Treat - or Trick?

Halloween around our neighborhood is usually pretty uneventful.  The street that we live on is not very well lit and most of the children are grown, so we do not get very many trick-or-treaters.  A few years ago, I decided to make my own fun.  I put on a costume and went to my neighbor's doors for candy.  My goal was to go unrecognized.  

This was pretty easy for the first few years until my neighbors began to expect my visit and were looking for me.  It was even more difficult this year because Halloween fell on the same night as Annie's weekly music rehearsal.  We didn't get home until almost 8:30 PM.  Due to the late hour, there were no groups of trick-or-treaters out anymore to tag along with, so Annie offered to put together a quick costume and come with me. Annie found a banana costume in Kerry's room for me to wear.


We set out together.  At the first house (Cheesmans), it didn't take Linda long to recognize Annie and then she knew it was me.


Debi Thompson had no clue until I started laughing.  Phil Cardone didn't say anything, but went back inside and told his wife there was a banana that for some strange reason looked like Gayle. 

Karen Fader was a little irritated because she had turned off her light and it was late, but she graciously gave each of us a candy.  I stayed where I was, and without saying a word, continued to hold out my bag.  She said, "Oh, you want more?" and gave me another candy.  When I still didn't move, she got angry and said "That's enough" and started closing the door.  We just had to blow our cover and let her know. 

 

Annie and I had a lot of fun together and it make the holiday a little more festive!