In the car on the way home, I was putting serious thought into what I was going to blog about today, but nothing really specific came to mind.
Then I remembered it's Halloween. Holidays deserve an extra special entry. (Btw, first holiday on the blog!)
Halloween has always been one of favorite holidays, as it is for most people, purely because of all of the fun and creativity that goes into it. Some of my friends have been really clever with their costume choices over the years. One year, in elementary school, one of my best friends at the time dressed up as a Monopoly game board. I've was a tacky tourist one year, complete with sock/sandal foot attire, t-shirt with Mt. Rushmore on it, Hawaiian shirt,leis, sunglasses, and straw hat. It also gives us an excuse to watch that old Charlie Brown TV special "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". All time favorite video ever. And you have to watch it either on TV when it's on, or watch it on VHS for the full effect. DVD doesn't cut it. MY grandpa introduced me to this when I was really young, and I've been watching it every year since.
Sadly, my neighborhood was never one for trick-or-treating. All there are is older people in my neighborhood, so I don't even get trick-or-treaters at my house. (Except a total of nine kids [and their parents] just moved into the house across the street from me, as well as the house next door, and not one of them came to my door to ask for candy. Little punks...More Twix for me, then.*) So what I usually ended up doing was going trick-or-treating with my cousin, who had better luck at the houses around where she lived (which, oddly, is only about three blocks from my house...) and get loaded with candy. Good candy. The year I raked in the most candy was, coincidentally, the same year I got braces four days before Halloween.
If I'm not trick-or-treating, which I haven't done in about three years, I'll be at a friend's house hanging out, doing Halloween-related things, like playing Qwelf (the slowest, most bizarre, yet entertaining game in the history of board games) or Apples to Apples (same applies...just with cards) or watching movies or playing hide and seek in the woods with only glow sticks and the full moon as our light source. But there is almost always food. Candy, for sure. Usually chili. I don't know why, but that's out traditional Halloween fare. When I'd go to my cousin's house, we'd always have chili for dinner...
This year, unfortunately, I feel extremely old and not festive in the slightest, aside from my Halloween shirt and socks. I guess that's what happens when you're taking three AP classes. You don't have the time for it. Plus Halloween this year's on a Monday. Talk about worst timing ever...Next year, though...I have plans. Or, at least, I plan to have plans...
Question for you guys: what was your all-time favorite Halloween costume? What is your favorite Halloween candy? For me, it would have to be Luna Lovegood and Reeses' Peanut Butter cups.
Happy Halloween, everyone!
P.S. 54 days 'til Christmas. Just thought you should know.
*As I typed this, we got ONE trick-or-treater. And it was one of the kids from across the street. SUCCESS!!
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