Thanks goodness Halloween is over. We’ve been talking about it and planning for it and not getting ready since Labor Day. No more thinking and rethinking and re-rethinking of costumes, no more anxiety about decorations, no more running around shopping. Yes, I am tired of receiving Halloween costume catalogues in the mail, and no, I don’t want it to stop. Where else am I going to get pictures of sexy Sesame Street characters?
My daughter and I went to a farm with her classmates. We saw a horse and several pigs and almost saw a (mostly) decapitated chicken. Ah, the wonders of nature. Luckily, neither of us ate a fly and we had a nice cuddle on the way home.
You had me waxing nostalgic about some of my old costumes. Yes – we got them at either the drug store or KMart. They were cheezy but so much better than the things we put together at home! You felt like a king (or queen in my case) when you had a bought costume. Now the kids want a nice, expensive costume every year. Plus, since you put the thing over your clothes you could put long sleeves and pants on and stay warm without a coat so you wouldn’t “ruin your look”.
My son is a senior in high school and passed out candy. He talked to one guy he gave candy to, turned to me and said “That dude is in my American History class.” Really people? Me and my friends would have DIED rather than been spotted on Halloween in costume once we started middle school. I saw Seniors trick or treating. My friend’s COLLEGE FRESHMAN went trick or treating – and not in a cool, hip ironic way!
I had some boys come in jeans, tshirts and carrying pillow cases. My son asked them what they were supposed to be. I told them as long as they put the effort in. I said just dispense with the Trick or Treat and say Give Me the Candy as long as we are being this honest with each other! At least one of them had a mask in his bag . . .
I finally found a copy of the cool article where Erma Bombeck said you knew you were too old to trick or treat when . . .
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19851029&id=_QQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dMwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2264,9603791
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19851029&id=_QQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dMwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2264,9603791
Well for some reason it won’t link . . .
Ok – copy and paste it into your browser dammit. lol
Dan – NOW it is time to say this – Get Christmas Shopping!