I tried not to think too much about the party but now that we have the tickets, I am getting more and more excited.
The only thing better would be to find some shirts the 3 of us will wear that will be a low key costume.
As I read through the questions being asked, I will give the best advise I have gotten over the years of going to the party is... It may not go with your costume but I highly recommend taking a backpack to stash all the candy. Each year we have gone, everyone in our party has collected about 5 pounds of candy each. Last year there were 5 (25lbs) of us, the year before 3 of us (18 lbs). We didn't hit every station but we did go to a lot of them. We aren't picture people so we passed those lines up. We also typically left shortly after the fireworks, so not to the bitter end. I'm sure some have collected more candy and some less but the way we do it is to take the little bags they gave us and as they started to get full, we dumped it into a plastic bag inside the backpack. A few years ago I carried a pillow case instead and my hands were slipping off my grip by the end of the night and our son was not getting more candy (God forbid!) because he didn't want to carry it any more. I would think if you have younger ones but not taking a stroller to stash it away, take a backpack!!!
OK, back to planning!
Sue
ps...HI Sherry!