Well, it's that time of the week - the Halloween countdown on our block has begun! Families are putting out there decorations, which have developed a nasty habit of blowing away in the wind these last few days, and neighbourhood kids have been trying on their costumes over their school cloths and running down the street to break them in. True to form, my house was able to take on my Halloween challenged issued on the last post. Here's an update:
We made super-baggies this year! With extra sandwich glad bags, we put in one super-cool-designed pencil, one milk chocolate race-car, one candy necklace, and two individual bags on Maynard's candy (sour peaches, sweedish berries, etc). The bags are fun and colourful, contain something useful, and kids love to see what's in them. 22 baggies, and lots of candy left over for any extra kids! :)
So let's break that down - The Maynard's 75 candy pack was, rounding up, $7. The Big bin of candy necklaces was $5. The chocolate cars were $4 in total, and the 22 pencils I got in two seperate packs at the dollar store, each costing $2. That brings the cost up to $20, not including the glad sandwich bags, which were already in our kitchen.
We took a trip to the grocery store and went food-happy! A 2kg bag of rice, a big bag of noodles, a can of peas, of corn, and of mixed vegetables, a box of couscous, two cans of tuna, and three big cans of heart Habitant soups&stews brought the count to just under $22. We bought that list, and left the bags in the food-bank bin at the back of the grocery store. And it was a lot of fun shopping for food for someone else!
And there you have it - proof this challenge is possible! But why go on hearsay - try it yourself and see!!! You'll be surprised at how fun, and thrifty, it can be!! So go on, give your inner-Scrooge a scare, and tackle the Halloween challenge! You'll be glad you did.
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