Halloween is coming up in a couple of months. Any parents out there dressing up?

You rarely see an adult dressed up for Halloween around here, unless they’re at work. I guess because there aren’t any clubs in the area, people don’t feel the need to get all gussied up in sexy costumes and hit the town. I guess I can see where they’re coming from (although even if I were to find a club to go to, I just don’t see myself wearing anything terribly revealing there).

The last time I dressed up for Halloween was the year before Pumpkin was born. I was working at a discount store, and they allowed us to dress up. I got all decked out as a vampire. I bought a cape, wore a slinky black dress (which I had the body for then), painted my face white with black around the eyes, bright red lipstick, silver jewelry, the whole bit. I even got my hands on some plastic fangs, although I couldn’t bring myself to wear them while I was working. I was afraid I would slobber on the customers.

I’ve considered dressing up to take Pumpkin trick-or-treating, but I don’t know if I will or not. I don’t do much planning for Halloween until after her birthday. That gives me a few weeks, but it never seems to be enough time to put anything together. Maybe this year will be different.