trick or treat!
in the proud tradition of my dad, i have bought way too much halloween candy. this is true in the absolute sense, but especially true in the relative sense: last year we had one (1) trick-or-treater. the previous year we had none.
my hopes are high for this year, though. the weather's good, as it hasn't been in years past, and if i have to i'll pull a lawn chair to the top of the driveway and dole out candy there. i am just that desperate.
here is the "before" picture...as in, before paul and i eat any of it.
current weight of the candy (including bowl): 8.2 pounds. current weight of julie: 162 pounds. we'll both weigh in at the end of the evening to see how well we did.
update: the candy bowl is weighing in at 7.4 pounds. we had two groups of trick-or-treaters. i guess the onslaught is over.
Comments
I'm getting diabetic just lookin'!
Posted by: Ed | October 31, 2003 01:53 PM
looks delish! we have snickers, kit kats, and reese's cups at my house.
Posted by: terry | October 31, 2003 03:19 PM
i am sorry that i can't go to your house for the candy. we have none here. I have a 40 pack of gum that i bought for a soldier in iraq, but never got it sent, so if we have any children, we can give that out. happy holiday
Posted by: grmaw | October 31, 2003 06:36 PM
I thought we overbought too, but considering the rate at which the Big Three are scarfing their gleanings from last night, it'll probably be good that we have some extra.
Posted by: paul^2 | November 1, 2003 05:27 AM
You know it's a bad year for trick-or-treating when you retrieve the basket of candy you left out for stragglers the next morning, and it's all still there - frozen solid, no less.
Posted by: Betsy | November 1, 2003 10:27 AM