Treat or Trick

I think I have found my new favourite holiday. What other time of year, can adults act like children, get away with it and have just as much if not more fun???

Being a born and bred Aussie, it is not really something we are taught much about until American Halloween Specials come on TV and we beg our parents to do the whole Trick or Treat thing just like our American cousins (well ok and who doesn't like free sweets and dressing up - any excuse right?) I'm not sure about now, but when I was a kid, there was not much trick or treating around our blocks, if there were we would be considered 'pesky' to our neighbours, and our parents were more concerned we would not return home. So therefore it was not really practiced.

This year, with so many Halloween parties for us to choose from, it wasn't until 3 hours before hand, we had decided we were even going (we were also thinking of a Salsa Ball instead!) and then panicked about what costumes we could pull out from our own devices, not having enough time to shop.

We both arrived at the first party, with the strong desire to jump straight back into our cab, as it appeared we were the only ones to have made the effort as we looked across at the queue to get in. How embarrassing. Out comes my phone to call in reinforcement and then we discover, yes, others are on their way. Phew.

In the end I decided on an old flight attendant uniform complete with massive hair, red nails and lips (surprise surprise it still fits, albeit a little snug) and PPP escorted me in a hard hat and wife beater tank....(he was asked if he was 'The Village People" - yes all 5 of them, or Bob the Builder). We didn't really mind who we were, we just wanted to prove we had at least some imagination pulled together with some props from friends and what was laying around.

I can't help thinking though, how unimaginative my costume was as in my mind it would be no different from a policeman coming dressed as a cop for Halloween....IT WAS ALL I HAD :) I guess I could've said I had come straight from work and didn't have time to change. Poor PPP was asked if he was off to nightshift when our cab came to pick us up!

What did you dress up as?