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.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
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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."
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.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2012 4:55:42 pm PDT #22158 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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!
Kate P. - Oct 31, 2012 4:56:43 pm PDT #22159 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
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.
le nubian - Oct 31, 2012 4:59:30 pm PDT #22160 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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?
beth b - Oct 31, 2012 4:59:45 pm PDT #22161 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
25 so far - and now...
but it is hard t tell what will happen. there is a haunted a house a few doors over. I want to go visit, but DH isn't home yet. One cat, nathaniel is in the garage behind a closed door ( He is a door rusher) the other cat is plaguing him from this side - so I am amused