Halloween Costume

Ahhhhh..... I'm back!  And just in time for a great season.  Even though we live in the sticks and even though our kids are already growed up, and even though in the 30 years we've lived in this house and never laid eyes on a trick or treater, I love Halloween.  I reckon I have great memories from my childhood Halloween festivities.  I told you one of those memories about the school Halloween parade.  Another is a Halloween party I attended when I was about 9 years old.  A friend's aunt owned an old house and luckily, no one was living in it during the Halloween season that year, so the party was held in the house.  I remember dressing as an elf - a costume my mother kept telling me wasn't going to work because it wasn't on a retail shelf, it was in my mind, and in her mind, all Halloween costumes came from a retailer.  Bottom line - she couldn't sew a stitch and was not about to stop talking on the phone or cleaning in order to create costumes we would wear one night a year.  Therefore, 9 year old me was left alone to create the elf costume.  Ever have an idea in your head but couldn't properly implement it?  Hello.  Don't ever leave a 9 year old to her own devices.  I ended up looking like a half dressed freak.  Turtleneck shirt, tights - uh, with nothing covering them - socks, no shoes, and a stocking cap.  I remember confusing some of my friends with my costume identity, who, by the way, about 10 minutes into party time, began looking pretty good in their store bought costumes.  The empty house was now a haunted house and we had loads of fun screaming and falling all over the place.  We bobbed for apples and played organized games and ate cupcakes and drank cider and had a great time.  Of course, by the end of the evening, I was freezing, but that's one of life's lessons.  Now that I think about it, I don't remember the lesson.  I'm just sayin at this stage of life, I will not go out in a turtleneck shirt, tights with nothing covering them, a stocking cap, and socks with no shoes.  I have a feeling there will not be a party waiting for me.