I repeated the same costume at least once.

In scouring the family albums for more Halloween-inspired images, I see that I wore the same rabbit/mouse/rat homemade costume during two consecutive years.

What a bummer. The secondary joy of a kid's Halloween is selection of a new costume.

Suburban Chicago, October 31, 1962. I look pretty happy, even though I am sporting the same costume I wore in 1961. I am sitting in the Rec Room. Behind me is the little maple play table set on which I kept my art projects and favorite toys. The set had lovely handpainted chairs that are likely to surface here in some other photo.