Liveblogging Halloween

Ah, Halloween! My favorite night of the year. I'm holed up at the table with a cup of tea and a bowl of candy, attending to the needs of the tiny and not so tiny children of the co-op.

I love their costumes! And I'm impressed by the huge majority stake Disney has in this event. I'll be updating this list as they come to the door...

Buzz Lightyear
Ariel
Unidentified Alien-type thingy
Panhandler
Axe murderer
Dead Nun (she was at least six)
Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtle
Alien with silver feelers
Unidentifiable but cute
Unidentifiable
Robin -- nice handmade costume
Snow White (perfect costume and not more than three feet tall, cheeks carefully rouged, stepped on my foot by accident)
Bunch of grapes (handmade -- genius costume)
King
Robot
Knight
Dog
Unidentifiable (and badly behaved!)
Circus performer
Power ranger
Death
Unidentifiable
Green-haired witch (asked for a glass of water)
Pink-haired witch (joined her friend for a glass of water)
Witch
Goth
Harem girl
Butterfly (about two years old; mumbled at me in Russian)
Generic princess (was holding the Butterfly's feelers for her)
Generic princess II
Cat (corrected me when I called the butterfly a "pretty princess." Oops)
Princess
Superman
Leprechaun
Juan Valdez (not even kidding)
Wolverine
Mister Incredible
Devil girl
Bubble wrap
Tiger Lily (from Peter Pan)
Elvira
Crusader






...And just now, a straggler. The evening's final customer: an eight or nine-year-old witch.

"You know what?" I said, "Why don't you take a whole big handful, 'cause I think I'm going to close up shop for the night."

"Really?" she said. She grinned at me and took a giant handful of candy and stuffed it into her bag.

I looked down at my still-very-full bowl.

"Why don't you take another handful," I suggested.

It's nice to be able to make someone light up like that so easily.