Halloween Horror

Today was Day #5 in the quest to find Sarah her Halloween costume. You see, my mom (a.k.a. Tyra the Taskmaster) didn't come for her yearly Fall visit. This means stuff that I usually put off doing until she is here to MAKE me do such as clean up all the crap . . . I mean clutter from off the top of my dryer and finding Halloween costumes for kids. . . still hasn't been done. There can't be anything more TORTUROUS in my book (other than potty-training a stubborn 2 1/2 year old) than trying to round up costumes for 3 kids. That in and of itself is the perfect call to action for birth control. Less kids means less costumes which means less stress and headaches for mothers that can't figure out cutesy costumes for her kids every year. Since we struck out YET AGAIN in the quest to find a costume for Sarah, I figured I wouldn't make the same mistake as last year and do the Halloween candy run at 6:45 p.m. on Halloween night. Just for future reference in case you didn't already know, it's a very very very good idea to purchase Halloween candy prior to Halloween. Otherwise, you might have to do what we did last year and A. Turn off all the lights in the house and pretend that you're not home or B. Send hubby and 3 kids down the street and around the corner to Trick or Treat to as many houses as possible and as fast as possible, returning to the house so mom can pillage through the kids' Halloween stash and "re-gift" all the yucky candies that mom and kids won't eat OR giving out the candy that has peanut flour, peanuts, nuts, etc. in it that would otherwise have the potential of killing my second-born child.

Anyway, I decided to buy candy today so I wouldn't run the risk of forgetting about that minor detail again this year. I had a BRILLIANT idea. I decided to buy candy that my kids didn't like or that they aren't particularly fond of. One of the 5 bags of candy I purchased was an 8 pound bag of tootsie rolls, tootsie pops, dots, etc. Sarah and Mateo aren't fans of tootsie anythings. Tino likes it, but is away at school and baseball practices, games, etc. so he won't even remember it's in the house. So guess who has eaten about 20 pieces of the tootsie rolls today? Yes, I have eaten the midgies, the long skinny ones, the fat/stalkier ones, the fruit flavored ones, etc. This is why I can't have this stuff in my house because I have NO self-control. My head is pounding so hard right now cause of the sugar rush. My tummy hurts big time. And I just did a search to see how many calories those tootsie things have. Let me tell you IT'S NOT WORTH IT. So much for having Saturday be my non-workout day. I better put the kids to bed right now and head back over to the gym. So much for my brilliant idea.