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Trick or Treating out of my house and home

songbird — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:17:55 GMT

The temps are in the 60's. It's a gorgeous evening. A million kids are out there.....coming to my home. I completely ran out of candy. And i purchased extra because I knew it was going to be a good evening. After the candy went....I started to give out money....loose change. Then I ran out of change. Then I eyed my dollar bills. I have 11 singles left. I was about to give those out, when my husband said that was enough. So we locked down and took the light off. What an evening! We do have a lot of children in the neighborhood though.

The kids were jumping around, glad they didin't have to cover their costumes. Showing off. And they were amazing. A three year old dressed as a nun. She had the wimple on her head and a long chain of beads tied around her waist. Another child came dressed as the candy Life Savers. Another kid as a a pirate. Another one dressed as a Zebra.

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drizzellla — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:31:34 GMT

What a beautiful night for Trick or Treating. The weather was nice, Not raining, not cold, not windy. But we did not have nearly as many kids as we had in years past.

We bought 4 bags of 5 pounds of candy. Guess we will just have to eat the rest ourselves.

Every kid was so polite. I told the kids to help themselves. And everyone only took one piece of candy. I told them to take more. The bowl is still half full.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:37:42 GMT

No kids. We live on a remote cul-de-sac with no streetlights, though.

DH is taking the candy to work and storing it until we make our Thanksgiving run to a local family shelter. If it stays in the pantry I will eat it!

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GCR18 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:46:06 GMT

It was busy here. I don't know where all the kids came from. I don't think there are that many in the neighborhood. I gave out way more candy than I expected. We have set trick or treat hours 4-7pm. I opened shop around 4:20 and shut down at 6pm.

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:55:01 GMT

@Sweetbay magnolia wrote:
No kids. We live on a remote cul-de-sac with no streetlights, though.

DH is taking the candy to work and storing it until we make our Thanksgiving run to a local family shelter. If it stays in the pantry I will eat it!

@Sweetbay magnolia We live at the end of a cul de sac too....we get maybe 3 kids on a good night.

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Its Me LuLuBelle2 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:57:37 GMT

No kids for us. There never are. We're on a small private road (only one car can get thru at a time) and it dead ends with no good place to turn around. We have no street lights. We have our house all lit up in hopes of seeing little ones, year after year, and our neighbors NEVER put outdoor lights on. We buy good, full size chocolate bars of every variety year after year in the hopes someone will come, and they never do, so alas, I have to eat it. Stinks to be me - LOL! Happy Halloween.

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Lattelvr — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:59:21 GMT

Wow, I had the opposite problem. Only had 1 trick or treater. And I had full size Hershey and Snickers bars. There's a street one over from me that I saw quite a few kids walking in the distance, however, they tend to stay on that particular street and don't venture beyond. Oh well, Snickers is my favorite and trick or treat to me!

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:00:47 GMT

It is a great night, warmish and the rain has held off. The kids are out in droves, Happy Halloween !🎃👻👽☠️👺💀

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Lattelvr — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:05:27 GMT

Songbird1 - Loved your story. The part you mention about giving out singles made me think of the Halloween episode of the t.v. show Friends where Rachel takes out her checkbook cause she ran out of candy and writes a check to one little girl she can't resist. LOL!

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Katcat1 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:07:49 GMT

I live in a senior complex so no trick or treaters here. Yes, it can get expensive if you get a lot of kids but I am sure the costumes are amazing.

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tockerman — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:11:03 GMT

I had no one come to my door. had no candy to give out anyway.. give them pennies instead. saving my money on those large bags of candy which I do not need when no one comes.

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threecees — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:14:18 GMT

Had a good night out with my son. We saw a lot of cool costumes.

Only bad thing was that for a few minutes we were behind a woman

smoking while walking with her 2 small children. No class. Smoke

lingering behind them into groups of other kids.

Warm here too. Felt great. Sharing some candy with family. Got

juice pouches, chips, crackers, a pencil, a quarter and lots of

candy. My favorite m&ms.

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Sooner — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:51:17 GMT

It rained a lot here today and was about 50 degrees. We only had around 100 kids--maybe a few more. It was a slow night for this neighborhood.

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Kitlynn — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:54:50 GMT

It was cold today but warmed up this evening. We have had about forty and they were all really cute and so mannerly. I usually shut the lights down at 8:00 because I figure by that time the parents have the little kids home. Tonight I am going an hour longer.

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tucsongal — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:55:22 GMT

We’re getting a few trick or treaters but it seems slower than in years past. We keep the light on from 6 to 8, still getting the younger kids, who are so cute. It’s a gorgeous cool night 🎃

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sissel — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:03:13 GMT

We get full size candy bars at costco, the little kids faces when they see the candy, the parents were screaming & laughing. I said you won't see too many full size bars tonight. My husband is having so much fun watching their faces.

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sgraham30 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:05:37 GMT

Because my townhouse is located towards the back of the subdivision that I live in with a small branch of a local river running in front of it, I haven't had trick or treaters for several years now. To me, this is just another day.

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sissel — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:11:22 GMT

Read somewhere they are thinking of making Halloween the last Saturday of the month because the kids have no school the next day & it will be easier for the parents to walk around with their kids. Makes sense to me.

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dex — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:14:20 GMT

We had hundreds of kids..almost out of candy and it is only seven o’clock on a nice warm evening.,,ohoh.I went out with some neighbors kids for a new perspective.We walked up to the door,rang the bell and were just ready to leave when the door flung open and a screaming witch appeared.I almost fell off the steps I was so surprised.OMG I aged 10 years for sure.I laughed so hard I got a headache.What a fun night...everyone was polite and the costumes were cute.

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homedecor1 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:16:20 GMT

Boo Hoo no trick or treaters here because I live in over-55 gated community ☹️but, I did hand out "treats" today to some golf course workers & friends --I love Halloween! I made brownie & chocolate chip bars. I wrapped the "treats" in festive Halloween bags & delivered at lunch time.

Then Skyped with my GD before she left to go Trick or Treating🙂. She was a 50s diner waitress complete with her cap & pencil in her ponytail....just adorable!!!

Used to love seeing all the kids & parents who came to our home🎃🎃🎃🎃