Halloween!

As Tara mentioned in the previous entry, our Halloween plans were to dress up the dog, hand out candy, and then hit up a party. Luckily, we realized early in the evening that we were old and toned down the, admittedly, over-ambitious plans.

Tara worked in the morning, but when she got home we headed out to the middle-class beacon of disposable culture: Costco. No doubt everyone is already aware of the magnificence of Costco; the glory of buying in bulk, the markdowns, the sense of power in showing off my black "Executive Member" card, the free samples, and the $1.50 all-beef hotdog and soft drink combo. Magnificent.

We stocked up on candy. Two bags of fun size candy bars (each containing 150 pieces), and a box of full size candy bars, not to mention a few of our general staples: a bag of Andy Boy romaine lettuce and some sliced turkey. We tied it all together with a couple pepperoni pizzas that were marked down. Another quick stop at the beer distributor and we headed home. When we arrived at home it was around 5:30. We hefted everything inside, filled up a bowl with candy, and began getting down with our festive selves. We put our pumpkins out front, hung up some cool little lattern lights, tossed the pizza in the oven, and opened up a bottle of wine.

Then, for the next hour and a half or so, we sat out on the front porch, drinking wine and eating pizza, handing out candy, and questioning kids about their costumes. There were some fantastic ones, cute little kids dressed as oompa-loompas, bumblebees, and giraffes, and then there were the lazy teenagers who had no costume whatsoever. One of them was on the ball when I asked him about it, stating "I'm myself. I thought I'd go as something scary this year." Another boy came up without a costume and simply began stuttering when I asked him about his lack of costume. His mother came to his aid, explaining that he has a mask in the car, but chose not to wear it because "it makes his face sweat".

Trick-or-treating ended around 7:30 and we headed upstairs. We tossed around the idea of going to a party or a bar, etc, or even just watching a scary movie, but finally we just settled in and watched the Phillies game and went to bed.