'Life of the Party'
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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.
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.
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.
They were playing Christmas music at Target today.
This would make me homicidal.
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.
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*
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.
I'm probably being a little too "get off my lawn" tonight.
Heh. Our official trick-or-treat hours are 6-8. A group of about 7 kids showed up and POUNDED on our door at 5:30. I didn't even have the candy out, so I had to sprint to the pantry and rip open the bag as I ran back to the front door. And I wanted to yell at them for not observing the official trick-or-treat hours.
So I feel you on the "get off my lawn." There's a proper way to do things, dang it!
I got candy from the little general store even though I wasn't dressed up. The other dude there suggested for my costume concept, "serial killer," on the premise that they look like everybody else.
Oh yeah, this was a popular "costume" in high school.
I bought two (small) bags of candy, in an optimistic spirit. How many trick or treaters did we get? A grand total of two. One family, two kids. Yay leftover candy? On the bright side, this is the family that lives just a few doors down across the street from us, and they were super friendly and the kids were adorable. (They were a cowgirl and a leprechaun.) So I'm really glad to have met them, even though I forgot their names as soon as they said them.
Our official trick-or-treat hours are 6-8.
I don't know if we have hours, but I think I'm getting punked. I turned on my light at 6. No trick or treaters yet.
WTF am I going to do with all of this candy?