So, I got my Halloween swap in Early October, meant to take a picture of it and kept forgetting and putting it off. And today is Halloween. OOPS!
In the package were a couple of teatowels (Dia de los Muertos skulls and one spiders, ghosts, bats, and pumpkins), some makeup for face painting suitable for Halloween/Day of the Dead, some fake nails (shiny shiny green), and Pez lollies along with a dispenser.
So, Pez. I have no idea how you're supposed to load the dispenser. Every time I tried, it just didn't work, or the Pez didn't dispense or it felt like it required disproportionate force. Something!
So, uh, I just opened the Pez packets and ate them. They were...very American candy, by which I mean they had the 'I am fake candy and don't you forget it' taste that I associate with much stuff you get in America. Maybe it's the HFCS? Who even knows anymore?
But, yeah, the Pez packages were weird - do you have to open them and then dispense the sweets one by one? Because I could find no easy way to open the package - the paper/foil tears circular, around the package, not straight up and down. It's very inconveniently designed IMO.
But, yes. Pez. And facepaint and nails. And teatowels.
And today is Halloween.
TBH, I'm still trying to decide whether to host ToT - around here, you decorate your fence or house or gate to indicate if you're willing to have people knock on the door. A possible addition that I'd really like to do - as I read about someone doing - is dragging out some bits and pieces and offering coffee, tea, or other beverages on the lawn (I'm not talking alcohol; sweet teas or tisanes or something). I mean, I'd offer a glass of wine because I'm not short of that around here but, well, I might get odd looks from the neighbours. Also, I'm not sure how RSA applies when you're having an alcoholic tea party on your lawn.
The point of the tea party is mostly to meet the parents. Establish rapport. Right now the parents stand at the gate and send the children up to the house - there's a path and stairs and a porch to get to the door - and the kids are cute, but it's the parents that are the key to building community.
And, sure, most people won't want more than a 'hi, yeah, I'll take a drink' and then nick off, because 'ew socially interacting with other human beings in your neighbourhood yuck who'd wanna do that' but a couple might be willing to chat a little. At the least, it would establish me as as a bit more than 'the lady in the house with the gardens'.
But, uh, thank you so much Halloween Swapper! I don't know if you want your name published, but I really appreciate it!
In the package were a couple of teatowels (Dia de los Muertos skulls and one spiders, ghosts, bats, and pumpkins), some makeup for face painting suitable for Halloween/Day of the Dead, some fake nails (shiny shiny green), and Pez lollies along with a dispenser.
So, Pez. I have no idea how you're supposed to load the dispenser. Every time I tried, it just didn't work, or the Pez didn't dispense or it felt like it required disproportionate force. Something!
So, uh, I just opened the Pez packets and ate them. They were...very American candy, by which I mean they had the 'I am fake candy and don't you forget it' taste that I associate with much stuff you get in America. Maybe it's the HFCS? Who even knows anymore?
But, yeah, the Pez packages were weird - do you have to open them and then dispense the sweets one by one? Because I could find no easy way to open the package - the paper/foil tears circular, around the package, not straight up and down. It's very inconveniently designed IMO.
But, yes. Pez. And facepaint and nails. And teatowels.
And today is Halloween.
TBH, I'm still trying to decide whether to host ToT - around here, you decorate your fence or house or gate to indicate if you're willing to have people knock on the door. A possible addition that I'd really like to do - as I read about someone doing - is dragging out some bits and pieces and offering coffee, tea, or other beverages on the lawn (I'm not talking alcohol; sweet teas or tisanes or something). I mean, I'd offer a glass of wine because I'm not short of that around here but, well, I might get odd looks from the neighbours. Also, I'm not sure how RSA applies when you're having an alcoholic tea party on your lawn.
The point of the tea party is mostly to meet the parents. Establish rapport. Right now the parents stand at the gate and send the children up to the house - there's a path and stairs and a porch to get to the door - and the kids are cute, but it's the parents that are the key to building community.
And, sure, most people won't want more than a 'hi, yeah, I'll take a drink' and then nick off, because 'ew socially interacting with other human beings in your neighbourhood yuck who'd wanna do that' but a couple might be willing to chat a little. At the least, it would establish me as as a bit more than 'the lady in the house with the gardens'.
But, uh, thank you so much Halloween Swapper! I don't know if you want your name published, but I really appreciate it!
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