We had several ninjas who announced they were ninjas. I told them they needed to work on their stealth.
There were tiny toddlers in furry monster rompers, and a couple of tween vampires who suitably awed by me. I gave them extra candy.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
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.
Atropa - Oct 31, 2014 8:26:32 pm PDT #9420 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Consuela - Oct 31, 2014 9:11:39 pm PDT #9421 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I had very few kids tonight, I guess the weather kept them in (although it had cleared by 5). Or maybe the fact that I didn't have a pumpkin and the porch light doesn't work. So now I have a bunch of leftover candy, bleah.
And now to bed, yay.
Jesse - Nov 01, 2014 3:28:14 am PDT #9422 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think my favorite costume among people I know this year was shark + victims. The baby was the shark, and the parents had bloody bandages.
flea - Nov 01, 2014 3:36:09 am PDT #9423 of 30000
information libertarian
My best is a married couple, who went to an adult party as bacon and sexy bacon.
Jessica - Nov 01, 2014 3:39:58 am PDT #9424 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My favorite family costume (from several years ago) was a Hershey Bar mom, jar of peanut butter dad, and toddler Reeses Cup.
Calli - Nov 01, 2014 3:40:28 am PDT #9425 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Nice shirt, Burrell!
I had exactly zero trick or treaters. Then again, I was out during prime TorTing hours. Anyway, now I have a bag of candy in the freezer.
At some point today I should gas up the car and go grocery shopping. But it's chilly and rainy, and I have a huge cup of coffee and a warm cat on my lap. So that point will not be anytime soon.
Jesse - Nov 01, 2014 3:51:18 am PDT #9426 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hershey Bar mom, jar of peanut butter dad, and toddler Reeses Cup.
Ha!
Theodosia - Nov 01, 2014 4:39:28 am PDT #9427 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My informal count was somewhere between 30 and 40. A fair number were babes/toddlers-in-arms (or in stroller) with the parent actually collecting the treats. Often, the parents were in costume, too.
I gently chided one child dressed as Superman who was carrying a Spider-Man treat bucket, but told him I was giving him candy anyway.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 01, 2014 4:54:20 am PDT #9428 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Maybe he was the Henry Cavill version of Superman, using Spider-man's head as a bucket?
Steph L. - Nov 01, 2014 5:12:19 am PDT #9429 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I noticed, when I was dropping treats in buckets, that one kid had a dollar bill in his. I wondered if he put it there to see if other people would cough up dollar bills, or if Richie Rich had moved to my street.