Favourites I saw -
A girl about a year old in a little bee outfit - black tights, bee leotard, little yellow fluff of tutu, small black wings. Adorable.
Two-year-old boy in a park ranger outfit - short green pressed pants, socks, khaki shirt, suspenders, hat.
Oh, and I saw a couple of teens yesterday. One girl dressed as a minion - jeans, yellow t-shirt, big minion-like googly eyes on a pulled-down beanie cap, suspenders, her friend was dressed in a pink sweater, blonde hair, pink and white toque with a pompom, pulled down low - Agnes. They were too cute and it was nice to see it done creatively without full-on costumes.
Someone on the street in an AMAZING headless woman deal, carrying her head. It was a velvet dress with a lace-up corset-type top, but it looked more real than costumey, if you know what I mean. It had underskirts, wasn't princessy looking, was very like it would look at home on a peasant. Except that the top was artfully splattered and covered in blood, as there was no head, just a bloody neck.
The person was carrying a disembodied head under one arm, with the full hairdo, makeup on it, etc. Also was just the right height. Looked really amazing, detail-wise.
Everyone on the street was turning to watch the person go by, and some poor toddler was freaked the fuck out. The dad carrying the kid had to stop and point bits out, all 'no, see, look, you can see the feet moving as she walks, see, not dead, just a costume, see because...,' because the kid was going on frantically.
Least favourite - a 10- or 11-year-old girl (maaaaaybe 12), dressed as, near as I can figure, slutty zombie Minnie mouse. Minnie's dress (the red polka dot number), except it was a way mini skirt ruffle, Minnie hair bow, white face zombie makeup, white tights, heels, garter belt on thigh. Wtf?
Had a bunch of kids, still have about half a bowl of candy. One mother was overseeing and chatting and, spying in the bowl, which had a variety, hesitatingly said 'could I maybe have one of the gummy bears?' Heh. Because who can resist the lure of individual packs of mini Haribo?