10.08.2009

schmalloween


I have a confession.

I HATE HALLOWEEN!!!!

There. I said it. Just so you know how serious this is, you have to know that I also hate all caps (QUIT YELLING, already) and excessive use of exclamation marks (use sparingly!!!! - overuse causes punctuation inflation).

I know some of you will protest, but I don't care. You can have your costume parties and your haunted houses . . . and your spiders and rats, and your masks and gory face paint, and your blood and maimed limbs, and your carved and smashed-in pumpkins. Enjoy. I'll be at home baking my pumpkin into a pie instead of carving it into a Jack-O-Lantern.

The past four years I have strategically, purposefully turned off all the lights or been gone that night. When we have littles, I will just buy them the candy they want on that day and we will go home and plan the menu for Thanksgiving.

5 comments:

  1. I'm not a big fan of Halloween either, even though it is my birthday. I hate dressing up so I don't because I'm the birthday girl and I'm not doing anything I don't want to on that day. Except when I have to work, of course. But at least once it's over it means that Thanksgiving and Christmas are on the way.

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  2. You're not alone. Halloween is not my most favorite holiday. I really enjoyed it as a kid, but I don't like all the scary stuff, and trying to find a costume. I do enjoy carving a pumpkin though, but pumpkin pie is much better.

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  3. Boooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. you are so funny lindsay. you know how i feel about halloween.... although i really love candy. booth got a fat lip the other day for scaring me, hhahahahah

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