I only saw two people at work who were dressed for Halloween, one of them being our corporate receptionist. She always does it up big for the holiday, and this year she was a pirate complete with a huge wig of curly black hair, a beard, a parrot attached to her shoulder, and a bottle of rum (it was fake).
Traffic was crazy last night. Every parent left work early to get home in time to take their kids trick-or-treating. When I finally got home, I plugged in our pumpkin lights and set our jack o'lanterns outside. It wasn't long before we had our first group come by.
We had quite a number of trick-or-treaters this year. I thought that maybe three bags of candy would be enough, but I had to send Rob to the store to get a couple more bags halfway through the evening. The kids just kept coming! Rob gives each kid to only one piece of candy each, whereas I tend to dole it out by the handful. Wally and Cheryl were over for a few hours as well. They don't live in a very strategic location when it comes to trick-or-treaters so they don't get any, and I think Cheryl enjoyed seeing all the kids dressed up.
I really enjoyed seeing the home-made costumes. Not that there's anything wrong with buying a big scary gorilla suit, but I grew up making my own costumes. My favorite was the girl who came in a bathrobe, her hair up in curlers, with a white facial mask. The kids next door were dressed as Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. I asked little Darth to do that scary mask breathe, and he did. Some older kids also stopped by and saw Wally and Cheryl's little dog Bert and said, "he looks like that Taco Bell dog!" They laughed when I informed them that he doesn't speak Spanish.