Wednesday, October 31, 2012

I can't afford to contribute to giving my neighbors' kids' cavities














While I won't be dressing up for Halloween this year (unless you count the Cindy Lou Who-esque Halloween headband I have sitting on my desk that I won't wear because it hurts my head), I'm celebrating it in the best way I know how... by being crafty.

The marketing division (which I am a part of. Duh.) at work has weekly meetings and it just so happened that today was our meeting day for this week and October happened to be my month to gather agenda items from each coworker for the meetings. Typically I'd just type them out in a Word document, but not today. Not when I'm in charge of the agenda!
















It was appreciated.

I had decided early on that this year I'm going to skip the giving of candy for a couple of reasons. First, two bags of candy would have cost me $25 and that's just effing ridiculous considering I can't afford to buy food for myself until Friday. Second, I would either have to sit outside waiting for kids to come do my door or put up with Pippi losing her shit every time someone knocked on my door or rang my doorbell. Neither of those things really appeals to me in the least.

My plan was to just turn my downstairs lights off and hang out in my room for the evening. Yes, essentially my plan was to hide. From the little children. When I put it that way it makes me sound so awesome.










And then today my coworker, who has 5-year-old boy/girl twins, invited my coworkers and me over to help give out candy. Since this would mean that I would not only get to see all the cute kids in their costumes, but I also wouldn't have to buy the candy, I decided I'm in! And since I don't want to have to put Pippi through all the door knocking and doorbell ringing I suspect will go on even if I don't have my lights on, I created a sign.

I'm going to be the "mean neighbor" by tomorrow morning, aren't I?















And while the kids in my neighborhood are egging my house, I'll be down the road stealing candy corns from my coworker's children. After all, it's not Halloween without consuming candy corns.

In the spirit of the holiday, I've dug up some Halloween pictures from college for your viewing pleasure. It makes me sad to realize these are from ten years ago.

You can't tell, but I'm wearing pleather pants and showing my belly. Ahh...college.
















I was Britney Spears. What? It's not obvious?
















This second picture is also proof that Kara and I knew each other in college and probably drank Natty Lite together. Those were the days, my friends.

Are you and/or your kids dressing up for Halloween? Because I need pictures!

11 comments:

  1. Haha I saw that photo and was like "wow, that looks like Kara!" Oh wait...

    I don't think it's bad to avoid trick or treating. Candy is expensive! My theory is, you can't be forced to participate unless you also have kids who are trick or treating. If you have kids that the other neighbors are feeding, then you also have to feed them. But no kids, no candy. ;)

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    1. Agreed! And it would just be mean to sit on your stoop with no candy just to see all the kiddos. Oh the unfairness of it all!

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  2. This post makes me so sad. I'm going to help make it awesome.

    Lost of people will put bowls of candy on their front step if they aren't going to be home. You should leave an empty bowl on your step with a note that says "please take one and have a happy halloween!" then the kids will just think some jerk took the whole bowl.

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    1. I have a feeling some kid would steal the bowl. My mom used to put out a bowl of candy when she'd take us trick-or-treating and it would sometimes be gone when we got back home. Recently my sister-in-law admitted to sometimes taking it all when she'd stop at our house.

      (She lived less than a mile away).

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    2. It doesn't need to be a fancy bowl.

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    3. I do have old dog bowls that I don't use anymore. Fantastic plan!

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  3. I like Kari's idea, I can't stand how much candy costs, seems like a bit of a racjet. I get tired of all the sugar tantrums and don't give out candy on Halloween either, instead I do fun things like plastic spiders and skeleton straws.

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    1. One year we gave out silly bands. Some of the kids LOVED it and some of them were little brats. I guess there's some in every bunch :)

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  4. Kari is a genius. This is why she is my life coach. Follow her in all things and you will fare well.

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  5. I must be way out of the loop - $25 for two bags of candy? Woah prices have risen! I haven't bought candy for Halloween....umm...I guess ever because I always go out to the bars. Problem solved!

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  6. We got married on Halloween so we put a box out with no candy in it with a similar note. It worked well.

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