Need Halloween inspiration?
The Ritz has released it’s favorite costumes this year:

* Rockstar
* Political candidates, especially Sarah Palin
* Sexy firefighters
* Beer girls
* Golden Buddhas
* Queen of hearts
* Punk rock
* Gothic
* Tattoos
* Indiana Jones
* Heavy metal rocker
* Batman
* Poison Ivy
* ’80s
* Vegas swingers in white platform boots with goldfish in heels
* Funky disco and pimp daddies with velvet and animal-print. Lots of gold chains over a fake hairy chest.
* Plenty of Elvis sightings and the ever-popular Marilyn
* Fairies
* Drag queens
* Superheroes
* Naughty school-girls
* Pregnant nuns

Then the other night, my friends and I were trying to brainstorm ideas for our friend, Molly. Here is what we came up with:
* Susan, George Castanza’s fiance from “Seinfeld,” who died licking envelopes.
* The mom from American Dad
* Towlie from “South Park” 
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* Ms. Pac Man
* Ren and Stimpy
* Rocky and Bullwinkle
* Rock of Love
* A character from “Lost” (but mostly because we’re obsessed with the show)
* Sarah Silverman
* A midget in a bucket (don’t ask)
* A lion, with ratted big hair and gold body paint
* Flava Flave
* Mr. T
* Alf
* Marge Simpson
* A poodle
* Rainbow Bright
* Someone else at the party

Then we started thinking about costumes we could make out things we already have in our closets. We came up with:
* A can-can girl
* A ballerina
* A motorcycle racer
* An ’80s prom queen
* “Carrie” the bloody prom queen
* A Vargas cowgirl
* A hot dog.

OK, not a hot dog, but somehow hot dogs always come up in our conversations.

One of my favorite costumes of Halloween pasts was a friend who dressed up like a carnival game: a piece of carboard with balloons stuck all over it. He carried darts and let people play his game/costume for $1. Fun, yet dangerous. Although no one lost an eye.