I've always had a sort of phobia regarding Halloween. I've never been one to dress up for the holiday. I was never creative. For all you Gen-Xers out there: Do you remember those costumes in a box, where you would get a character from, like, the Care Bears, and in the box was a shirt and pants and a mask that was supposed to resemble that character? Well, we had to dress up for Halloween each year while I was in elementary school, up until the 6th grade, and every year I would demand that my parents and/or Grandmother get me to, like, K-Mart so I can buy one of those, because I need to wear something to dress up for the Halloween parade we would have at school. As I got older I noticed the other kids not doing these costumes-in-a-box, instead finding, like, actual costumes, and that just blew my mind. I mean, why put so much thought into something that is going to last you only a day?
As I got older my lack of creativity (and caring) became a source of shame for me, so as soon as I didn't have the societal pressure to dress up for Halloween, I was out. No trick-or-treating, either; I think I stopped relatively early. The last thing I did for that holiday was around high school, I think; I was going to a party and I needed a costume bad, but I outgrew those costumes-in-a-box. So I asked Grandmother and her friend to take me to K-Mart so I could buy something. I saw that there was, like, a lazy man's costume t-shirt, where there was a list of things I was supposed to be. One of the costumes was "timberwolf," and I think the Minnesota Timberwolves were still new then, and I had a Wolves hat, so that is what I was for Halloween that year. And that was the last time I dressed up.
That drought looks like it's coming to an end. The people at work are pretty serious about the holiday. Even though it's a lab setting, they were allowed to put up and even draw Halloween-themed drawings on the windows. We're supposed to have a special lunch that day. We are doing a department-wide trick-or-treat, where we have to bring a bag so people can drop candy into them. And yes, there's a costume contest, too. I don't have to compete, but dammit, peer pressure is making me think I should. And honestly, I have thought about going to one of these costume rental companies to rent out a costume for the holiday before. I now have an excuse to at least try it out. The costumes aren't cheap. I see quotes online of $50, and there might be a deposit that goes with it. But hey, I'll try it once. Maybe. We'll see.
Oh, and I know I'll have to buy candy. I could go the easy route, go to Target and get them fun size treats. But I'm thinking about going online and buying expensive ones. I haven't ordered from a boutique chocolatier in a long time, and this might be the excuse to do just that. I just need to find something of which there are 30 of them, and wrapped. And if it's expensive enough, I might shy away from getting a costume.
Egad, this is too much pressure!
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