Poot!

[strange_complex]

I am disappointed.

See, now that I live in my own house instead of a flat for the first time ever on Halloween, and in a reasonably family-ish neighbourhood, too, I figured I might get kids round trick-or-treating. So I was ready! I had a huge bowl full of yummy treats. And I made sure I left the porch light on, and all. But no children came. :-(

I wanted to ward off evil spirits with propitiatory offerings, dammit!

I guess now I will just have to eat all those sweets myself...

Comments

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

Are you still up for coming on Sat? Do say yes! And bring your sweets!

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Oh dear - I fear I can't say yes, as I have been having a pretty crummy week this week in terms of getting work done, and I'm now teetering dangerously on the edge of a crisis if I don't pull my finger out pronto. :-( I have a paper to deliver next Friday which I haven't started on, and I also still haven't done the revisions to a book chapter I wrote in September which I was supposed to have finished by now so I'd be clear to start on the paper. So there is woe.

I have however, emailed my Study Abroad students in Italy to see when they'll be free to receive a pastoral visit, and the 8th December and following is looking good. Verona is near both Venice and Milan, both of which I'm keen to visit! I will email you when I've had a chance to devote a bit more thought to the fine details - but are you still interested on principle?

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

Definitely interested in Italy. Sorry you won't be able to make it this weekend, but hope you get lots of work done instead.

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[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

OK, thanks - I will work hard! Hope you have a great party anyway.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Bah, same here - and I put out a jack-o-lantern too. Must remember to go and blow it out before I go to bed.

Oh well, mini Crunchies ahoy for the workmates tomorrow...

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

I didn't have a jack-o-lantern myself, so perhaps could have tried harder. But it sounds like even having one isn't always enough, then!

[kernowgirl.livejournal.com]

Come to the States. I'm getting up every five minutes to answer the door! And my talking pirate skeleton doorhanger is going down a storm...

Granted, I'm giving them all bat-shaped pretzels instead of sweets. I've seen how much sugar kids get at Hallowe'en here, and I refuse to assist in such wanton tooth decay!

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Aw, you are very responsible!

(And to think American sit-coms like to joke about how all British people have bad teeth!)

[samuel-sock.livejournal.com]

Last year I bought loads of sweets to give out (since most Hallowe'ens prior I was either in Whitby or had only just come back from Whitby and was unprepared) and I waited by my door.

At about 6.30 some small children knocked on my door in their Hallowe'en costumes (accompanied by an adult) and they all got a handful of sweets.

I sat back down wating for the next knock on the door but there was nothing for aaages.

It got to the stage when I thought it would be too late to be out trick or treating when at just after 8.30 another group of children turned up (again with an adult). I decided that they would likely be the last of the evening so they all got bumper handouts just to get rid of all the chocs! One even came back a few minutes later but he was very polite (if not a bit cheeky) so he got some more. Once his friends found out, they all came back.

So, in the end I got rid of most of the sweets and helped fuel the obesiry epidemic in children just a little bit. :)

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

If any kids had come round to my house last night, they would seriously have hit the jackpot! I don't know what the hell I am going to do with a massive bowl full of lollipops now.

[lostlorelei.livejournal.com]

Gosh darn it :P

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is sad! We had rakes and rakes of cheeky kids in costumes over their shalwar kameezes and hijabs. Very very cute, but slightly ungrateful!

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Hehe - now that's syncretism!

[big-daz.livejournal.com]

Curses.

If I'd known that there were lots of free sweets going, I'd have been stood outside your house all night with a sheet over my head and going "wooooh".

Until the Police arrived, that is.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Ooh, excellent icon! :-)

[big-daz.livejournal.com]

Ta.

I purchased it at Whitby from the same place that did my Daz Towers plaque a few years back. It'll be put up by the basement door when I get round to it.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Oh - I thought you had photoshopped the old one, but now I see them both, they are quite different actually. Nice move.

[strangesam.livejournal.com]

having just got my own house too, I too prepared with sweets,

my only group of trick or treat'ers were about 16 and had the worst costumes in the world..

mind you i didn't get home from work til after 7.30 so that probably didn't help.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm glad to hear yours has all gone through now - I remember when we were both going through the whole mortgage process at the same time!

Yeah, I didn't get home until a little after 6 myself, so may have missed some early callers.

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[hollyione.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Swings and roundabouts you know - I spent £10 on sweets, welcomed 6 groups of trick or treaters AND still got eggs thrown at my house - a little unfair, I thought :(

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[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Oh no! How horrid! Mind you, I do remember doing that sort of stuff when I was a kid myself. I went round with a bunch of local children when we were on holiday once at Halloween (I suppose for half-term?), and we'd get given treats, but then say "Can we do a trick as well?" I think we liked that bit better than the treats!

Did Holly join in and dress as a little pumpkin?

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[hollyione.livejournal.com]

She dressed up as Snow White :S

[lj]strangesam[/lj] is having a halloween party at the weekend and I have a good costume for it :)

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[(Anonymous)]

Damn, I can't do those livejournal links! :)

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[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Aw, that sounds most cute!

As for the lj links, it's all pointy brackets round here, not square. What you need is <lj user=strangesam>

I hope there will be pictures of your costume. :-)

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[hollyione.livejournal.com]

Ah ta muchly! I should have remembered, I did read how to link users once, doh!

The costume shall appear (prob. on facebook) after the event. Having been off work I've had a lot of time to put it together, and I'm quite proud of myself, actually doing sewing and all :)

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[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that does sound exciting! I'll look forward to seeing it.