The only time I dressed up in costume, I was broke and didn't have the wherewithall to do anything but wrap a sheet around me and go as a Roman citizen. Meanwhile my brother went as an alien and painted all of his skin blue, wore a cape, and everything. We dropped window pane. My acid trip ended with me in tears because I somehow "felt" the emotional pain another girl at the party was going through and couldn't get over it.
Good times.