unofficial guide to candy trading.

first of all guys, so sorry for the delay of the guest blogger post for today. we still have not received it, so we are going to replace it by starting talking about HALLOWEEN trick or treating. and more specifically the magic of candy trading. if you don't know what candy trading is, clearly you have never fully experienced a true trick or treating event. since some of you have never gotten to do this we will explain it to you. basically after your long candy collection throughout the night, everyone brings their haul home, and you and your friends sit down for some trading of the sweets. every year it's basically the same. so here is a brief guide to the happenings and some tips on a successful trade:

1. anything and everything is quickly attempted to be swapped for the prized sour candy. usually the person will not except any of your offers. bribery is needed. you may have to give up a lot of small candy. but it's worth it to obtain the SOUR PATCH KIDS/sour fruit/warheads/sour straws/etc. 

2. nobody ever wants the tootsie rolls. or tootsie anything. end of sentence. 
 ( my family calls dog poop tootsie rolls)

3. you suddenly become an organizing machine! :
out of the blue, you start piling snickers with snickers, smarties with smarties, lollipops with lollipops, and the gross miscellaneous with the gross miscellaneous . 
admit it, by some point after trick -or-treating, your table/floor ends up looking like a this picture over here. -----------> 

4. you develop trading strategies.....pretending you hate a certain type of candy so that it is less vulnerable. pretending to love another type of candy when you actually hate it so you can get a better trade.  it's as if you are skilled candy dealer(:

5. sometimes hiding your candy works too. or EATING the candy secretly. keeps it mysterious. 

6. avoid parental hunger. aka parents swiping an almond joy  while you are in a angry conflict about the trade of a large chocolate bar for 10 packs of skittles. 

7. packs of cookies or small snacks are not worthy of trade. they should have been eaten prior to your trading session. and raisins should be burned, spit on, attacked, and thrown across your street while a large moving bus drives by. 

8. never agree when your trading partner suggests piling all of the candy into a huge stack and then dividing it up "randomly". hint: it is NEVER "RANDOM" . eventually it will turn into a lose lose situation. 

9. the allergy kids are always singled out. (sena would know this being one with dairy and nut allergies) it is a chance to steal all of the chocolate/nut products. reeses, hersheys, etc. 

10. if you recieve a deal for gummy body parts or fast food it should be met with questionable looks. and then quickly give away the fake gummies, if the other side of the deal is worthy. we're talking 4 smarties and above. 

11. make sure you secure your full candy packs. full packs of starbursts, fruit chews, kit kats, etc. do not give away even if you are met with a very tempting deal such as 20 jolly ranchers and 5 whoppers. 

12. after a successful and satisfying candy trade,  you end up feeling like a proud parent.... to/of your candy.  and then you admire your new pile of candy. before you attack/ consume it. 

for more information please see this informative video:

and for more last minute costumes click HERE.

xx, sena and angela

ps. listen to lots of halloween music, and be sure to comment your tips and tricks to candy trading and trick or treating! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELA!

today is the magical day in which it is ANGELA'S BIRTHDAY! through the interwebs we will gather here on this blog post to celebrate the birth of an awesome person. i'm taking over this blog to create this one day segment called "why angela is the best" 

Angela. 14 years ago you happened! you must have been awesome little child. and i know this because of all the insane stories you tell me about your mysterious childhood. 

but seriously. she's amazing. she's funny in the most unexpected ways, like everything that comes out of her mouth is hilarious!. especially the monologue we had to write last year. not just any ordinary person makes water bottles sound funny. she's extremely smart. especially in math and learning about tons of stuff like Fibonacci numbers. her brain contains tons of weird facts that she could tell you about at any moment. you guys get a taste of that when your reading her posts probably!  
and all her obsessions and her strange fandoms. and she's always the nicest, sweetest person you'll ever meet. 

anyways we've actually only known each other for like a year now, which is really surprising considering we get along like we've known each other our whole life. we're kind of the perfect superhero team, except we're kind of a weird one. so i don't know what will happen in the future and what to do with my life or this blog, but we will be there for each other!  (cue sentimental moment) even if the tv shows we pretend we will produce one day fail (they probably will. ) 

SO HERE'S TO YOUR 14 YEARS, AND 10,000 MORE.
eat lots of cake like a food hoarder, today is the day.  

give angela a big birthday shoutout and show her the love (we all know you have it,) 

love and pancakes (jack's flapjacks),
sena