FOURTEEN BAGS

[MorningGlow]

Four mega-jumbo bags
Three regular jumbo bags
Seven standard bags

We're nearly tapped out of candy. This neighborhood is INSANE on Halloween. We have managed to hang onto three standard bags--Kit Kats, Snickers, Milky Ways; however, it's 8:30 and although it's died down somewhat, they're still coming.

What to sacrifice...? The Hershey bars are already busted into. I fear the crowds may come for the good stuff and we'll have to resort to fighting MG Jr. for the booty he collected tonight...

[TZ]

1. I have had not ONE trick or treater.

Which is odd..I never get alot but I usually get some....

[MorningGlow]

2. This neighborhood is getting payback out of us

Our previous two houses were in bad locations for trick-or-treating--the first was on a small lake (busy lakeside road, no sidewalks, steps down to houses = no kids); the second was in the back o' beyond (seasonal road, no lights, no neighbors = no kids). But this house in the heart of a very crime-free village (think Mayberry). So the minivans roll up from other communities starting around 6:00 and it's mayhem for the rest of the night.

We've entered the high-school-kid time zone now. Hershey's nearly gone...ditto the Kit-Kats...but I'll be damned if I'll let them take my Milky Ways! They can have the fruit-flavored Tootsie Rolls at the bottom of the cauldron...!

[fizzgig]

3. an ex-boyfriend of mine lived in a similar type of neighborhood

holy shit the number of kids that came to the door was out of control. when we ran out of candy, we'd turn off the light but kids would keep knocking until we answered the door and told them we were out. a number of little shits turned nasty when we told them that.

[MorningGlow]

10. That happened to us the first year we lived here

We were warned about how much candy was required, but we took the warnings too lightly. It was like Night of the Sugar Zombies--they just kept coming. :scared:

We ran out within the first hour. We scrounged our son's rejected candy. That lasted about 10 minutes. We closed the door and turned off the outside light. They kept knocking. We turned off the living room lights. They kept knocking. We put up a sign saying we had run out of candy. That kind of worked, except for the kids too young to read. *Knock knock* "Mommy, what does this sign say?" *Knock knock*...

Never got caught candy-less again!

[flvegan]

4. Save the Kit Kats!!!!

[MorningGlow]

11. Series!

Alas, they got most of 'em. :( Still, small price to pay for being torn limb from limb by rabid trick-or-treaters...

[libnnc]

5. And chocolate candy is SO freaking expensive!!

I spent over $50 bucks yesterday and it's all gone but the Dum-Dums

[MorningGlow]

13. We spent about the same, I think

I spread out the pain by buying a couple of bags (with coupons) each time I went to the supermarket for several weeks. My mom gifted us with two of the four mega-jumbo bags. I bought the rest.

Nearly tapped out, but somehow we ended up with some of the fruit-flavored Tootsie Rolls. How did that happen? :puke:

[GardeningGal]

6. I had to turn off my light early this year.

I think with the warmer than usual weather and it being a Friday night, there were more trick or treaters out than I've had in the 15 years I've lived in this house. Also seemed to be a lot of people coming in from other neighborhoods and trick or treating here. First time I've really experienced that situation.

[keroro gunsou]

7. i had at least

8 minivans pull up and drop 5-7 kids each. none from my neighborhood... wtf is this shit.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Bought three standard bags. Not one trick-or-treater.

[MorningGlow]

14. Same with my mom

She said she's got a ton of candy left. Very few kids--including two teen punks from a couple of doors down who came by twice. :rofl:

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Our little town declares candy begging hours are over at 7:30.

We usually only see the 4 young kids from down the street, no other kids on the block, and our house is down a dark driveway. So Mister D. happily eats the left over candy, and I make sure to get the stuff he likes.
People we "don't know" would not come to our house. It's one of the customs of this place.

An example of custom in this small town:back in July, there were "complaints" that people were seen "walking around" neighborhood streets after 9pm.
City Council discussed the "problem" at length, decided they would have the police patrol the suspicious area and "investigate" anyone they saw walking on the streets.

You'd have to live in a small southern town to appreciate the issues involved.
"Decent" people are in bed and lights out by 10 pm, and July nights are hot, heavy on the mosquitoes. You can "hang out" at the Dairy queen or other such place, until 11:00, but you can't be "roaming around the neighborhood" at night.
So if you are not in your home, and not in a car, "roaming around" is a very suspicious activity.

I find that to be quaintly comforting.

[MorningGlow]

15. Wow!

I thought our town was buttoned down, but yours has us beat!

Usually everybody knows everybody (if not related to everybody), but on Halloween it's a free-for-all. The village kind of treats it like a public service--we get tons of minivan imports from outlying rural areas where trick-or-treating isn't safe (dark, or the houses are too far-flung to make trick-or-treating feasible for little legs).

I did see quite the police patrol going on this year. Seemed like more than previous years. Maybe because there have been a few thefts recently (bikes, lawnmowers). :shrug:

[LibDemAlways]

12. 99% of the kids in my area head for a newer McMansion

tract where the houses are close together and a party atmosphere takes over. My kid usually trick-or-treats in a different area, but this year her usual trick-or-trick friend flaked out at the last minute and she ended up in the McMansion neighborhood frenzy. By 8:00 most households had run out of candy. It was crazy up there. Literally hundreds of kids roaming the streets.

Meantime my neighborhood, all of 5 minutes away, was mostly dead. Husband reported about 20 trick-or-treaters all evening and plenty of candy left over.

[MorningGlow]

16. Little mercenaries!

Going where they have cash for the good stuff!
:rofl: