Turn Out the Lights, Halloween Is Over
Well, another year, another several hundreds of kids in all shapes, sizes, manners of costume and dress as well as attitude and age, came to the Hosey-Dunne Estates for Halloween.
The question several people have had of Val and I was, did we give out all of our candy, 309.5 ounces or 19 pounds, 5.5 ounces. The answer, surprisingly, is no; we ended up handing out 252 ounces, or 15 pounds, 12 ounces, but we have 57.5 ounces left over. This is the smallest amount of candy we have handed out on Halloween since I moved here in 2001, and since Val bought the house two years earlier.
We handed out mostly pretty good stuff, Milky Ways, Butterfingers (lots), Tootsie Rolls, Reese's Reverse Cups (peanut butter on the outside chocolate on the inside), Milk Duds, Baby Ruths, others I can't remember and, for the kids who either were not in costume, borderline too old, rude or just annoyed us, Skittles and Starburst. Our leftovers include part of a bag of Tootsie Rolls and unopened bags of Kitt Katts, Three Muskateers, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Snickers. Did we save some of the best stuff for last in case we had leftovers? I would like to exercise my Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination here.
Surprisingly, we had several kids request the Starburst and Skittles, most impressively a girl of 10-11 who, after we gave her some Butterfingers, pointed out that her brother with her was allergic to peanuts and related ingredients and asked that we gave him some Skittles and/or Starburst. The little boy smiled and shook his head "yes," so everyone was happy. On the other hand, one "boy" who looked a bit old and whose voice was deeper than mine complained as he walked down the stairs that we were the third house to give him Skittles. If he had said anything on the porch, I would have directed him to the complaint department barking a few feet behind us.
Another non-costumed lad complained that I gave him only one package of Skittles. I told him that we had to have enough candy to give to all the trick-or-treaters; when he asked again for more, I told him he was getting one and asked if he had any other questions. He groused and moped away, and made jokes about the political signs on our lawn as he left.
But for the most part, the kids and their costumes were very cute and amusing, and it is great to watch Val interact with the kids and their parents. Halloween is probably Val's favorite holiday, and every year we sit outside on our porch the entire time to watch the kids go door-to-door and to talk/interact with our neighbors.
Among the remaining memorable trick-or-treaters were the girl about age 12-13 in a pope's costume, including some impressive headgear, who looked a bit sinister and had white makeup on her face and some blood on her costume. She said she was the Zombie Pope, and after we joked a moment, she said she had to get going to eat more bishops. We also had a female of about age 15 with a 1- or 2-year-old girl who we hoped was her sister, but by the way she cared for, carried and talked to her, we believe it was a mother-and-daughter team. And there was the girl about age 13-15, dressed all in white with makeup and a mask, with clothing so tight and low-cut it was barely there and, to Val and my head-shaking surprise, thin white pants with nothing on underneath.
I noticed on other blogs that certain costumes, owner-made and store-bought, were being noted; the most common store-bought costume we saw was Spiderman, followed by Superman, Power Rangers and NASCAR drivers, with only one appearance by Batman. We got a bunch of homemade vampires, ghouls, football players and one combination vampire/Buffalo Sabres hockey player in the black and red jersey. Oh, and the tradition of people bringing their kids in minivans, trucks, station wagons and other vehicles from the Lower West Side, East Side and North Buffalo continued.
Neither Val nor I wear watches, so we were estimating the time, and the first time I got to check a clock was about 7:50 p.m. In about a minute from then, our street was virtually deserted, and if we didn't still have enough tree and lawn debris around, I would have expected tumbleweeds to blow by us.
Among the other places online you'll find fun Halloween stories are Rust Belt Ramblings, Bfloblog and BuffaloPundit.
The question several people have had of Val and I was, did we give out all of our candy, 309.5 ounces or 19 pounds, 5.5 ounces. The answer, surprisingly, is no; we ended up handing out 252 ounces, or 15 pounds, 12 ounces, but we have 57.5 ounces left over. This is the smallest amount of candy we have handed out on Halloween since I moved here in 2001, and since Val bought the house two years earlier.
We handed out mostly pretty good stuff, Milky Ways, Butterfingers (lots), Tootsie Rolls, Reese's Reverse Cups (peanut butter on the outside chocolate on the inside), Milk Duds, Baby Ruths, others I can't remember and, for the kids who either were not in costume, borderline too old, rude or just annoyed us, Skittles and Starburst. Our leftovers include part of a bag of Tootsie Rolls and unopened bags of Kitt Katts, Three Muskateers, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Snickers. Did we save some of the best stuff for last in case we had leftovers? I would like to exercise my Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination here.
Surprisingly, we had several kids request the Starburst and Skittles, most impressively a girl of 10-11 who, after we gave her some Butterfingers, pointed out that her brother with her was allergic to peanuts and related ingredients and asked that we gave him some Skittles and/or Starburst. The little boy smiled and shook his head "yes," so everyone was happy. On the other hand, one "boy" who looked a bit old and whose voice was deeper than mine complained as he walked down the stairs that we were the third house to give him Skittles. If he had said anything on the porch, I would have directed him to the complaint department barking a few feet behind us.
Another non-costumed lad complained that I gave him only one package of Skittles. I told him that we had to have enough candy to give to all the trick-or-treaters; when he asked again for more, I told him he was getting one and asked if he had any other questions. He groused and moped away, and made jokes about the political signs on our lawn as he left.
But for the most part, the kids and their costumes were very cute and amusing, and it is great to watch Val interact with the kids and their parents. Halloween is probably Val's favorite holiday, and every year we sit outside on our porch the entire time to watch the kids go door-to-door and to talk/interact with our neighbors.
Among the remaining memorable trick-or-treaters were the girl about age 12-13 in a pope's costume, including some impressive headgear, who looked a bit sinister and had white makeup on her face and some blood on her costume. She said she was the Zombie Pope, and after we joked a moment, she said she had to get going to eat more bishops. We also had a female of about age 15 with a 1- or 2-year-old girl who we hoped was her sister, but by the way she cared for, carried and talked to her, we believe it was a mother-and-daughter team. And there was the girl about age 13-15, dressed all in white with makeup and a mask, with clothing so tight and low-cut it was barely there and, to Val and my head-shaking surprise, thin white pants with nothing on underneath.
I noticed on other blogs that certain costumes, owner-made and store-bought, were being noted; the most common store-bought costume we saw was Spiderman, followed by Superman, Power Rangers and NASCAR drivers, with only one appearance by Batman. We got a bunch of homemade vampires, ghouls, football players and one combination vampire/Buffalo Sabres hockey player in the black and red jersey. Oh, and the tradition of people bringing their kids in minivans, trucks, station wagons and other vehicles from the Lower West Side, East Side and North Buffalo continued.
Neither Val nor I wear watches, so we were estimating the time, and the first time I got to check a clock was about 7:50 p.m. In about a minute from then, our street was virtually deserted, and if we didn't still have enough tree and lawn debris around, I would have expected tumbleweeds to blow by us.
Among the other places online you'll find fun Halloween stories are Rust Belt Ramblings, Bfloblog and BuffaloPundit.
posted by val at 12:17 AM
2 Comments:
Did you ahve any vampire princesses? We had a few of those, weird! :)
Yes, we did, now that I think about it, Jen, and a lot of angels verging on Tinkerbell in some ways, and with way too much sparkly facial makeup, too.
Actually, any sparkly facial makeup in any setting is too much.
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