So, we have a family tradition of going to Chipotle on Halloween. In past years, if you dressed like a Burrito (which basically meant if you had tinfoil anywhere on your body), you would get a free Burrito. This year, they made it a bit more challenging. You had to dress like a "horrifying" processed food product in order to get a $2 burrito. More work for less value, but we were up to the challenge. They also had a contest and the best costumes had a chance to win various prizes.
Well, I can't help myself. I'm practical. If I'm going to dress up in candy to get a discount on a burrito, you can bet that I'm not going to spend more than I'll save in the process! We had a package of Oreos in the pantry with 2 cookies left, so if you look close you'll see them suspended over our heads. Beth bought a package of Mentos and a package of Skittles at Wal-Mart, and we went together as the "candy queen and princess". :-)
Funny story, and maybe you had to be there... But part of our costumes were recycled from last year when Mike created a hat and Elizabeth and I had headbands with wire "ding-a-lings" on which we suspended burritos made of foam and covered with tinfoil. Does that make sense? Anyway, a couple weeks before Halloween, Mike and I were driving down the highway, and I was quietly brainstorming what I would do for my processed food costume. Thinking about how we could reuse our hat/headbands from last year, I randomly blurted out: "Hey, I think we could just go to Chipotle with Twinkies on our ding-a-lings; that should work!" You should have seen the strange expression on Mike's face...I guess he's just not very imaginative. ;-)
So here is Mike in his corn-syrup laden Twizzlers "dude-man" costume complete with Twizzler mullet and chipotle medallion. Very original, that's for sure! And all of his work with the hot glue gun paid off because he was one of the WINNERS of a $250 burrito party for 20 people!! Duuuuude....
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