Last year for Halloween, we dressed up, but we didn’t go out. This year, we’re all feeling a little more confident and safe about the areas neighboring Whimsieville. In fact, do you know, it’s been months and months since we’ve heard anything that sounds even remotely like a dog? That Mr. Squee sure must be doing his job well! He’s keeping all the dogs far, far away. So this year, we decided to be brace and go out trick- or- treating.
Yes! We have gone out trick or treating! In fact, we just got back. And what a blast it’s been! If I’d known it was going to be this much fun, I would have done everything I could to overcome my silly fear of dogs even sooner than this! But wait, wait…I’m getting way ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning.
I guess the beginning was a few weeks ago, when I let the beans slip (let the cat out of the bag??) that we Whimsies do actually enjoy a bit of sweets now and then. Last year, we were keeping that a secret, so even if we had decided to go trick-or-treating, we wouldn’t have been able to share that with you here, and sometimes sharing is half the fun. But now that everybody knows how much Whimsies love candy, it only makes sense that we would go trick-or-treating. We talked about it for a while, and Tillie and (to a lesser extent) Trixie convinced me it would be safe, if we only went to the houses on either side of Whimsieville. We happen to know for a fact that no dogs live in either of those houses, so I became convinced it would be safe after all to take our Big Trick-or-Treating Adventure.
So, that’s how it started. But next…we got shoes. See, last year we only had one pair of shoes, and also those pretty pink ballet slippers that go with the Fairy Princess outfit. But even then, it meant one of us would have to go with no shoes, and that simply was not an option. Traveling within the confines of Whimsieville we often go barefoot, but once you get outside the gates, there’s Concrete and Asphalt, which are very difficult surfaces for delicate Whimsie feet.
But now we have shoes…lots and lots of shoes! So we know that whatever outfits we might put together, we would be able to add some appropriate shoes to finish off the look, and make us able to safely and comfortably walk those long distances past the gates of Whismieville.
After getting all those shoes, we began to rummage through our wardrobe, seeing if we could put together any new looks that might be good for Halloween. We did indeed find some new looks, but none of them were quite as good as the outfits we had last year. So ultimately, we just decided to repeat. (If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it…right?)
Actually, Trixie has had a hankering to be the Fairy Princess ever since last Halloween, so she gravitated right towards that outfit, and as you can see her, she does it tremendous justice! Trixie’s even taken it up a notch, adding a hot pink shirt rather than the simple white one I wore last year, and she’s also added white tights. What a conglomeration of colors! She considered wearing the sparkly pink sneakers with the Fairy Princess outfit, and while those might have served her quite well, in the end she was set on the pink satin slippers. They are not as rugged as the sneakers, but no matter—once we got on our way, Trixie spent so much time skipping and jumping, pretending she could fly, that her feet barely ever touched the ground, and the slippers remain in good shape, even after a Halloween outing.
Tillie played around with the pirate outfit, and with all her crazy hair, we just had to laugh and agree that she makes the perfect pirate! Doesn’t the eye patch look absolutely adorable on her? Adding the brown suede boots even gives the impression of pirate boots…well…sorta. It was the best she could do, and she spent most of the evening clomping around, shouting “Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate’s life for me!” So those poor little boots really got a workout!
Now as for me, I end up with the pumpkin outfit, which suits me just fine. I always wondered what it would feel like to be fat, and this gave me an opportunity to try it out. But it’s a most peculiar feeling I don’t particularly care for! It’s very difficult to stand upright when your belly is this big! I kept wanting to fall forward, and had to pull myself upright at the last minute. Luckily, my black patent leather shoes gave me some good footing, and as we traveled the concrete and asphalt roads to the Neighbors’ Houses I was even able to get off a little tap dancing! That made the Holiday feel extra festive!
But wait! I’m getting ahead of myself again! Before we went out, Miss Chrissy said she would like to take a picture of us on the front step. She remembered that when she was a girl, she and her sister would often go out trick-or-treating together, and their Mom would take a picture of them before they left on their adventure. Well, all this talk about being a girl got Miss Chrissy feeling nostalgic, and she went into the Photo Box and dug up one of those pictures of herself with her sister, sitting on the front step in their Halloween costumes.
Oh my! Isn’t this funny! The funny part for me is that this is the way I remember Miss Chrissy, because this is what she looked like when we used to live together all those years ago, before I got taken away by wolves. I don’t remember Halloween, or trick-or-treat, from back in those days, because back in those days young Whimsies didn’t do such things. But I do remember Miss Chrissy like this. Of course she’s much older now, and does look different, but we Whimsies are really good at seeing past the superficialities of age, and seeing the person inside. So when I look at this picture of Miss Chrissy, I remember who she was when we first knew each other…but at the same time, I can easily see that she’s exactly the same person.
I must say, though…I don’t understand those “Halloween costumes” she and her sister are wearing. What is this all about? They look like they are made of colorful plastic, which has been added over their thick Winter coats. How is that a costume? And why does her sister have all those dots on her face? Miss Chrissy assures me that no…her sister did not regularly have dots on her face, but that it must have been part of her costume. But why doesMiss Chrissy not have dots on her face as well? Hmmm…Miss Chrissy had to think about that one for a while. And then it came to her! Obviously, her costume also included a Mask, which her mother made her take off for the picture.
Miss Chrissy does not remember anything in particular about these Halloween costumes, and her clearest memory about Halloween is her cousins coming in and telling her that someone on the other side of the block was giving out DECKS OF CARDS!! Entire, whole decks of cards!! Wow!! And someone else was giving toothbrushes.
