Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 27, 2013

Those Smarties smart!

If Alice weren’t so totally self-absorbed, she might have heard what Petey said and avoided the Fright and Fall episode. Poor Dad; he gets all the blame….

Woo-hoo! Tacky grandmabrag alert – last night the creator of my avatar (who drew it on the computer shortly before or after her sixth birthday – she’s eleven now) won first prize for the best costume among the oldest age group at the annual Halloween skate at our village Lions Club hall (Wisconsin). She wore a black capelike thing, a silly chicken head, and sunglasses. As a pièce de résistance, she carried a fake foot with bloody ankle that she’d gotten at a Dollar Tree the previous week. The foot was a big hit with the younger kiddies, who kept touching it, and a younger boy who fought it with his light saber. (She has assured me that the thing won’t turn her into a mass murderer.)

The pink bat costume actually looks cute.

It could be worse, Petey. I hated getting taffey

Ohhhh, you don’t knowwwww, the state I’m in…..

It’s raining candy, but not in a good way. At least your bag isn’t too full or heavy now.

Just what IS Petey’s Halloween costume? I can’t figure it out!!!

Yeah, I remember him saying that but I still don’t get it. Thanks anyway :)

Petey’s wearing a shoe box on his head. This is a scathing commentary on consumer culture because he ostentatiously did NOT spend any money on his costume, and thus did not feed the Halloween-Industrial-Complex ogre.I’ve started taking the kids to the St. Vincent thrift shop (Goodwill would work, too, but the nearest town doesn’t have one, and St. V’s works well), not to thumb my nose at consumerism, but because the costumes are cheaper, better, and lend themselves better to originality.

Alice deserves it. She is such a brat. Her parents are wimps for not punishing her when she is bad. Bad example for kids. I’d smack her in the behind a few times.