Do I really have to wear tights? Seriously, do I really have to wear a pair of green tights for Halloween? My kids love it when I wear a costume when I take them trick-or-treating on Halloween, but I just don’t know if I can do it this year. I always tell myself that I am going to plan this out, that I won’t wait for the last minute, that I will come up with the best costume ever, but of course, life just gets in the way. Although my kids have been asking me for weeks what my costume is going to be, I honestly haven’t had time to devote much thought to it. In my defense, I try to wait until my kids have settled on their costumes so I can try to compliment theirs (this is my excuse anyway). This strategy worked well two years ago when my son decided to be Robin Hood for Halloween. My Little John costume was easy to put together and my son was thrilled.
The strategy backfired on me this year though. I didn’t make a costume decision. I kept putting it off. Now the decision has been made for me (by my kids and my wife). My oldest son is going as a Civil War soldier ghost. The youngest son is going as a chipmunk. My daughter though, well, my daughter is going as Tinker Bell. What does all of this mean for me? Yep, you guessed it. I get to go as Peter Pan. Now I can use my Little John hat and shirt for my Peter Pan costume, no problem there, but Peter Pan doesn’t wear blue jeans. Peter Pan wears green tights.
I just don’t think I can do it. I know my kids love it I wear a costume, but I just may have to disappoint them this year. I don’t mind dressing up as Peter Pan, I really don’t, but I have to draw the line at the tights. No one really expects me to wear the tights, do they? Seriously, I am not wearing the tights.
Anyone know where I can get a pair of green tights before Sunday?