Halloween Memories

You didn't go out and just buy a costume at least not when I was growing up. You had to be more inventive than just going out to shop. I learned that simple things can make wonderful costumes, too. I've tried my hand making some and succeeded with a few. My friend Jimmy was an only child who loved Halloween monsters and gore. Ringing the doorbells for Halloween treats we always went around for more. Have you ever had a ghost follow you as you made your rounds? The year I noticed that big one behind us made my little heart bang with sounds. But it was only Jimmy's mom dressed up in an old white sheet. A fluorescent skull mask covered her face Which made her costume pretty neat. So, I have tried to have some fun in the years that have come and gone. Sometimes my costume was the biggest flop while some a blue ribbon would have won. Like the year I wanted to be "The Tin Man" I thought I would look so neat. So I wrapped myself in aluminum foil never thinking it would reflect my body's heat. I was a "Flasher" one Halloween I remember wearing only shorts under a trench coat so others would believe Until I opened up my coat and the strobe went off so they didn't really see. Kids would always come to our house for candy as I always had the duty that night. Now I wonder if they came for the candy or what was behind the door to give them a fright. I always swung open the door and yelled "Who's ringin' that bell"? Their reaction to my costume was my prize It didn't matter what they wore or said But I did scare some of the little ones in size. One year I pinned a big ball on my shoulder so it looked like I had two heads up there. I covered it with a mask and an old hat and wore a mask myself for an added scare. The best costume I think I ever did took me some time to figure out. I decided to have some extra limbs to make people give a shout. I took a old pair of pants legs and sewed them to mine front and back. I took an old shirt and made an arm hole where the shoulders would join in back. Then I stuffed all four limbs with paper pinned gloves and socks to the ends. Then put on my home made costume and went out to dinner with a friend. The restaurant went quiet with my four legs dancing through the door. The four arms didn't help anyone looking To get their chins up off the floor. I got a lot of "strange looks" that night as we were seated, my friend and me. Only the host wasn't flustered... When he said, "Will that be for two or three"?