Halloween Anxiety

Getting slammed with trick or treaters at our annual party.

When eight children grow up, family events become delightfully crowded. With the addition of  in-laws, grandchildren and friends, our get-togethers swell each year. What began as my daughter's idea of one-stop trick or treating is now a popular site on the local Halloween Sugar Trail. Adults hand out goodies in the driveway while their own goblins roam the streets for even more candy. Trick or treating at my daughter's house yields 15 times the candy of one normal Halloween hit.
There is a lot of pressure for the adults to dress in costume and join the festivities. I have for two years relied on my trusted golf cart to be my costume, and I am a mere accessory.

Spongebob Squarepants in his Driving School Boat

An adult donning his costume.

I won the coveted "Best Costume" award for two consecutive years, and I was so obnoxious about winning, they retired the contest, thinking that would shut me up.



Herein lies my dilemma. Halloween is in two days, and I have done nothing to prepare my costume. As a result, I'm stressed and grouchy, and can think of nothing else.

 Spongebob and me.  Note the revolving helmet light.

Not only am I clueless for a costume, it's really cold outside and it will be torturous to decorate the golf cart.
I appeal to you, the reader, to suggest a costume that:

1. Centers around the golf cart.
2. Is cheap.
3. Is quick and easy.
4. Will be spectacular.
5. (For bonus points) Includes Spongebob.

The reader who submits the winning suggestion will receive their choice of a crabby cockatiel, a yippy, untrained dog or an autographed picture of me as Flo the Progressive Insurance Girl.

Here's my email: bernadettewickersham@gmail.com