Paper-mâché can be rough, for a little dude in the cold rain!

RyRy

Fist bumps to all the miniature warriors suiting up for TRICK-OR-TREATIN' tonight! Portland weather patterns currently REPRESENTING! It's already dark and freezing, and still the noble butterfly/WWF/Anime Kitten/random piece of fruit/paper-mâché-Jupiter scene will march on. PROPS, BABIES! I'm quietly pining for the days when I could suit up and be part of this weird ritual. Glitter on my legs, glitter on my face, glitter in between my teeth, back in the day. Mom was like, OK YOU CAN WEAR LIPSTICK BUT ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE MINNIE MOUSE, THEN NOT UNTIL YOU'RE 18. I'll be drinking red wine and handing out kandy to tiny dudes from a fireplace-warmed cottage in NOPO tonight, what are You Babes doing?

lolo

My costume also involved paper-mâché!



Amanita muscaria... I'm going to a potluck and bringing a MUSHROOM DISH.

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RyRy

LOLO=GORGEOUX

YoursTruly

Lolo that is a rad outfit!

My nice old man got so excited about trick-or-treaters and went and bought a bunch of mini hippie chocolate bars (endangered species organic special halloween-brand gift pack), but now we're scared no one will knock on our door! Our house is pretty random and isn't decorated....

guess we'll find out

Also the dog just had a vaccination and is sick and poorly and I worry the stress of having to get up and bark at every doorbell-ring will perturb him, poor dear

the_owls

That is such a great mushroom! I hope it doesn't get soggy in the rain.

I was out of town for the adult halloween of the weekend, and now I'm tired/everyone else is partied out... but I love the 'ween and maybe I'll put my facepaint on anyhow and go out into it!

flossy_log_lady

lolo, I am very impressed. What a costume! Well done!

lolo

Thanks buddies. It was such a simple costume to make. Also, I got to do paper-mâché which was fun and funny with my whole wheat flour... oopsie.

I ended up going to the Goodfoot where a bunch of people in costume were dancing to the Talking Heads afro-beat cover band. FUN TIMES.

My mushroom did not get soggy in the rain and I also did not win any prizes at my work's costume people. The old people judges voted for all of the "sexy costumes"... I got beat out by Sexy Dark Angel..

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flossy_log_lady

Wow. I never would have guessed that old people would favor the sexy costumes.

Loose_Thread

I took a turn of handing out candy. At first they all rush the bowl but I let them know it would be a controlled thing. They had to tell me what they were and then I would reward them accordingly. There was a teenager dressed as a Dr. Who type person and I laughed -at- them. Halloween is a fun time for a Grinch such as me.

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HAL.

Loose_Thread

please leave it up there all year

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YoursTruly

We had four little kid groups that were fine, and one group of shitty underwhelming teens, after which we turned off our porch light.

underwhelming but still pretty cool!

eating a leftover choco right now

Matthew

I saw kads trick or treeting at mickeydees in the b.apple.

RyRy

We got sort of drunk and starting critiquing the effort of miscellaneous youthsters-at-the-doorbell, OH THAT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD DARTH VADER BUT IT'S THE WRONG COLOR LIGHT SABER, etc., double-fisting wine glasses et. cigarettes/tootise pops also starting smoking inside and throwing the cigarettes and tootsie pop wrappers into the fire. Ugh, sort of John Waters' family style holiday celebration. But fun, regardless! Halloween *sigh*.

RyRy

Also an unsettling number of grown-ups in weird fleece hoodies all by themselves, holding plastic grocery bags, saying they were trick-or-treating for their sick child, who "couldn't make it out tonight". What? You're gonna bring home a bag of mini green tootsie rolls for your sick kid, also there are so many of you guys? Old Fred Meyer bags, that look kind of dirty? DARK.

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