Between the crazy party and the mob of trick or treaters, I'd say we had another excellent Halloween! I hope everyone else had a great and safe Halloween!
Like most Halloweens, I wore my costume to work today over my work clothing and it got a great response! It was super fun and it didn't even look weird that I had regular clothes on underneath it. I left work a little early though to try to get home before the trick-or-treaters started. When I got home, there were already about 6 cars parked outside my neighborhood and there were a few people wandering around. I quickly set everything up - a few chairs for us to sit on, the candy bowl, and a few ghouls for decoration. They put up a sign out front of the neighborhood that says "Trick-or-Treaters welcome from 6:30pm to 8:30 pm. Obviously people weren't waiting until 6:30pm. It started to get busy around 6:00pm. Once it starts to get this busy, it's pointless to ring the doorbell because you would never get to close the door. So everyone just sits out on the driveway and hands it out as quick as they can. Continues to get busier and busier! By the time it gets dark, the line basically becomes non-stop. Sorry if these are hard to see...my camera isn't the greatest. This year, to get people to go home the police drove through like a parade. They had been driving through the neighborhood periodically throughout the night but at 8:45 ish they drove through and were using the megaphones saying "Trick Or Treating is now over...move along". It was very official, haha! It was nice to know they were watching for mischief and helping keep our neighborhood safe from people up to no good. Finally, this year I downloaded a "counter" app. You just click the volume button and it tallys as you click. So we had two people handing out candy, one person refilling their drinks and candy bowls and the fourth person using the counter. Here is the grand total of trick or treaters for 2012: There might have been a few people who came through more than once but as the candy giver, you are mostly focused on finding the opening in their bag and getting the candy in there. Most of the people were pretty polite but there are always a few that say things like "only one piece? How cheap" or "they used to give out better candy in this neighborhood", etc. Mostly it's the teenagers and the adults who can be rude.
Between the crazy party and the mob of trick or treaters, I'd say we had another excellent Halloween! I hope everyone else had a great and safe Halloween!
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Brandy
10/31/2012 12:31:33 pm
Ashley, I love your passion for Halloween. It is nice to know that you will always go all out and I am glad you get to live in a neighborhood with people who share your passion for the holiday.
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