As Halloween got closer I started looking through photos of past costumes. Here's what I know for a fact, we hardly took Halloween photos. And I don't have too many memories of my costumes growing up.
I was able to find this gem from 1970. Frightening for sure. Those plastic face masks were horrible. You couldn't breath and the elastic chord would dig into my noggin behind my ear.
Most of our Halloween's we had to wear snow suits under our costumes. The years in North Dakota and Great Falls. I remember it being cold.
In 1978 I had this little green dress with suspenders. It reminded me of Raggedy Anne. And so...
I have zero recollection of who I went out with. We were relatively new to the area and I don't recall if I had any friends by Halloween. I don't remember mom or any chaperone being with us either. It was in Lancaster California so there wasn't a need for a coat. Plus all the sugar we were consuming kept us warm.
Back then, we weren't "allowed" to eat any candy until we got home and Mom sorted through it looking for needle marks or open candy. We weren't allowed to keep anything homemade either. It wasn't until years later I realized it was just Mom scoping out the goods to pick what pieces she wanted to steal from us later.
I do remember mom being really strict about how much candy a day we could have. Both bags of candy stayed on top of the refrigerator and every night after dinner we could pick two pieces.
The good stuff went fast; Reese's, M&Ms, tootie rolls, snickers, etc. Then eventually all that was left was licorice, lolly pops and smarties. Blech.
So whether you dressed up today, or are taking little ghost and gobblins out and about, have a sweet, sugar induced Halloween.
