copperbadge:

Okay, so I did go to Target, which is very nearby, since I needed flour and cough syrup. And I ended up in line directly in front of THE MOST EXCITED CHILD EVER. They were doing all their Halloween shopping and he was SO STOKED FOR HALLOWEEN.

I’m standing in line with my sad collection of groceries and suddenly something soft brushes against my leg and I’m like….THE FUCK

I turn around and there is a TINY CHILD with a fake spider THE SAME SIZE AS HIM

“DID I SCARE YOU? HALLOWEEN IS SO SOON, DID I SCARE YOU?”

I look up and make eye contact with his mother who is…the MOST embarrassed for her three-foot-tall proto-goth child

Me: YES. SO SCARY. OH MY. WHAT A BIG SPIDER.
Him: HE’S THE SCARIEST. HALLOWEEN IS SO CLOSE!
Me: Is it your favorite?
Him: *screaming* YES IT IS. I’M GOING TO BE SPIDER-MAN. 
Me: *eye contact with his mother* Good. Spider-man is great and Halloween is THE BEST.
Him: *EXCITED INCOHERENT SHRIEKING* 
His mother: *mouthing* thank you

And then as I left I leaned over and said “You have the best Halloween ever.”

Honestly I remember being the most excited ever about Halloween as a child. So I kind of feel like an elder who just blessed the youngest member of our tribe with a lifetime of Halloween joy. 

And then I came home and passed out for a little while, but soon I will make cookies. Soon.