Western Costumes for Halloween
@DeborahDiane (40851)
Laguna Woods, California
October 29, 2017 8:01pm CST
My husband and I rarely dress up for Halloween. However, when some friends invited us to join them at a Halloween party in our community, we decided we would make it easy on ourselves and use things we already had.
After living for 25 years in Dallas, TX, my husband pulled together his "Texas Tux," which is basically a tuxedo with a bolo tie, jeans, boots and a belt with a big silver buckle. Of course, a cowboy hat topped it all off.
I just went in basic Western attire ... jeans and a plaid flannel shirt. Naturally, I pulled out my old cowboy hat, too.
I told my husband he looked like an oil tycoon; I looked more like a field worker! 
I loved the Halloween costumes of @JamesHxstatic and his wife, Anne. Do any of you have costumes you can pull together in a pinch?
I loved the Halloween costumes of @JamesHxstatic and his wife, Anne. Do any of you have costumes you can pull together in a pinch?19 people like this
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@jstory07 (148771)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 Oct 17
I have a black shirt with big cat eyes on it and a cat tail that pins on. So I will be at black cat for Halloween.
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@jstory07 - A black cat is a great costume! One of our daughters was a white cat for Halloween for several years. She loved her easy white leotard, cat tail and cat ears!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@dgobucks226 - We become very attached to our pets, don't we?
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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30 Oct 17
That black cat looks eerily like the cat I owned Judy. She passed away 3 years ago 
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@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
30 Oct 17
Very nice photo, it is true that your husband looks like an oil tycoon. I have a beautiful Chinese long silk gown that I bought in Epcot years ago. This could be an easy costume I could wear in a pinch. I only need a little more makeup and to comb my hair Chinese style.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Oct 17
@LadyDuck what shoes would you wear with it?
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@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
30 Oct 17
@hereandthere That gown fits so well. I remember when I tried it in the United States, all the sale people came to look at me.
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Here it is my first time to see the announcement from the police and tell people not to dress up like ghosts in subway
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@paigea - That's a great idea! I'm sure you look like a convincing hockey player!
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
30 Oct 17
@DeborahDiane A chubby one. Perhaps I should look for a baseball suit. Lol
they don't seem as slim
they don't seem as slim2 people like this
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@paigea - ha ha! Clever idea!
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
30 Oct 17
Great quick idea. I'll be using onesie zebra pjs this year
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@Courtlynn - Onesie zebra pjs could be very handy to keep around for any occasion when you need a quick costume!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Oct 17
jackie o to a witch - what a contrast! hahaha! maybe you could pull off an audrey hepburn instead?
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@YrNemo - That is great ... you can go either as Jacky Kennedy or a witch in the same style dress. Very versatile!
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@YrNemo (20254)
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30 Oct 17
@DeborahDiane With a famous black pointed hat, whatever black dress would make me a witch for sure.
With a famous black pointed hat, whatever black dress would make me a witch for sure.2 people like this
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
31 Oct 17
@DeborahDiane Oh yes, I do believe it
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@jaboUK - Believe it or not, for us, these were not costumes. These were things we were just able to pull right out of our closet. When we lived in Dallas, we had lots of occasions for wearing Western attire!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
18 Feb 18
y'all're such a cute couple :) dang, can't recall the last time i'd a need fer a costume?? if'n such came to be, i'd be'n one heck'uva pickle, lol. big hugs!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
19 Feb 18
@DeborahDiane thanks! last costume i owned 'twas 'f a kachina doll....prolly 35 years 'go? goin' western'd be no shock from folks that know me coz that's the only way i roll, lol.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Feb 18
@crazyhorseladycx - WELCOME BACK! Yes, we don't keep costumes around either, so we just pulled together some things we already had from when we lived in Texas!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
19 Feb 18
@crazyhorseladycx - Ha ha! We're pretty comfortable in our Western clothes, too. Kachina Doll, huh? That's one I would have liked to see.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
31 Oct 17
Well boy howdy, ya'll look plum authentic!
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
31 Oct 17
@DeborahDiane Yes, I miss her. That is the way they talk out Abilene/Merkel way.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
31 Oct 17
@JamesHxstatic - Yes, it is absolutely the way they talk in West Texas. I miss @crazyhorseladycx too. For a while I thought @jaboUK had left us, but now she is back, much to my delight.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
3 Nov 17
You are right! Your husband does look like an oil tycoon and you a field worker. lol
My husband could wear his tux jacket, tux shirt, Stetson, jeans, cowboy boots and big silver buckle belt. I can go as Linda Evans. I have the same dress she wore to dinner at the ranch and comb my blonde hair the same way.
Lovely photo!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
3 Nov 17
@DianneN - Ha ha! I love the idea that your husband could put together a "Texas Tux" and you could go as Linda Evans. From seeing your pictures, I think you could pull that off quite well! J.R. and Sue Ellen ... LOL
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
31 Oct 17
@just4him - Thanks so much!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@just4him - This was the first time I needed a costume in a long time, too. It was fun to get out our Western clothes!
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 Oct 17
@DeborahDiane You look good in them.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
31 Oct 17
@JudyEv - Ha ha! James said that next year he would dye his mustache black! I thought Anne looked lovely as Athena!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@JudyEv - You will like the costumes which James and Anne wore. They were great ... especially James!
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@JudyEv (382555)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Oct 17
@DeborahDiane They were really nice. Loved James' white moustache!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@Happy2BeMe - Thanks so much!
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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30 Oct 17
As a kid I went trick or treating as a cowboy once. It is an easy costume to put together. As an adult in a pinch I could go as a professional golfer or tennis player. I already have the outfits from being a coach.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@dgobucks226 - Those both sound like quick and easy costumes, which are the best kind!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17244)
• China
30 Oct 17
You two cut quite a figure wearing the attire ,though they are the costumes you pull together.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Oct 17
that was funny - oil tycoon and field worker! i like his shirt.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@hereandthere - Yes, he looked a lot more dressed up than I did! LOL
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@RasmaSandra (98129)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Oct 17
No Halloween on this side of the world. Actually in that photo the two of you remind me of Jock Ewing and his Ellie from Dallas.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@RasmaSandra - Ha Ha! You and I think alike. I kept calling my husband J.R. Ewing, but Jock Ewing would probably have been closer to the truth! LOL
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@sallypup - With a cowboy hat and jeans, it is easy to pull together a quick Western look!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 17
@Kandae11 - Thank you so much. It was an easy costume for me!
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
31 Oct 17
@nangayo - Thanks! I'm glad you liked our cowboy hats. We rarely wear them!
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