Sigh…
But I’m getting off track again, aren’t I? Sorry about that! I guess it’s just that I’m a little hyped up from all the CANDY we’ve eaten tonight! Because even though we only went to a few houses on either side of Whimsieville, boy did we bring in a load of candy! Here’s a picture of us with only a portion of it. The rest of it was already in our bellies by this point.
It was really hard to sit still for this portrait, but I hope it conveys how very excited we are by the whole idea of Halloween and trick-or-treating and FREE CANDY!!! As you can see here, we had two trick-or-treat bags that were shaped like pumpkins, but since I was already shaped like a pumpkin, I let Tillie and Trixie use those special bags. I had to go to Miss Chrissy’s Pocketbook Closet to find something to put my candy in. I took her very smallest little purse—and even so, it was enormous for me!! But that’s okay, because I think all the people who gave us candy felt that if I had such a very big bag, it ought to be filled with lots and LOTS of candy.
I made out like a bandit!
Huh! A bandit. That’s giving me an idea for a new Halloween costume for next year…
Yes, I’m already thinking about next year. Because this was so much fun. And the best part was realizing how much fun you can have, when you don’t let your fears tell you what you should and shouldn’t do. Sometimes it’s okay to take a chance that there won’t be dogs (because sometimes there won’t be) and then you go off and see things you’ve never seen before, and get lots and lots of delicious candy.
All in all, this was a fun and successful evening.
So! Now! it’s my turn to talk about sweets! First, Tessie accidentally let the cat out of the bag, (no, not Mr. Squee! As if you ever could keep him in a bag!) then Tillie picked up with a full confession that we Whimsies enjoy a bit of sweet now and then. She happened to mention that I was partial to chocolate, and oh my! That is true! But there’s something else I want to talk about in regard to chocolate.
Speaking of songs, there’s also that song, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Being home is always comfortable and extremely pleasant, so why do we actually sing about it when we’re home for Christmas?
because when they send out their catalog just before Christmas, there is so much wonderful stuff to look at in there, you could get a tummy ache just turning the pages!
Till then, I had only had the opportunity to sneak a bite or two of a Snickers bar from Abigail, my human. She wasn’t nice enough to share it with me, so I would sneak a tiny bite now and then, when she wasn’t looking. And it was delicious! Looking at The Swiss Colony catalog, I always dreamed that those chocolates would taste just as good.
The Hoarder dropped that Swiss Colony box right where she stood and started running around frantically, looking for blankets and coats that she knew she had “somewhere,” and while she ran all around like a crazy person, I scurried over to the box and grabbed one WHOLE Petit Four that was completely chocolate and had a giant T on the top. The T was part of the word “Christmas,” because the candies spelled out “Merry Christmas,” but as far as I was concerned, that T was for TRIXIE and that candy was MINE!
And that day came when I got to Whimsieville! Last Halloween, we Whimsies all dressed up in costumes (I was a Pirate!) and even though we told you we didn’t go Trick or Treating because we don’t eat candy…well, that was only partially true. In fact, we did not go Trick or Treating, mostly because there might be dogs in the neighborhood, and Tessie was afraid, but Miss Chrissy had quite a bit of candy left over after serving up all the 
Trick-or-Treaters that came to our front door. Miss Chrissy reached deep into the bowl and gave each of us a piece of candy. And you’ll never guess what I got! No, not a Petit Four. I got a Snickers! My very own Snickers!
Last time, when Tessie was here, talking about all those Whimsies in their pretty party dresses…she let the cat out of the bag. No, not Mr. Squee! As if you ever could keep him in a bag! He’s such a big strong guy, he would just head-butt and claw his way out of the bag! No, “let the cat out of the bag” is a saying that means you let a secret slip. And accidentally, Tessie let a big secret slip. Did you catch it?
First, I want to apologize to all of you for keeping any secrets at all. All three of us Whimsies want to apologize, in fact, but after much discussion about how to handle this matter, I was chosen to be the spokesperson. And I’m glad to do it. Because I don’t like keeping secrets. And I’m not even sure why we ever did in the first place.
We can’t figure out why, but our best guess is that it’s because as Whimsies we are naturally so sweet already, that the sweetness of cakes, cookies, candies, ice creams, etc. just naturally blends so well with our temperament. It’s a fact of life that everyone likes things that confirm what they already know and love, and so it seems we Whimsies have no objection to anything sweet…even food!
in doing so. Maybe we were feeling embarrassed about it. so we thought of it as a “Guilty Pleasure,” putting the emphasis on “Guilt” instead of where it out to be—on “Pleasure.”
Miss Chrissy was right to leave us to our own devices, and we have at last thought this all through, and now that we’ve made this confession, we feel really good about it. We hope you can forgive us for our previous deception. We are DONE feeling guilty about the pleasure of eating sweets! And now that we’ve come clean, we’re looking forward to sharing with you our feelings on some of our favorite desserts. 
Throughout this post, we’ve added a few pictures of some of our favorite foods. Tessie is partial to pure sugar treats, like lollipops and gumdrops—which is why she got so excited by the idea of a game called Smash the Pop. And since she felt worst of all for spilling our secret, to help her feel better, Trixie and I let her pick the icon for any posts where we’ll talk about Sweets. Take a look at the column of icons on the right, and you’ll see Tessie’s choice on the bottom.
As for Trixie, she is partial to chocolate in all forms, but nevermoreso than when it is topped by pink icing! So you can guess which of these pictures is here by her request! And one of Trixie’s very favorite sweets of all…you guessed it! Pink cotton candy! What could be sweeter?
candies, and those are just about the most delicious things I’ve ever eaten!
