I was left to defend the house Monday night against the roving hoardes of kids. It's a quiet street, so I hadn't really expected too much traffic. A few bags of Snickers and Hershey's Kisses and blowpops (no crappy candy here!), and I figured I was ready. Oh, how wrong I was. I don't know where all these kids came from, but they popped out of the woodwork in full force when there was FREE CANDY at stake. The only children I had seen in my neighborhood before were the two slightly unwashed-looking tykes from next door who like to play in our yard from time to time. Monday night they were everywhere. I was working late trying to catch up after a travelling mishap that had me starting work late, and every 5 minutes was interrupted by the doorbell.

Even with all the interruptions, all the kids were pretty cute. Lots of princess/Barbie costumes for the girls (furthering my theory on why so many couples go for lavish marriages), some Grim Reaper/Incredibles costumes for the boys. One girl came as Morticia Addams, and was thrilled and a little shocked when I knew what she was dressed as. C'mon kid, I used to be goth!

There was only one group of older lazy kids. You know, mid-teens with no costume. They had a token mask or two, but I pointed out they were a little old to be doing this. Hell, they were probably driving themselves from house to house. Rest assured _those_ kids got to pick from my bag of weird Japanese candy. Hah hah hah, suckers.