Happy Halloween!
I’m not a huge fan of Halloween, to be honest. I’m not really sure why? As a kid I loved it! And, I had some of the best costumes, all homemade, I might add. Nothing over the top that required tons of effort. Most of them were created out of things we had in our house and closets. Next Halloween I will definitely show these pictures. They are priceless. I was such a cheeseball and loved having people laugh at my costumes. Those were the days…I wish I had photos, but for now I’ll just name a few of my best from childhood.
- Steve Urkel (from Family Matters)
- Tim Allen (from Home Improvement)
- A hobo (my all-time best costume)
- An M&M (this was repeated many times over!)
- One of the three blind mice
- The floor of a movie theatre
I think I enjoyed Halloween more as a kid than I did as an “adult” because it was so much more innocent and fun back then. Once you got to high school and college, it’s really just an excuse for girls to dress up like hookers. I went online and found the following costumes from Buycostumes.com. I mean, seriously, Deluxe Enchanted Queen of Hearts? This is barely even a real thing! Also, this is hideous.
I much prefer humor for my costumes than trying to make something sexy that’s not. I would choose something more along the lines of this guy 🙂
I stuck to my guns in college and rocked this look in college. That bow on my head is obnoxious. And, yes, I was doing cheers all night. Staying in character is key!
Note: I think you get more attention being something funny than being something sexy. The sexy thing is so overdone, and you’ll just blend into the crowd.
So, there are my two cents on costumes.
Moving on, here are a few interesting statistics on Halloween:
- Approximately 589 million pounds of candy are bought for Halloween. That’s an average of 13.5 pounds of candy per child. (Shape.com)
- $2.5 billion will be spent on costumes this year. $0.3 billion of this will be spent on pet costumes. (TheStreet.com) Wow, is all I can say.
- There are 41 million potential trick-or-treaters ages 5-14 years old (Halloweenstats.com)
Now let’s talk candy. My sister and I used to come home with pillow cases of Halloween candy. Pillow cases of it! My dad would take us out for hours while my mom usually stayed home to pass out candy. When we got home, my sister and I would count and trade our goods. My mom is a teacher, so she always had us do fun sorting and math activities that we really didn’t even know were educational at the time; we just thought we were playing with our profits!
I’m really not much of a candy person. I’d much rather have a piece of cake, ice cream, cookies, frosting, pie, etc. But since Halloween really is all about candy, here are some fast calorie counts for you.
- 3 York Peppermint Patties: 150 calories
- 2 Fun-Size M&Ms packs: 147 calories
- 6 Mini 3 Musketeers bars: 146 calories
- 7 Hershey Kisses: 157 calories
- 3 Mini Twix: 150 calories
- 6 Dum-Dum Pops: 150 calories
- Pop Rocks package: 25 calories (These things take me back to middle school days…)
- 8 Starburst candies: 163 calories
- 2 Fun-Size Peanut M&Ms packs: 180 calories
- 3 Snack Size Almond Joy: 200 calories
- 16 Sour Patch Kids: 150 calories
I’m really not a strict “calorie counter,” but around holidays I think it’s good for me to have a gauge on what exactly is going into my mouth. Otherwise, my pants may not fit and, I really would have to wear that Gumby costume.
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What are you being for Halloween? Do you like the holiday better as an adult or was it more fun as a kid? What’s your take on sexy costumes?
Ignorance is bliss, M! Like I needed another reason to throw away the Almond Joys – they seem to have to most calories!!!
Whose BCHS cheerleading outfit?!
Ha! Katie Loughery’s I think.