Elizabeth October 31st, 2009

Last year, on this day, two things happened:

#1: I stopped at a convenience store on my way home from work to pick up some lollies for the trick-or-treaters that were bound to stop by that night. I was the only customer in the store, and when I went to the counter to pay I heard a loud “thud” against the door behind me.

I turned around to find a group of policemen handcuffing some guy as they held him against the door. Another policeman had his foot on top of a rifle laying 2 metres away from all the action.

Who holds up a store with a rifle?

#2: Crowds of kids visited our house that night to trick-or-treat. Halloween in Australia is a relatively new phenomenon, but you can’t blame kids for wanting to dress up and ride the sugarcoaster for a night. I had great fun watching the kids come through, and guarding my kickass pumpkin against the strong wind.

This pumpkin was one of my 101 Things, and although it took me a few days to carve I loved the result. This year I didn’t get myself organised in time to carve a pumpkin, but Tim tells me that we will be marking the occasion with a private viewing of Drag Me to Hell.

I think I’ve had my last good night’s sleep for a while…

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