Indeed Cannabineer. I went in a wolf fursuit once, I can let loose my animalistic tendencies under the guise of 'being in character'.
The costumes were a big success!
My brother's box which took forever to paint but got us alot of photo requests, hugs, compliments and freebies! We got free Pocky and a Playstation 3 controller and sone other stuff... Not a moment went by when someone didn't sqeal 'POCKY! He's a box of Pocky! That's so cool! Cuuuute!'
I put sharpies in a real pocky box attached to the costume box. He got alot of 'I love you's and even 'this guy is a pimp' lol
My Umbreon costume ^^ I've entered the two cosplay contests running- finalists get printed in my favorite manga magazine, so I'll be looking out for it. They printed my picture in the new year's special so I might get lucky again.
I bought a Pokemon card to match my costume