After work I headed over to Ben’s and quickly cleaned out and carved my pumpkin. Since I was pressed for time, I didn’t do my intricate Happy Halloween with Ghosts, but instead just did an angry face pattern.

Once I finished, I changed into my costume (I went as a little kid, complete with stuffed animal-print pajamas, pigtails, freckled cheeks, and carrying a stuffed teddy bear) and we headed out to the part of downtown that goes all out with the decorating and candy-giving to hopefully meet up with some friends of Ben’s.

There was a house that carved dozens and dozens of pumpkins, and rows of houses that decorated with skulls, spiders, tombstones, smoke, cobwebs, the whole bit. There were so many kids in the area that there were actually lines at some houses to get candy. That’s pretty crazy. There were a lot of cute costumes though, and I’m not sure if there were more little kids or teenage trick-or-treaters.

One really cool house had a whole table setup with different types of cookies and coffee and water, so adults could get something for themselves. Another house had a few people who started a drum circle in front of it. Crazy. After going down a few of the streets, we headed back and changed out of costume, before getting a late dinner.

In case one ever had doubt as to whether or not I’m a dork though (as if having a pair of stuffed animal print pajamas isn’t proof enough), when we left the trick or treating madness, I managed to shut the door on a tree branch. I didn’t notice and as we drove off, I heard what I thought was the brushing of branches on the roof of the car, since we parked under a tree. It was only as we drove a little down the street that I saw a branch in the door and heard a whoosing sound since the door wasn’t all the way shut. So I guess it turns out the brushing sound was actually us ripping a branch off a tree. Woops. I opened my door to let the branch fall off, and actually got honked at for like holding up traffic or something!

It was cool to see all the houses that actually get into the holiday spirit—if only more houses did that, people wouldn’t have to drive from all over town to this one spot. I also really love to see the little kids in costume and saying “Trick or Treat”—is there anything cuter?

Oh and as for pumpkin pictures, I’m afraid I didn’t get any. I carved my pumpkin when it was still too light to take a picture, and when I left Ben’s, the candle was already blown out, and since we wanted to get dinner before the restaurant closed, I didn’t try to go in and relight it to take a picture. But, in case you are interested, it looks exactly like the following:

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