. . . top '10 costumes . . .

{disclaimer: someday i'll own a fancy schmancy camera

that doesn't require the use of evil flash . . . grrrrrr!}

. . . that said . . .

. . . and taking note of the fact that

our trick-or-treater numbers

were slightly down this year . . .

{saturday/sunday/do we?/don't we? confusion}

. . . here are my top picks . . .

. . . number ten . . .

. . . the cutest nemo you've ever seen . . .

. . . complete with ping pong ball eyes

and drool . . .

. . . number nine . . .

. . . the zookeepers and their wild animals . . .

. . . among them a toothless monkey,

a pink-hooved giraffe,

and an exhausted lion . . .

. . . number eight . . .

. . . flower pot complete with little bumble

{including matching bee-nky} . . .

. . . number seven . . .

. . . arrrrrrrrrrgh! a miniature piratess

with the bluest eyes ever . . .

. . . number six . . .

. . . nerd who's expecting his first son

in the next few days . . .

{hey, cory . . . you might want to listen to that brad paisley song "anything like me"}

. . . number five . . .

. . . my favorite pair of witches . . .

{pay no attention to headwearless buzz yet}

. . . in role reversal from last year . . .

{see below}

{at least one of them wasn't too happy about the change, either}

. . . number four . . .

. . . buzz {now you can look} and woody . . .

. . . both thrilled with their costumes, obviously . . .

. . . number three . . .

. . . squeaky-eared mickey . . .

. . . he was even cuter asleep . . .

. . . number two . . .

{for reference}

. . . abe himself . . .

. . . who absolutely unbelievably . . .

. . . didn't even place in

the university of phoenix costume contest . . .

{i demand to speak to the judges!}

. . . and number one . . .

{again for reference}

. . . i give you russell . . .

. . . simply fantastic . . .

. . . happy halloween to all! . . .