Halloween Costumes

Ah. Halloween. When I was a young child, I always thought Halloween was a child's "holiday." We would dress up as ghosts and gobblins, princes and princesses and the list goes on. As I got older, I thought that I was getting to old for Halloween. I was wrong.

I realized over the last few years is Halloween is starting to become more of an adult holiday. I don't see children dressed up going trick-or-treating anymore. For example, only 10 children stopped at my house for candy. Compare that to the 100 kids we had last year. Of course, I believe the H1N1 scare may have played a big role in this.

But I saw more adults (my age) wearing costumes and going to bars to have a great time. Trust me, I did the exact same thing. Only expection: I wore a piece of tin foil as my costume. Keep in mind, I only did this because Chipotle was handing out free buritos for anyone wearing a buritto costume or tin foil in shape of a buritto. I will admit that a spicy burrito and alcohol don't mix. I find it amazing what people would do for free food. But I went out dressed like I usually do. Nice shirt, jeans and a pair of really nice shoes.

I was riding Metro Transit bus route 6 on Halloween night heading from my friend's house in Dinkytown to Downtown Minneapolis and I saw a guy who was dressed exactly like a robot from a TV show. I thought it was "American Dad" but it wsan't. (I know it's an adult cartoon. Maybe someone out there knows what I'm talking about.) But what made it funny was it was so big, he couldn't fit into the seat. By the way, he was laughing about it to so, I suppose it was okay to laugh along. Great costume though. It was really the only creative one I saw the entire night.