Last year was our first year in a house, so our first year getting trick-or-treaters. I was so excited! What started as excitement ended in disappointment when we ran out of candy half an hour into the evening. So this year, we bought a boatload of candy at Sam’s Club. Nathan piled four bags of Sam’s Club-sized candy into our cart for a whopping $40 investment. And wouldn’t you know it? It’s raining out. 
So now we’re worried we’ll have a boatload of candy leftover, and we need leftover candy like we need another hole in the head. But we’ve got a hardy community, apparently, because we’ve gone through about half of our candy already.
Highlights of the evening:
A group of young teens came to our door in plain streetclothes. When Nathan asked what they were dressed up as, they replied, “We’re aliens dressed up as humans.” Ha! But I tried to convince Nathan that wasn’t as good as when we went caroling on Halloween. We had Santa, Mrs. Claus, and two presents singing Christmas carols instead of yelling trick-or-treat. Man, we got a ton of candy that year!
We decided on a 3-piece distribution. So I open the door and dump 3 pieces into a skeleton’s basket. As he’s walking away, he’s peering into the bucket. He pauses, then turns around, hands back the candy, and says, “I’m allergic to peanuts.” Then he proceeds to go through our candy bowl for candy he’s not allergic to. Or so he says. Of course, Nathan’s take on the event was a little different (cuz anyone who knows Nathan knows that his take is always different. Yeah, we’ll just say different). Nathan says our response should have been, “My pappy is a peanut farmer and my grandpappy was a peanut farmer. You’ll get your swollen throat and enjoy it!” LOL What a weirdo.
Well, the rain has let up and the crowds are still coming. Only 4 and half more hours until NaNoWriMo starts! It’s been 15 years since I even attempted to start a novel, so we’ll just have to see what November holds. Wish me luck!
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