Halloween Eve at Liberty Tree Mall...

Tonight I had to get some costume materials at AC Moore. So I went and then realized I needed to stay longer than originally planned. You see, there I was, with some mighty fine ingredients for a calculator t-shirt (math department at Landmark thing...I'm still confused by the whole situation so I can't really explain...my name is Cali Q. Later tomorrow during 4th period, though...?) when I saw toddler after toddler in costume, holding their trick or treat bags. This was my entertainment as I waited in line behind some people with the same idea as me. No, I'm not saying that they all had a blue t-shirt and 2 bottles of puff paint. Their hands were littered with orange and black stuff. 

Anyway. Thing is, I was deciding whether I wanted to venture to Old Navy to look for jeans and I was torn because I had a pumpkin carving contest to blow everyone out of the water at. Side note: Rec/Leisure super star was the blower of us out of the water (!?), but I DID take what I was given, a really ugly pumpkin, and one side portrayed the pumpkin on Proactive (clear and orangey beautiful) and the other side portrayed the pumpkin not so much on Proactive (bumpy).  LOL.

So the imaginary balance scale in my head immediately fell with a crash towards the go to Old Navy side. Because why wouldn't I want to walk through a mall and see all the kids dressed up hunting for candy like the predators they are when it comes to sugar? If any of these kids read my blog, don't take offense. I'm still at that place. Remember, kid-at-heart unless we're talking snow angels and snow forts. Plus, I bought something at CVS the other day JUST SO I would feel okay about taking a free fun size candy bar from their basket at the cash register. It's true. And the tiny Baby Ruth was so worth that $1.29 index card spiral notebook. 

As I walked through the mall, I smiled a lot. My favorite was a kid who was probably about 1 and he was totally indifferent to what was going on but his parents had dressed him up and there he was, sitting (about to fall asleep) in his stroller, just like a penguin would do. Yes he was a penguin. A penguin who didn't care, in fact was a little uncomfortable about the whole mall trick-or-treat idea, was confused about this Thursday night outfit, and probably just wanted to eat his pureed sweet potato dinner in a jar and be in bed. Some parents try waaayyyy too hard. I'll tell you one thing, I will not be rushing my kids into the trick-or-treat stage. There will be plenty of years of that. And along with that will come Snickers and Twix and Reese's. Perfect. 

Also though, I will not rush my kids into the mall scene. I wonder how many of these cherubs dressed in penguin suits and awkward Thomas the Tank Engine boxes will show up back at the Liberty Tree Mall on Friday and Saturday nights in 15ish years, with REALLY low-rise jeans and hanging off of their boyfriends. Just saying. Liberty Tree Mall is crrrrazyyyyy like that if you show up at the right time.

On the way out I saw a girl I know in her Thursday best (there is a Sunday best but has anyone ever heard of a Monday best? Tuesday best? I haven't. But guess what, we all just did. I give you permission to use it. You're welcome) and yelled toward her, "omigosh that's the scariest costume I've seen here!" Joke. Get it? LOL.

Tartar sauce it's past 11 o'clock.

LOL.