Trick or Treat? Definitely a Treat!!

I think I was more excited than the kids last night!! I was like a little kid at christmas, counting down... Left work about 5:45, ran to the store and got home about 6:15... The neighbor had said they would probably start around 6:45,,, only 30 minutes to wait!!

This year was a particularly nail biting experience,, See, last year I got a total of o.oo trick or treaters... Yes,,, ZERO... and what makes it even worse is that I live in one of those neighborhoods that is crammed full of families with kids.... I had spent lots of $$$ and put treat bags together,, you know the one, cellophane with pumpkins and witches,, full of candy, spider rings, bugs and Halloween tattoos.... No kids,,,, took all 60 bags into work the next day (people still have theirs bugs on their PC's to my delight, not a total waist)

So I waited and waited,,,6:45 came and went, 7:00, gone,,, I was starting to feel like yet again I was going to miss out... As I sat on the couch, pretending to watch TV and not care one bit if I didn't get any trick or treaters, I could hear kids outside,, laughing, leaves rustling,,, 7:10... how disappointing... Then it happened,,, I heard the little feet hitting the walkway out front,,, and then the doorbell rang !!!

I swear I had a bigger smile on my face than those kids did... I grabbed my bowl full of treat bags (not cellophane this year, but stuffed with just as much stuff including scary Halloween erasers and BUGS) and opened the door... It was bliss,,, all these little kids trying to say 'Trick or Treat' , parents dressed up right along with them,,,

And then this one little girl, who I swear was the spirit of Cindy-loo Who herself, asks 'What's in here?' To which I answer,,, 'gum, tootsie roll pops and Nerds, and scary erasers and creepy crawly bugs!!' ... She turns and runs,,,I thought maybe the creepy crawly bugs was too much for her... then I hear it... "Dad !!!! She's got better bags than the ones we got at school!!!"... Would it be too much to say a tear came to my eye?? !!!!

I loved it,,, I got to give away all 70 bags I had put together and empties the left-over double bubble and sweet-tarts into a bowl and only have a handful left!!

Parents around the neighborhood were probably up late with kids amped up on sugar highs,,, trash cans next to the bed for those that ate too much...

But I went to bed happy!!