I love Halloween; it’s one of my favorite holidays. When I was little my mother would go to great lengths to make me the perfect costume. In junior high, I won a costume contest at school by dressing as a bunch of grapes. My costume consisted of numerous purple balloons sewn all around me onto my leotard. You can see my mom’s handy work in the picture below. Too late, I realized that I would not be able to sit at my desk, but I didn’t care. I received a $5.00 gift certificate to a bookstore and thought I was very cool!

In junior high, I won a costume contest at school by dressing as a bunch of grapes. Credit: tcm007.com