I'm Going Trick-or-Treating!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

I haven't been in about 10 years.

At the in-laws' place over the weekend, MIL was lamenting no one to hand out candy while she takes Lover Boy's kid sister around the neighborhood so she asked if we would mind the house. LB's kid sister says big brothers are more fun to trick-or-treat with than moms. Lover Boy said trick or treating was more fun than handing out candy. Me and hubby live out in the sticks and he says he never got more than a few kids over the years.

So we'll be making the rounds with my little SIL.

It's been so long but I'm aching with excitement. She's a really neat kid. I feel like she's more my kid sister than hubby's.

It's weird though. I stopped doing such things when I was 13 because I wanted to grow-up. Now I'm married (very happily, BTW) and all that but now I'm aching to recapture that time. Why are we never satisfied with what we have when we have it?

[siligut]

1. Because when we have it, it is out of the realm of fantasy.

Fantasy is always better than real life, if not, you're not doin' it right. Have fun trick or treating, sounds like you will. Are you going to dress up? Please say yes and then describe your costume.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. Heck yeah I'm dressing up!

I don't know what...but I'm dressing up.

I want to go as a flapper from the 1920s but it gets kind of cold in these parts.

[siligut]

5. Hurray! Flapper would be so much fun.

I had a young friend who went as a fallen angel/flapper with wings. We dyed a silk chemise a deep, rich red. I made some wings, using a feather boa and these as inspiration:

Then a halo of jet and ruby beads, black seamed stockings with black heels. I have a long, black, shiney coat that actually fit over the wings, she looked fabulous.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. Drat! I can't see the pic

But the description is way cool.

[siligut]

7. The pic is the painting of the two cherubs, casting their eyes upward.

Their wings are deep red and black.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. You're a couple weeks early. Wait until Halloween, when everyone has their candy ready to go.

:hide:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. cute joke but now you've got me thinking...

Trick early, treat often

more yummies for me

:evilgrin: