Like most basic white girls I totally love fall. Growing up, this was my absolute favorite time of the year and one of the biggest reasons is Halloween. I loved dressing up and going door to door and getting all the treats.
Remember, I'm a child of the 80s when we went Trick or Treating in awful plastic costumes. And heaven forbid it was a little chilly out, them you mom made you wear your winter coat and it totally ruined the look of your costume.
Not me but it really could have been... And WHY do pictures from our childhood look so dang old now??
I don't know about you but I have some definite favorites and not so favorites that used to show up in my bag, well pillow case, because you can fit a LOT more candy in a pillow case! So, you get home and dump out the candy on the floor so your mom can look for razors. Yes, because everyone was shoving razors in apples in the 80s. Apparently that's the best place to hide a razor.
What used to get my chubby kid heart all excited?
- Full sized ANYTHING. Seriously, how excited were you when there was a full sized bar in your bag? You get a full Snickers bar and your night was made. And you REMEMBER who gives out the good candy. Year after year, you know.
- Treat Bags! The treat bags were awesome. Even if it was a bag of sweet tarts and a few pixie sticks, treat bags were the best.
- Name brand fun sized candy. Any Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, they're all awesome.
Wanna piss off a kid? Put these in their bags
- Money. It was the 80s so you'd get a dime, maybe a quarter if you were lucky. All kids hate change, I can't eat your change and I'm probably going to lose it. I'd rather have a piece of gum than have to ask my mom to drive me to the store to spend my dime.
- Mallo Cups, WHO EATS THESE? I've never seen them in the store but they always appeared in your Halloween bag. You give them to your dad, he'll eat them.
- Toothbrushes, We all had a dentist in the neighborhood and they ALWAYS gave tooth brushes. Not cool. I want to do bad things to my teeth, not clean them.
- Apples or any fruit for that matter. We aren't going to eat it and because of the whole razor blade thing, mom was immediately throwing them away. Fruit is heavy and just weighs down your bag.
- Granola bars. Don't try to be healthy, we don't want that. Give me a dang Blow Pop instead.
- Pencils. We had a couple in our neighborhood who won the lottery. Legitimately won like a million dollars in the lottery. She was our old gym teacher too and after they won, they gave out pencils and 1 roll of Sweet tarts. I remember this because we were pretty pissed. You won the lottery! Give out a full sized candy bar!
Your turn! What did you hate seeing in your Halloween bag???
