Village Halloween Parade

 I have never really been a big "Halloween person". Mostly because of the insane schedule I always seem to have. I usually work or sleep. My favorite Halloween to date, was last year. My roommate, Shanna, and I were exhausted from the dance department and Halloween happened to be the first night off we had in weeks. Celebrate? Not exactly. We waited in line at Chipotle dressed in foil (because that is what you have to do to get a free burrito on Halloween). We happily brought our free burrito bowls back to our apartment where we dusted off our never watched television and watched 20/20. It was simply an awesome night.

Well this weekend, some of our girlfriends in the program were hosting a Halloween party for the other dancers. We haven't had a chance to hang out, outside the dance studio so I was really excited. We also had plans to go to the 38th annual Village Halloween Parade. My roomie read somewhere that this parade was on some list of "100 things to do before you die". Ironically the parade was the wost part of the evening.

We arrived an hour early, which apparently is too late to get a spot to see... anything. We did see these cool skeletons, but unfortunately that's about it. This photograph is literally all I saw of the parade.

Others were more determined to actually see what was going on. Like this man.

Just wait, it gets worse. Now obviously this parade is crowded. Very crowded. We are in a group of about 9-12 so being super crowded wasn't too uncomfortable, at least we weren't hugging strangers. At one point in our huddle, a mini parade of small children tried to cut through to reach the street. Since they were small children, we all shuffled and rearranged for our friends passing through. I ended up on the outside of the huddle, pinned very closely to a man behind me. I didn't think much of it. I got distracted by the kid dressed as Michael Jackson. Then I noticed it. The guy behind me was rocking? What the heck? Then I felt it. His (ehhemm) friend? Needless to say, I freaked out. Thank goodness my friend Jon was stand right next to me. I grabbed his arm with a death grip and demanded to trade places. The mysterious humping man realized he was busted and disappeared into the crowd.

I'm emotionally scarred. I had plans to go to the Thanksgiving parade, but I want to avoid parades for a while.

This weekend didn't quite top my Chipotle Halloween, but it was an adventure for sure. Also made for some hilarious photographs.

Happy Halloween Everyone