That child is just so cute. What you might want to do is suggest to the mom to send a pic to the Oval Office. I know Michelle or Barack would get a kick out of that.
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
le nubian - Oct 31, 2012 4:01:02 pm PDT #22148 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Atropa - Oct 31, 2012 4:17:20 pm PDT #22149 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I just spent 15 minutes in the office bathroom cleaning blood off of myself and changing clothes, because I didn't want to be a messy vampire when we went to the theatre tonight. Which is why I had two bags of stuff with me when I came into work tonight.
Lee - Oct 31, 2012 4:24:40 pm PDT #22150 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am still wearing my costume from work because I don't want to change until I can shower and I don't want to shower and miss trick or treaters (I have a lot of candy.)
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2012 4:29:47 pm PDT #22151 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Someone remind me to put a sign up next year, "If you're not wearing a costume don't ring the doorbell. No, your school sweatshirt is not a costume."
My neighborhood's average income is fairly low, so while I do kind of give the stinkeye to kids not in costumes, I have no idea what their family's financial circumstances are. And it's Halloween. They just want to go out and get candy like everyone else. So I don't really begrudge a mini Snickers to a kid who's not wearing a costume.
sj - Oct 31, 2012 4:32:33 pm PDT #22152 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy, I see your point, but I really don't think that was the case in most of these circumstances (they were very nicely dressed, just not in costume). And a lot of these kids were too old to really be trick or treating imho.
sj - Oct 31, 2012 4:39:03 pm PDT #22153 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
They were playing Christmas music at Target today. I happened to be pushing my niece around in her stroller at the time, so I started telling her in a sing song voice that Target was trying to give her auntie a nervous breakdown; she was very amused by this.
le nubian - Oct 31, 2012 4:40:11 pm PDT #22154 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
They were playing Christmas music at Target today.
This would make me homicidal.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2012 4:44:12 pm PDT #22155 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, I wasn't criticizing you! I'm sorry; I am so stoned on migraine meds right now that I wouldn't be surprised if the dog started talking. So I'm probably not saying stuff as well as I could right now.
I know there are definitely kids who *could* wear a costume but don't make the effort, but then still go scam candy, and that annoys me. And there are plenty of middle-class families in my neighborhood, so some of the kids not in costumes could have just been lazy and scamming candy.
Zenkitty - Oct 31, 2012 4:49:13 pm PDT #22156 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The other dude there suggested for my costume concept, "serial killer," on the premise that they look like everybody else.
That made me laugh.
Very few kids out this evening in my neighborhood. Nobody has decorations up. Even I didn't do anything special; I haven't since I moved here. Halloween isn't very much fun these days. *kicks sand*
sj - Oct 31, 2012 4:52:43 pm PDT #22157 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Oh, I wasn't criticizing you! I'm sorry; I am so stoned on migraine meds right now that I wouldn't be surprised if the dog started talking. So I'm probably not saying stuff as well as I could right now.
No apologies needed. I'm probably being a little too "get off my lawn" tonight. I love the little ones, but gaggles of teenagers always make me cranky. They made me cranky even when I was a teenager. I think I may have been born a cranky old lady.