Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Halloween was...
...a complete bummer.

Last night we had ideal conditions for Halloween trick-or-treaters. The temperature was in the low 60s and not a drop of rain in the sky. Our neighbor across the street had his horror film and sound effects music blasting.

Hardly any kids were out trick-or-treating last night. Not even the packs of high school kids with limited costumes were out. I'm confused. Our neighborhood has tons of kids. Maybe a dozen kids stopped at our house.

We did have a Buzz Lightyear, Minnie Mouse, Captain Jack Sparrow, a witch, rock girl, and Anakin Skywalker. The most creative was a Dad, son and daughter team. They were from Ratatouille. Dad was a chef, the son was a block of cheese, and the daughter was Ratatouille.

Looks like my office will score big on Monday.
Tags:  holidays
6 Comments
moobi
1) How many did you have last year?

I actually went to the first costume party I've been to in a long time. I painted my hair black (although it's not long enough to try to slick straight back), threw on a light black jacket, and spirit gummed a long scar diagonally down my face. I was among fellow nerds, so I figured somebody would get it right away. And someone did as soon as I walked in.

"Future Peter Petrelli?" Yepper. I was one of the few, if not the only, Heroes character that had the basis for a costume with that scar. The only other one might be Horn-Rimmed Glasses man, Noah Bennett. I guess a cheerleader outfit and a blonde wig could've made me Claire Bennett, but I don't have the legs to pull that off.
MarkTJ   Saturday, November 1, 2008
carriepassante
2) We were overwhelmed here.. thought we were going to have to start handing out money! We had well over 100 kids. We just moved and didn't know what to expect, but the trusty neighbors warned us from last year... "I think we only had about 25 kids", they said. Maybe it was the warm weather...
Carrie   Saturday, November 1, 2008
justmeg
3) It was pretty dead around here - I was really surprised.
justmeg   Saturday, November 1, 2008
billpearch
4) Last year we had around 50-60 kids (with parents) with swing by. This year we had about a dozen (with parents) stop.

Future Peter Petrelli, very cool.
Bill Pearch   Saturday, November 1, 2008
mrsshoo
5) It was steady here, but not as busy as I thought it would be. We live in a nice neighborhood with lots of kids. I figured we'd see more traffic. Our neighbor kids did stop by twice. They were adorable!!
Sarah S.   Saturday, November 1, 2008
lgrant
6) I don't do the candy thing due to a rough walk to the house in a lot of dark conditions but my friends today both said the T&T was light and less kids than usual. I know I heard kids up to 9:30 out on the street and I thought that was pretty late for T&T kids. Maybe those were the teens. Even when I did it in MN I would shut down by 8. Anything past that is a late-comer in my book. :) Maybe the kids couldn't afford costumes in this economy and couldn't face being hoboes with their father's clothes. :)
LGrant   Saturday, November 1, 2008
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