do you leave a bowl of candy out front

[silva]

We did last year while we went out to TOT. Came back to the house after visiting about 6 houses and the whole thing was gone.

never again.

[bonquiqui]

Nope

[cheeseandcrackers]

no way! kids take advantage of that

[juliagoulia]

I do.

It's a formality, as we never get TOTers.

So then I bring the bowl in and eat it all myself.

[ECB]

We did last year. We were out almost the entire ToTing time last year.

It's candy we want to give out. I don't know how much I REALLY care if the kids are good and take just a few pieces or if one kid is a jackass and takes the whole thing. I really don't want any candy sitting around my house anyhow!

[nahoku]

We have in the past. I can't remember if it's all gone by the time we get back (we usually just go around the block) but if it is, that's okay with me. Less leftovers for me to eat! And, when we're done TOTing, it's usually because the kids are tired and it's near their bedtimes. Then I can just turn off the lights and call it a night.

[idoinjuly]

I'm going to for the first time this year. I feel like I committed a TOT no no last year because we took our kids TOTing and didn't give any out. This year we will take them and leave a bowl out.

[wannabe]

Yeah. Did it last year and we'll do it again tomorrow. I don't really care if they grab that shit by the handful. First come, first served bitches!

[CurlyQ284]

Ive never been gone on Halloween

I've always wondered what happens if you just leave an empty bowl? Kids think its already been taken by earlier ToTers and you don't have to buy candy. DH is convinced that would get the house egged.

[flutterfly]

Yes. We get like one trick-or-treater, so we end up with almost a whole bowl still left over...and I'm okay with that!

[walterismydog]

I don't get any trick or treaters at my secret cottage.

If I did, though, I don't think I'd leave a bowl out. I may be scroogey, but I feel like some punkass jerk would take it all.

[leancuisine]

I did once and came back 30min later to find that the (now empty) bowl had been thrown in the middle of the yard.

Now I'm a Halloween grinch and turn my lights off ane don't give out anything. I do have a candy basket at work, so my CWs get treats from me.

[looseseal]

I'm not sure if I would. We've always been around, and now my parents come to our house to pass out candy so we can take the kids ToT.

[ginap]

Nope. We don't get many kids that ToT so it would end up in my belly.

[Alyssa]

Leave a whole bowl out with no one guarding it?  The candy would be gone within 1 minute.

[Deleted]

Yes. I always leave a note saying how many pieces to take. I assume it lasts until the first kid unaccompanied by an adult shows up.

[roxysoxy]

We do this while we're out trick-or-treating.  We go out early enough where it's mostly younger kids with their parents who monitor how much candy they take.  Even if one kid does take all the candy, I don't really care. 

[speckledfrog]

Oct 30, 2013 13:42:48 GMT -5 idoinjuly said:

I'm going to for the first time this year. I feel like I committed a TOT no no last year because we took our kids TOTing and didn't give any out. This year we will take them and leave a bowl out.

I'm debating on what we should do this year now that we are actually going TOT.  I think we'll do the first few houses together and then I'll finish one side of the block with W and switch with H so it'll really only be a few minutes that one of us isn't home.

[puppyluv]

We leave a bucket out so the TOTers don't rile up the dogs. I check on the bucket every hour or so and refill as needed until we are out.

Although it just dawned on me that we don't have a porch light this year because the H hasn't put the new ones up. I don't know if they will see the candy bucket once it gets dark.

[trafficgirl]

We left a bowl out a year or two ago while we went out to dinner. The whole thing was gone by the time we got back - and we hardly get any ToTers. Which means some punk kid(s) took it all.

So no, I won't leave a bowl out again.

I hate having to answer the door though, so I might just be a scrooge and turn off all the lights and hide out. Halloween is my least favorite holiday.

[iamgrace]

We didn't do this even when we lived somewhere that had ToTers

[pantsparty]

We will be home, but yes, I would.

[snickers]

I don't think I would do this.

[teeah22]

I did last year, with a sign saying "Don't be greedy!" I feel crotchety just typing that, but apparently it worked. There was a respectable amount of candy still left when we got back from TOT.

[agnes]

I have. And I put a little note that said "Plese take one"

[eddy]

no

No one TOT on our street because it is busy and there are a ton of residential streets right behind us.

It is nice because we don't feel obligated to get back quickly for TOTers. We can just walk around with our traveler and kids lol.

[Deleted]

No. We just go out with the girls and leave our lights off. Oh well.

[lovesherheels]

We leave a bowl out every year. DH and I don't have kids and, unfortunately, our friends with kids have moved from the neighborhood. It's not as fun to stay in and give out candy as it was when our friends brought their kids by. So now we go out to dinner and have a few drinks, and leave a bowl of candy on the porch. It's usually gone by the time we get back ... but the last thing I need is a big bowl of candy sitting around in my house. So I don't mind.

[stephm0188]

No.

If we both go out with the kid, then we stick a note on the door directing kids to our neighbor's house. They give out our candy and theirs til one of us gets back. No way am I leaving 20lbs of candy unattended.

[aussiecrush]

This is the first year we'll be out for long enough for it to matter and we are leaving out a bowl. We don't get a lot of trick or treaters though.