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!

[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...

[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!

[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. :)

[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!

[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.

[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.

trick or treat

[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 :(