Halloween, Post-Vacation

I got back from my vacation late in the afternoon of Halloween.  I had no candy, no costume, no decorations. And I had about three hours before trick-or-treaters were going to come to my door.  Plus a raging headache that was teetering on the edge of a migraine.

I considered turning off all the lights and pretending I wasn't home, but since I'm new to this neighborhood, I thought I should be more hospitable.

I had to work quickly.

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I ran to Walgreens for a few bags of candy and a piece of red poster board, and found my package of construction paper, a glue stick, yarn, tape, and scissors (and a handful of Advil for the headache).  I dug in my costume box for a few basics, reached for my apron, and... voila!  Within about two hours, I had some basic decorations and a makeshift gnome costume.  And the headache was gone.  Thank God.

The idea was to put this in the window so the light shone through the cutouts,
but the window panes were too small.  Booh.



Of course, all the photos I took of the costume were blurry!

None of this is spectacular, but it goes to show what you can throw together with a few hours, a few basic supplies, and a modicum of creativity.

If only the sky hadn't opened up and poured out its wrath, I might've had more trick-or-treaters and less leftover candy.  I did have one straggler stop by, who had been caught out in the rain with her parents.  She got a big handful of candy.  I hoped it made up, at least a little bit, for the misery of a wet princess costume.