My Purple Hayes Daze

Well, after fretting over $30 costume options all week–which I now recognize is a bargain–Hayes and I arrived at my dear friend Allison’s Halloween gathering fashionably late this past weekend.  Of course, our tardiness was totally unintentional.  And we had a very good reason for not arriving on time.  But I couldn’t help but think the delay could not have been better planned.  My dear friend Allison was bold enough to tell me that I could not come to the party if Hayes and I were not going to show up in costume.  However, I knew she would have a hard time turning us away at the door–even if she wanted to–for not dressing up at all.

That’s right.  I resolved my Halloween angst by deciding not to participate at all.  Well…  That’s not entirely true.  The night before going to Allison’s, Hayes and I discussed all of the cool Halloween costumes we had seen (just like I had planned).  I asked him what he would want to be if he dressed up for Halloween.  He told me Ang, the Avatar.  So, that morning, I made a quick stop to purchase a set of face crayons.

The next night, when Allison opened the door, she asked me about Hayes’s costume.  I told her that he was the Avatar and pointed to the light blue arrow I had drawn on his forehead.  She laughed.  And let us in.

Whew!