..to emit a small <sigh> at receiving an invitation to a fancy dress party? Or Am I Being Old?

[MamaG]

I
Can't
Be
Arsed

don't
blame
you

Stick a black bin bag on and go as an oil slick. How hard is that ?

Don't blame you. Why do some people think these are a good idea. Ok up until about the age of 9.

MISERABLE!!!!!!!!!

I love fancy dress parties, stop being boring.
It's not that hard.

what?

like for you??

OMG

how very naff

sniggers

I know its not hard, I just don't wish to look a twat!

YES twig!

EXACTLY

just wear what you want .. and say you came as 'not a mum'

I went to one a few years back armed with nursing bra, a cow print cape and a formidable breast pump - I was Lactator - the mistress of mammaries. It was really funny after several buckfast....

Went to one recently. One bloke in orange jumpsuit, long wig and a "bomb" attached to his shoes = Richard Reid. Well, I thought it was funny.

I just think when I see adult fancy dress

I went to one as Marie Antoinette in my wedding dress - only had to buy a very cheap tall wig from a fancy dress shop and white my face up and colour in a big beauty spot.

Everyone thought I'd made loads of effort - gave me a chance to be the belle of the ball in my wedding gown again.

Loving Richard Reid and The Lactator though

To same party - dh wore DIY coveralls with Swedish flag stuck on the back - and took his drill. He was Flatpackman.

I don't approve of adult fancy dress, I have decided!

I have been to loads of fancy dress parties and love them.The best costume i ever saw was a man in a pale grey suit,his hands, face and hair were painted pale grey and he had white splashes of paint all over him.He was Nelsons column.Fan bloody tastic!

I always feel this way when I get a themed invitation BUT I make the effort and am always glad I did because these things are fun and memorable.

my niece went as alice in wonderland with blonde extentions to her friends mums 40th

did not go but most people dressed up and it loked like a great laugh
popped in to take a pic

think it is a nice idea but not being 18 and slim options are limited
we have a family do next week fancy dress 21st and I just cant get any enthusiasium about it is it my age ?
over 40 just

ditto snowball

I love fancy dress, it's a real ice breaker. I just spent New Year in a Cornish fishing village and everyone was in fancy dress on NYE. It was such a funny night and there were some brilliant costumes.

My fave was the shark, especially when I saw him and the guy dressed as a pimp staggering up the lane at 11 am on New Year's Day. They'd clearly been in the pub all night.

I have been to a few... never feel like doing it, always a bore to plan and get ready... but i always have a great time. It really is fun if everyone else also dresses up. (I am 24 )

surfermum, were you in polperro at new year.... just the best place in world for new year's party

We had a Tarts and Vicars party for a friends 30th Birthday and it was good fun, but having said that its each to their own, and also its what you can afford to spend on a costume too.

Hate Hate Hate them.

I want to wear my own well chosen clothes that hid the fact that I am not slim (well I say hide they are not magic clothes so maybe just not show just how unslim)..

Fancy dress makes me feel old, fat and frumpy... Halloween the only exception as even I can go dressed as a witch and look ok.

I am crap at fancy dress.

The last one I went to I wore normal clothes with some cornflake packets stuck to me and carried a fake knife.

I was a serial killer.