Maybe stay inside, Chicago? Yikes!
Uh, yeah. I think that's wise. On my way home, I was pretty sure I was going to achieve liftoff like a scene out of Mary Poppins.
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Oct 31, 2014 4:18:54 pm PDT #9399 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
sarameg - Oct 31, 2014 4:28:32 pm PDT #9400 of 30000
That'd be really cool, Zen.
Had a lot of older teens in no costume, but I swear, they once again proved to be the sweetest things. 3 of the 5 compliment on my prom dress came from 2 girls and one boy! One looked disappointed when I told her my mom made it. Score for 1993 quasi Goth! And they all asked about what I was (either Queen Fixit or "your future as a homeowner!")
Other compliments were from little girls in sparkly costumes. One looked me up and down, big eyed "Can I touch it?" "So soft!" Her very young dad looked a bit embarrassed, but I assured him it was fine.
SuziQ - Oct 31, 2014 5:20:31 pm PDT #9401 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
We got about 14 trick or treaters...which is 14 more than we have had in the last 6 Halloweens.
K-Bug is driving me to the airport at o'dark thirty, so once 8pm rolled around, we took the sign off our door (we have no control over the porch light) and are calling it good. CJ handled the door, so I didn't see too many costumes - but between posted pictures of friends kids and the couple of times I answered the door - so much cute.
bon bon - Oct 31, 2014 5:22:44 pm PDT #9402 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Our first at the new house. I got high on my own supply and am down to seven pieces at 7:15! Make that four pieces!
sarameg - Oct 31, 2014 5:26:02 pm PDT #9403 of 30000
Oh bon, just make sure they are good pieces!
(I inherited my neighbors' stash from them going out. I'm left with gob stoppers, which I don't like. Left them in a bag hanging off the door.)
Connie Neil - Oct 31, 2014 5:26:50 pm PDT #9404 of 30000
brillig
I've had the porch light off and the front door closed all evening, and since I've come in from the back yard I've had two groups of kids knock on the door. I don't know how many may have knocked while I was in back. I thought Porch Light Off was the universal symbol of No Candy Here.
bon bon - Oct 31, 2014 5:27:53 pm PDT #9405 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
This is a suburb but normally very quiet-- no street lights or sidewalks. I bought like 50, thinking we'd have too much left over. Do kids eat kashi bars?!
aurelia - Oct 31, 2014 5:29:33 pm PDT #9406 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Maybe stay inside, Chicago? Yikes!
I'm still at work. I'm hoping LSD is open when I get out in an hour or so from now.
Burrell - Oct 31, 2014 5:34:13 pm PDT #9407 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
We are getting our usual slew of TorTers starting around 7. Maybe 6:30? Anyway had quite a few already, all in the wee zone. I may have underbought, so may have to close shop before the teens show up at around 9.
amych - Oct 31, 2014 5:44:13 pm PDT #9408 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
No T-or-Ters, as is normal since even people from our neighborhood have no idea our block even exists.
(Seriously. It's like it's some kind of top secret pocket universe thingy. That, or the very bad lighting on the nearest streetcorner.)
We ditched and went to the fencing club party dressed up as Ennis Del Mar and DCI Gene Hunt, which is to say, totally unrelated costumes we could throw together at 7pm based on stuff we already own. Nobody got either reference, but a good time was had by all.
Total score: 100% of the candy for ourselves, and whatever fencing mom brought a bottle of 15-year Macallan wins everything forever.