A Halloween post I MEANT to slip in just before Thanksgiving...

BUT JUST FOUND SAVED AS A DRAFT!! A MERE DRAFT...
 
   This Halloween I dressed as a Cowboy (not a cowgirl, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to be a Sheriff because women hadn't conquored the west yet, or men, or the kitchen, or something.)

    I dressed up to trick-or-treat with a group of high school students. The student council organized trick-or-treating for canned goods to donate to the local homeless shelter. We had tons of fun and did a really great thing for the community. Great idea children :)

     My evening consisted of ringing doorbells and carting around tuna cans with the following characters: a Mexican (reminiscent of Kara and Nat's costumes for Halloween 2009), Red Riding Hood, a doctor, a rabbit, two police officers (complete with walkie-talkies and police lingo), a plumber, a nerd, a crayon, a whoopee cushion, and a hot dog wearing sequined pants. Post the publicly encouraged begging I stood in line with eight high school students at two different Chipotle's for $2 burritios. It was disappointing to fnd out that you don't actually have to show up in costume to get the discount.

     Seeing all of the people who did show up in costume made me really greatful to have friends and teach kids that understand that "More is more" and you can't really say you've dressed in costume if your Halloween costume is little more than underwear. Granted, we have a dress code at school so they wouldn't have been allowed to participate unless properly dressed. That being said the girls were highly offened by many of the costumes and the boys were not even slightly ammused.
Note the following personal costume choices in the last five years:

2007: Ninja Turtles w/Kelsey, Sarah, and Circe
2008: The Three Bears w/Adrienne and Sarah
2009: Sigfreid, Roy (Amanda and Casey), and their white bengal tiger (me)
2010: Mario Kart w/Chelsea, Catherine, Jasmine, and Circe
2011: "The bandit who broke into my car 2 weeks ago" (That was the first time.)

    It was more fun to be creative with my friends for 2 days before Halloween, than to wear the outfits anyway. I feel that should be the point. Buying your costume is lame.