you'll need to get the look right (fake abs are optional, fellas. Who's ready to get their G-T-L on?
• " He’s climbin' in your windows, he’s snatchin' your people up, tryna rape 'em so y’all need to hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husband too cuz they’re rapin errbody out here," my favorite  crime fighting homey, Antoine Dodson, is hands down the best costume this year. Just buy a frizzy wig, a red bandana and look and act crazy, while singling his hit song, "Bed Intruder." Just run and tell that homeboy!

Costumes for Gals

• Halloween for the ladies is about just one thing: skin. It's really just an excuse to dress up or down to almost nothing. We love, love, love to show skin, so naturally it doesn't matter if we dress up like a Disney princess or a nun, we make it sexy. But how about instead of sexy, we go for more of a bold statement this year like Gaga, has been doing this year? You can dress up or down in a fashion faux pas mess and as ridiculous as possible and just claim your dressing like Lady Gaga (so you can do anything with this, you're not just limited to her famous outfits) and please feel free to serenade us with your  own rendition of "Bad Romance" or "Telephone."
• Keeping up with our flesh for all trend, if you are a trio of sisters or best friends, just dress up as the often overexposed and underdressed Kardashian sisters. Just make sure you pile on a lot of make-up and wearing any cute, micro mini in yor closet will complete this look! If you're going to be Kim K, then make sure you have a football player following you around for the night, to really nail her look (butt pads strongly advised.)
• Who doesn't love a super hero? Well, I'm sure someone in the world doesn't, but don't mind them any attention. I'm thinking this year, us ladies can dress up like male super heroes, such as the Incredible Hulk, or one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with that sexy twist that we've been talking about. All we'd need is green paint to cover our bodies and wear minimal clothes like a brown mini skirt and a matching bathing suit top! ;-) If you're going to be a turtle then make sure you rock a belt and accessories, such as shoes in any one of the four colors.

Costumes for Couples

• My number one costume idea for couples is Barbie and Ken! Buy a long blonde wig, wear a pink, skimpy outfit and bust out fake abs for Ken! Super cute and plenty original by today's standards.
• This next couple costume concoction was brought to me by a friend. Girls, all you'll need is a waitress costume and your other half will need a security costume, but here's the twist: you are really a failed actress and he's a failed comedian who tells bad jokes! (thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week!) Sometimes originality takes form by how you see things yourself, and not what meets the eye.
• The last costume ideas is perhaps my favorite one of them all. A couple can have the male dress up as Tiger Woods (golf outfit and maybe a club) and the female can dress up as any one of his 15 mistresses or for a better twist the female  can dress up as Elin (Elin requires a foreign accent, blonde hair and of course a stack of money as a symbol of what she has accrued from Mr. Woods.)

And as always, sharing is caring, so if you have come up with any great costume ideas on your own, please share them on the blog!

Guys and dolls, enjoy your Halloween festivities this Sunday and be safe!

xoxo, Your GTG!

"Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story."

Aging Gracefully

"Aging is the process of growing old or maturing. Humans reach their peak in growth and development when they are in their mid 20s. After this point, the body gradually becomes less functional over time," (http://www.wellness.com/reference/conditions/aging/) According to this article, it's all downhill from this point forth, but I can't help feeling reluctant.

In today's society, there are even double-standards for aging when it comes to men and women. Men get older and they're  more attractive, sexier and smarter. Women age, and we get called cougars or hags, depending on how we look (not for what we've accomplished.) I've spent a lot of time and fight insisting that equality between the sexes can be achieved, and I haven't quit, but I've stopped getting worked up about it. I sure as heck, don't want to get so worked up that I'll end up suffering a heart attack because my body is now working less efficient than before (that was a joke.) And, while the above article, holds truth I refuse to let it be a truth in my own personal life.

So here's what's happened in the past year. I've surrounded myself around older people, whose life stories I've come to greatly enjoy. And not one of them has life figured out, and they're still on these amazing rides in this rollercoaster, we call life.  And at some point, I sadly realized that I have spent the last six years of my life obsessing over school, jobs, status and money. I have not one thing, that I thought I would have at this age.

After reality's hard slap in the face, I decided to stop dwelling about not having the ideal life that I had pictured for myself when I was 16. I'm such a different person today, than I was when I was 16, so why on Earth was I still obsessing over this thought, but it was there and it haunted me persistently and kept me from  being happy. The day came when I had to loosen my grip on the idea of idealism and let it go completely. Only then, it's when I started living life again and being happy. And just for anyone's information, the minute you have life all figured out, you're  pretty much done living.

So thanks to my "elders," and  my "sudden" realizations, my life is mine again, not my former's self. As much as I'd want to obsess over wanting to kick myself in the ass for not having realized this sooner, if I started obsessing over that too, then it would just simply signify that I didn't learn much in the first place.

So ladies and gent, in honor of my upcoming birth's anniversary, I'm blogging about age and life :)

So my birthday  is nearing itself for the 27th time, and I just found my first gray hair, and I might have even begun to wrinkle; I'm a little overweight for my own standards, I don't dress up all the time anymore, and sometimes I can care less about how my hair looks, or if my make-up is just right ...What I'm getting to is that I am less than perfect, yet I have never felt so confident in my entire life. I'm comfortable in my own skin, and that's not only a wonderful feeling, it's also sexy and empowering. The aforementioned things, along with wisdom, experience and compassion (all of which come with age) is what aging gracefully is all about. Forget the liposuction, the botox and the implants as implemented by today's societal standards; however, on that same token, if those things make you feel better then by all means go right ahead and do them, but do them for you, in order to make yourself better, and not because your significant other or friends tell you to do it. In the end, it's your life, so just do you.

With every passing year, I feel time ticks faster and faster and I'm learning to not take things for granted, to be less of a brat and to enjoy the simplest of things, like breathing or enjoying the scenery, when I'm stuck in traffic for an hour. I've also learned that beauty stems from the inside and comes through on the outside, and that too has come from getting older and so at this very moment, with no make-up on and my hair in a crazy-looking bun, I can't feel anymore beautiful.

Sidenote: I literally thought I'd die the day I found my first gray hair and now that I'm approaching 30, well the old me would have called it quits, and if you personally know me, you know I'm vain; however, the new me is more than just fine with these things, and this is the best birthday gift I have given myself.

My blog is about everything in life, and I want to know what makes you feel beautiful and graceful with age?

I want to leave you with one thought: "Embrace age, for if you won't, then who will "... and remember the best tasting wines are the aged ones ;)

xoxo
your GTG

"The years teach much which the days never knew"

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