Costume Shock

    During the family Skype session a few days ago, the conversation turned to Halloween.  Annabel said she wanted to be a witch, a good witch, by the way. She thought her brother Theo should be a bat.  Papa volunteered he would be a pirate.  No one asked me.  I went into the bedroom and slipped into an actual costume.  I don't think I have ever worn a real costume in my entire life, but I happened to have in the house a cast-off left over from Marilyn's annual scholastic theme event, the year of the cartoon characters:   an adult sized, all -encompassing Tweety Bird with orange feet and big round canary head.  I walked into the Skype viewing area where Annabel was watching.  The instant she saw me, she froze  in mid-conversation.  Her eyes got big and she exclaimed (and  that is the right word)------"Oh, MY goodness!!"          O, the horror, I hope she's not marred for life.