Costumes

For my very first Romie-is-less-than-two-months-old Halloween, I don't think I was dressed up as anything, although now that I think about it, I have faint recollections that I might have been the Dallas red pegasus. However, when I was one, I was dressed to go along with Mom. Or rather, she was dressed to go along with me, and I was dressed to go along with cute baby-sized Chinese shoes. Mom has always said that she was a geisha and I was a geisha's baby, but looking at the pictures, I think this is code meaning Mom was Madama Butterfly, and I was fair-haired child of Pinkerton. The fact that it has remained hidden all these years makes it seem sinister, and I might have to explore this at length next time I see Mom.

When I was two, I don't know what I was, but at three I was Patty O'Green, Rainbow Brite's best friend. This was also the first time I colored my hair, and by no means the last.