I’ve never been a big fan of Halloween night in the city. New York’s streets get packed with drunk people in zombie masks, and I get scared!! I went to the Halloween Parade once so that I could cross it off my list, and I’ve never gone back. Most years, I’ve been able to avoid the mad scramble to pull a costume together. Last year, for example, Erin Gunn got married on Halloween. I had a ready-made costume in the form of my bridesmaid dress:

(Photo courtesy of Andrew Kelly.)

This year, however, the same Erin Gunn convinced me that I needed to attend a costume party, and I agreed in honor of her one-year wedding anniversary.

Obviously, I had to find a way to dress as a cupcake.

I found a pink fleece blanket at the dollar store and went to town with my sewing needle. The process, however, was not as smooth as anticipated.

I forged ahead, though, and I still have the needle pricks in my fingers to prove it!

The finished product was worth the pain:

Yayyy, I’m a cupcake!

Anyway, the appointed hour eventually arrived, and Erik and I hopped on a NJ Transit and rode it forevvvvvvvvvvver until we arrived in New Jersey’s farm country and at this beautiful house, appropriately festooned:

Where our impeccably attired hosts, Elena and Chris, were waiting:

(Photos courtesy of Andrew Kelly.)

Plus co-host, the corpse bride herself, aka Erin Gunn.

The hosting committee had done an outstanding job with decor:

(Erik was a bedbug victim, in case that’s not clear.)

The themed snacks were amaaaazing and brilliant:

Deviled eggs with olive spiders:

Cheese-ball pumpkins:

Puff-pastry fingers with onion fingernails:

Hot dogs with puff pastry and mustard:

Chicken cordon bleu balls:

Mini-quiches and spinach pie:

Shenanigans:

(Photo courtesy of Andrew Kelly.)

Beer pong:

(Photo courtesy of Andrew Kelly.)

Erin Gunn was on dessert duty, and she made pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese icing:

Pumpkin brownie squares:

And rice crispies franken-treats:

The cupcakes were delicious!

It is probably a good thing that I did not keep track of how many I ate:

I must say that this costume provided excellent camouflage for the expansion!

The night charged on. Someone unfortunately got trapped in the freezer:

Captain Kirk danced …

The rockers rocked …

(Photo courtesy of Andrew Kelly.)

Uncle Jesse collapsed in exhaustion …

And the cupcake had a sugar crash:

(Photo courtesy of Andrew Kelly.)

The built-in cushioning was very convenient!

In conclusion, I loved being a cupcake, and I wish I could be one every day. Life would be so comfortable … 😀

Was your Halloween costume comfortable or uncomfortable?