As time goes on the details fade. Anyway, it was when I was probably about 7 or 8. Obviously Halloween was a big deal at that time at that age. FREE CANDY!
Well, I'm not quite sure why, but on this particular evening I didn't have a store-bought costume to wear. It may be the one year that I had to return the devil costume. Nevertheless, I did not have a costume to wear.
Mom sprung into action and put together a great last minute costume. She said "You can go as a pirate!" (I can't believe we didn't snap a photo). So she grabbed a bunch of old clothes and arranged them in such a way that I looked very passable as a quote unquote "pirate". Complete with eye patch. It actually looked great. She even daubed some makeup on my face to make it look like I had a beard.
Anyway, some people across the street were having a Halloween block party for the kids and this included a Halloween costume contest. Maybe 10 kids showed up. Boy it was a great time. Games and fun things going on. Anyway the costume contest was a fierce competition. Guess who won first place? Me!
So, good job Mom! Your last minute costume idea got me an extra bag of candy. When I won she got a good laugh and looked at me so proudly. That was a great memory!
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