Halloween 2023

I managed to get my Halloween decorations up a whole week ahead of time this year! Major improvement on my part, though I think I need to get some more lighting. We had a sizable turn out, despite it being a chilly Tuesday night here - I'd guess somewhere in the 120-130 range in terms of kids. I've decided mini Nerds are the ideal intersection of 'candy kids like' and 'candy I like'. I also got a cheap pack of plastic bugs for kids with allergy concerns or who just really like plastic bugs, and they proved more popular than I was anticipating. Best moment was when a small child held up a neon yellow plastic scorpion and excitedly declared 'Look, I got a lobster! I got a lobster'. To which I just kind of nodded like, yep, that sure is a lobster all right!

I also got a lot of compliments on my outfit, which was supposed to be 'Skeleton Grill Dad' but I think mostly just came off as 'Skeleton'. Proud that the make-up is remotely okay, because I decided on this last-minute and then discovered that I had neither black nor white greasepaint, and was forced to use a very old container of MAC creme eyeliner and a Nyx white eyeshadow pencil.

( I did, however, glow in the dark. )

I think my favorite costumes of the evening where a pair of teen girls dressed as the sun and the moon, or day and night - I didn't think to ask. Metallic skirts, fancy makeup, fancy hair pieces - one was in gold and white, and the other was in silver and black. Really pretty and creative!