Friday, October 17, 2008

Happy Pre-Halloween!

Rudolph the Cosmetic Salesman Reindeer

The photo you see above was my Halloween costume for work, last year.

Since I love both Christmas and Halloween, equally…I wanted to combine a costume that celebrated them together.

And can I just tell you how many adult customers, who happened to walk past me, said (totally serious), “You know…I think you’re just a little bit too EARLY for Christmas!”

And do you know what I WANTED to say to them…but didn’t?

“I think maybe you need a large glass of Pinot Noir, to loosen up that TIGHT ASS!!!”

(I find many of the residents of this city severely uptight and in DESPERATE need of a laxative)

Aaaaaanyway…moving on….

I LOVE Halloween.

And do you know why?

Because that’s the day when I can dress up any way I want…and act like a silly kid.

I was very blessed to have parents that always went WAY OUT for Halloween; making sure we fully enjoyed it and had lots of fun.

I have such wonderful memories, that are still engraved within my heart and mind of all the preparation my mother did, not only for our costumes and the house decorations, but also in selecting the candy that would be given to all the Trick or Treater’s who came to our door.

She always believed in giving EVERYTHING and LOTS of it…. three types of candy bars, bags of M&M’s, Bazooka Bubble Gum, Tootsie Roll Pops, Sugar Babies, and Twizzlers.

You name it, if it had SUGAR…she gave it.

And if we happened to run out of candy…she started handing out dollar bills.

(I kid you not)

Now when I was a kid, we actually went from door to door (not in a shopping mall), filling up our bags with goodies, then returning home, empting our bags…and then going back out for more. We did this for hours.

(and I only remember one time, getting a bag of ROCKS for a Treat, from some JOAN CRAWFORD neighbor)

And when I got a bit older, and no longer went Trick or Treating, I would stay at home and get dressed up in some kind of HORROR costume; greeting the kids at the door and handing out candy.

I would decorate the foyer with cobwebs, skeletons, witches, strobe lights…and played haunted house music on my record player. I would face the stereo speakers outside, so that everyone could hear the ghostly sounds emanating from within.

I had so much fun!

Because I now live in a high-rise apartment building, in a city…I no longer have the joy of handing out candy anymore…and I SO miss that.

But I do enjoy seeing the sweet little ones, who are walking around the city during the day, dressed as Little Mermaids, Spiderman, Sponge Bob, Cinderella…and the occasional psycho-child dressed as the spawn of CHUCKY.

*And as you can see, Chucky enjoys eating Mexican.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

Note: This post is dedicated to my dear blogging friend, Mel…who, like me…LOVES and CELEBRATES Halloween…like a silly kid.

Happy Pre-Halloween, Mel!