Hiding from the Monsters
Halloween has lost its luster this year. I’m currently sitting in a completely dark house, save the light from one candle and the glow of my laptop. Usually I love Halloween. All the cute kids in their adorable costumes, waiting with anticipation of the next doorbell ring… But this year is the second year in a row that Ryan’s had to work. Usually we’d be watching scary movies between handing out candy (usually handfuls because I can’t help myself), and today he was supposed to be off, but surprise surprise: mandatory overtime. Again.
But I think its just as well. I’ve noticed lately that the costumes are less creative, and after 7:30 or so the teenagers with no costumes but their rollerblades come out. What’s the fun in that? Not to mention the fact that yet again this year the streets are lined with cars of parents who actually drove their kids to my neighborhood for some unfathomable reason.
I remember when I was a kid we looked forward to Halloween for weeks. My mom always made costumes for us that were creative and elaborate and I remember feeling transformed for a night. When I was a kid (which honestly wasn’t that long ago) we would go to the houses in my neighborhood and at every house there was a friendly face I knew well. At a few of the houses, they would have special treats just for the kids they knew, like homemade cookies or a cupcake to eat while I walked. My mom and dad would always dress up, and so would the dog. We would walk for what felt like miles and when we got home I remember that for some reason when my mom went through my bag of candy to find the ones that looked suspicious, the Snickers always fell victim.
What happened to Halloween? So tell me, how many of you actually dressed up this year? Or how many of you are like me in that you watched the holiday go by wishing that you’d dressed up as a princess or a pirate? Just like when you were a kid.
We didn’t dress up..but we did subject Grace to that fate and dressed her up as a Panda. I wish wish wish that I would dress up though.. I always think of the creative costumes TOO late. Sigh. When I start taking Grace trick-or-treating though I will definitely be dressing up..how much fun is that? She’ll have a blast!
I just had 25 people over to my house and i would have SO rather been hiding in the dark with my laptop! Sounds like a perfectly nice time to me!
Halloween was going great until, like you said, the teenagers show up. Cars upon cars upon cars of them came into our neighborhood and they all start running around, scaring all the little ones. (We live in a rural area, we’re the closest neighborhood for some people, but teenagers? Come on!)
I think sitting in my house with just the glow of my laptop would have been great. Unfortunately, I had 2 tots to take out….
I’m bitter at my friend who threw his leaving-forever-no-costumes party on Saturday night. Today I wore my coon-head hat to work. It’s a fuzzy, fleecy, child’s winter cap that looks like a racoon (nose, eyes, and ears). I wanted something I could doff if a VP strolled by… it’s only day 11 on the job, y’kno.
I feel sort of the same way, kiddo. I was planning three different costumes since the beginning of the month, but for some reason, I just said "bag it, what’s the point"… no one wants to go out and have fun like we did when we were in high school or college for that matter. So when you ask who was dreaming about what they wanted to be, I was. And like most of the time, I feel like I’m the only real kid left out there. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
Tomorrow is the Day of the Dead in Brazil (Nov. 2nd)….now that sounds like a scary holiday!
not a single kid came to our door.
I too hid and then later felt guilty.
I’ll save it for next year and maybe I’ll have an Angel to force into itwith me 
Maybe I was just bitter that I had no where to go. I was all set to dress up as Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Boo
Our whole office dressed up, which was nice….but, on the way home….all I saw were punk teenagers out and about. No costumes…nothing! That is sad