This year, however, we weren't able to muster up the energy to do much of anything. Worry makes you tired, was our conclusion yesterday. We put out a pumpkin and the sound-activated spider - and of course we had treats - but we were planning to be plainclothes Halloweenies for the night.
But by late in the day I found I couldn't completely resist Halloween's lure. So I came up with this...
The ponytail "cat ears" really show off my gray roots, which is an especially nice touch, I think.
I put on a Snoopy Halloween hoodie to complete the ensemble, then I poured a glass of wine and sat in the living room to wait for the trick-or-treaters.
Halfway through my glass of wine I realized how ridiculous it all was - a 40-year old childless woman in a Snoopy sweatshirt and cat makeup sitting in the front window with a beer glass full of wine.
Yeah, I'm way classy.
But you know, I think this is what would have made me a good mom. Minus the wine part. And maybe that makes it all the more pathetic that I still do this sort of thing, but I shall choose to think that it makes me charming instead.
As the years pass it will, I suppose, just make me look really crazy - but we'll cross that bridge to the asylum when we come to it.
7 comments:
Not pathetic at all. Nobody said you have to have kids to have fun on Halloween. ; ) I know some people struggling with loss & IF turn out the lights or leave town altogether. I said to dh last night that I didn't think I could do that, I enjoy it too much. Some years (especially the first few) have been more difficult than others, but I still love carving a pumpkin & handing out candy to those excited little trick or treaters. I missed it during the years I lived in a university dorm & in an apartment (although, granted, back then, I was expecting to have my own little trick or treaters someday). We don't go as all out with the decorations as some of our neighbours do, but I put up a few things & put out a jack o'lantern, & I have been contemplating buying a witch's hat to wear when answering the door. ; ) Next year I WILL do it, & then you will have company! ; )
I think it's charming!!!
Utterly charming and not in the least ridiculous. Miaow.
Trick or Treaters are concerned with 2 things...having fun and getting candy. The more people to have fun with, the better! If you have a good time, why shouldn't you dress up?
Actually, I thought it was an uncanny resemblance to mickey mouse (not that I'm a fan of the rodent and I'm not even sure I spelled his name correctly).
And hey, you look happy.. not too shabby.
DinoD
I think you look awesome! I felt lame as a plainclothes candy giver this year, but my costume this year was Maude Lebowski from the Gutterballs scene (my husband was The Dude) and I knew the kids just wouldn't get it and I would be cold. I told my husband that next year I will have two costumes...one for the party, and one for the trick or treaters. I know I always LOVED seeing a grown-up dressed up in a costume to give out candy, so even if the parents think I am crazy, I know the kids will like it, and that's what's important.
I don't think it's pathetic at all :) It IS charming.
We had a group in costumes handing out candy on my front porch, then we had some alcoholic dessert treats for ourselves ;) But most of us weren't really in the mood for Halloween this year, although we normally are very much. I only did the costume because I already had it from a few years ago.
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