Halloween Costume Shopping

Amy and I had an interesting night last night. But let me back up to yesterday morning. Yesterday morning my neighbor won four tickets on a local radio station to our local corn maize for last night. She called and asked Amy and I if we want to go. We said, “yes.” So all day we were all looking forward to going last night and being out of the house in the evening. However, it rained for the first time in weeks here Tuesday and yesterday (Wednesday). So the corn maize was closed last night.

But none of us just wanted to do the normal be at home watching TV thing last night—especially after looking forward to being out all day. So we eventually decided to go shopping for Halloween costumes. We started out at Mr. Lincoln’s Costume Shop. This was pretty cool. It was a traditional costume rental place. This was the first time I had ever been in a place like this. Costumes hung on the walls with masks, face paint, fake blood, fake teeth, and all the other Halloween costume accessories. We left there and went looking for a place called Trick-R-Treat. When we eventually found it after much out of the way driving (by the way—we were in two vehicles with Amy and me following) it turned out to be nothing more than a fulfillment location for internet orders. So we left there and started back towards AR. But then we found another place that sold costumes for adults—Party City. So we doubled back and went to Party City. We had lots of fun at Party City, even though no one bought anything. Our neighbors each tried on a costume (his & hers) and we all had fun with the masks. We left Part City and started home for good around 8:30.

So why were we shopping for Halloween costumes. After all, Amy and I don’t have a reason to dress up—no kids, no Halloween party. I finally asked while we were at Party City when we would wear these. It turns out my neighbors have been invited to a costume party. The one costume party that Amy and I have been invited to in Memphis was lots of fun. It was a couple of years ago and I went as a judge. I hope they have a good time in a few weeks.

I don’t know if we will get to do the corn maize on another night (Wednesday night was the Radio Station night) or not, but it looked like lots of fun. I will post about the corn maize if we get to go.