Halloween 2009

I love Halloween. It is definitely a huge favorite of mine and I look forward to the season every year. Every year, though, some people make me really irritated. What I will say here may offend some people, but this is my blog so I can say what I want LOL.

In my mind, there are a few simple rules of trick-or-treating:

1) If you are walking your kids around, let the kids trick or treat. Parents and Grandparents (we had a lady who was about 60!) do not need their own bag, too.

2) If you don't speak English, please at least learn to say "trick or treat" ... and "THANK YOU" !!!!! Don't just stand there with your bag held open waiting for your free candy.

3) Wear a costume. It's very aggravating when people show up in their regular clothes. Take an eyeliner and draw on some whiskers ... or some freckles ... or something else. Use an overload of mascara and go as Tammy Faye Bakker! haha. Stick some curlers in your hair and go as a frumpy housewife. Put on your pajamas and go as a baby. So many easy, free, ideas. If teens think they are too mature to do stupid stuff like that, then re-read Rule #1 and don't go trick-or-treating.

I buy 2 kinds of candy. I buy yummy stuff like Reeses, Snickers and Hersheys for those who comply with my 3 rules. I also buy a big bag of crappy candy to give to those that: (a) don't wear a costume; (b) those who are clearly too old to be doing this; or (c) those trick or treating for their infants (or unborn child, as we had a couple years ago!!).

Tonight we had 333 trick or treaters. This is the most we've ever had. Of those 333, probably only 1/3 of those were from around here. Of the remaining amount, probably 1/4 of those were guilty of not following the #2 rule.

We sit out on our front lawn to hand out candy because otherwise our doorbell would ring non-stop, we'd never sit down, and the dog would go crazy. It's much easier to just park yourself outside and watch everyone walk by. You can also prepare yourself with candy in hand when you see a herd of 20 people walking as a group towards your house. This is the moment to decide ... do they get the good chocolate? Or do they get the crap for being non-compliant of rule #1 or #3. My system works well. haha.

Here is a funny story about tonight. For the first hour or so I wore my Kate Gosselin wig and big white sunglasses.....

No one seemed to know who I was tonight LOL. There was this one Dad who had his 2 little kids with him (wife was standing on the sidewalk). I was clearly holding up my People magazine with Kate on the cover and I turned to my daughter and remarked how no one recognizes me. So I look at the dad and I say "oh, my name is Kate by the way" and he looks at me like I've just tried to pick up on him and he says "oh, uh, hi". hahaha. So I say in true Kate form "Kate as in Kate Gosselin ... you've most likely seen me on TV and in trashy magazines such as this". Then he laughed and said I needed a bunch of kids following me around to finish the costume. I thought it was really funny. hahaha.

If any of our trick or treaters didn't like the stuff I handed out, and thought I was mean, I can blame it all on Kate !!! LOL