Or, if you’re like me, you can be a cat, again.
Or, you could forget the whole damn thing and do what any normal grown-up adult would do and dress up your pet. More on that in a bit.
Halloween in Philadelphia
First, let me tell you a story about Halloween in Philadelphia. I’ve lived here for YEARS, but last year was my very first halloween-at-home experience. Growing up I lived in a small town off a small street with a long driveway. We never had trick-or-treaters. And last year was the first time since I moved to the city that I wasn’t living in an apartment or loft building.
So after 31 years of living, I got to experience my REAL Halloween. And it was INSANE. I’m talking you go through $200-worth-of-candy insane. I’m talking if you even think of handing-out-healthy-food-you’ll-definitely-be-robbed-that-night insane. In the suburbs, it’s typical to expect trick-or-treaters if your outside lights are on. In the city, you have to stand on your stoop if you want kids to stop. And stop they did, because THIS was the most popular costume of the night (Yeah, even more popular than you, 75th Elsa from Frozen I saw in a row) and she sat in the window modeling for all her admirers.
Why yes, that is a tiny grown-up kitten named Kit Cat in a bee costume. She hated it so much. It was amazing.
Hairy N’ Scary Contest at Acme
Acme Markets (and all Albertson’s brand grocery stores!) are throwing a Hairy N’ Scary contest this Halloween season along with Purina brand pet foods. Winners will receive a $250 donation along with ten bags of Purina ONE® ten bags of Purina® Cat Chow® (16 lb.), in their name, to their local, non-profit, accredited animal shelter or rescue to assist with housing, feeding, caring for, and finding families for, thousands of dogs, cats and other lovable creatures! Enter Acme Market’s Hairy N’ Scary contest here to help pups and cats in your area!
In celebration of the big night next Saturday Night, we thought we’d share a step-by-step guide to the best Halloween ever featuring the times our TN writers tortured their pets, all in the spirit of Halloween:
Emily and Piper
Step one: Find a witch costume. Dress dog in said witch costume:
Step 2: Find a pink robe set with matching hat. Take dog to get professional pictures done at Sears or somewhere similar:
Danelle and Blitzen
Step 3: Put an orange and black tie on a small dog:
Step 4: Dress small dog up like a lion. Laugh at its misery:
Anne and her dog Moose
Step 5: Make large dog a small creature, like a squirrel. Chuckle at your creativity: a squirrel… and a moose… get it?
Heidi and her dog
Step 6: If you’re daring, feel the wrath of a cat name Kit Cat and steal her look:
Step 7: Put small dog in smaller jorts because #EGBTT:
Amanda and her pretty dog
Step 8: Dress large dog in fairy costume. Attempt to put hula flowers around it’s large head:
Laura and her Doberman
Step 9: Dress Large dog up as popular childhood red-headed character Add a top hat for giggles:
Julie and Maggie
Step 10: Dress small pup up as pumpkin. Consider if this is God’s way of telling you it’s time to have kids.
And there you have it! A foul proof plan to the best Halloween ever for you.
Make sure to enter YOUR Halloween pet costume pictures by tweeting or Instagramming #HairynScary tagging @ACMEMarkets or uploading your entry to Acme here!*
Enter the Hairy N’ Scary Contest Here!
*If you’re not near an Acme, enter at one of these stores:
Albertson’s; Jewel-Osco; Shaws; Star Market; Carrs; Pavilions; Randalls; Safeway; Tom Thumb; Vons
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Albertsons Safeway. The opinions and text are all mine.
