Halloween At The Mall

Date: Saturday October 31, 2015
Location: Mall - El Paso, TX
Time: 12:40 pm - 1:40 pm

Today is October 31st, Halloween. Halloween is a holiday in which people young and old dress up in costumes for fun. The mood of the holiday is scary, spooky fun.

As I walked into the mall to get to my usual observation point, I saw a few people in costumes. Though Halloween is about spooky, scary fun, most of the costumes I saw on my way were of comedic and superhero characters.

Today doesn't seem very busy. Not many people are walking through my observation area. It has been a mix of costumed and regular people walking through.

Looking through the glass balcony at the lower level, I can see a stand that sells remote controlled cars and boats/vehicles. There is a man and a woman working at the stand. The man is wearing a black hat, black undershirt, orange button-up shirt, and blue jeans. He is wearing the colors of Halloween: orange and black. The woman is wearing a black sleeveless top, blue jeans, and brown knee-high boots. There are a lot of kids surrounding the area. Some of the kids are costumed, some are not. The woman lets some kids play with a ball that doesn't bounce. The kids seem to be having a good time. The woman is teaching a boy (not costumed) how to control a remote controlled car. The man in orange leaves for a while, but comes back. The man constantly talks to the woman, and he throws the non-bouncing balls at her a lot. Perhaps he is interested in her?

Across from me, at the restaurant  area is a young woman (facing me) standing in front of another woman (back is to me). The young woman has green hair, a gray tank top and make-up on her arm and chest and cheek. The make-up looks like holes in her flesh, as if her skin is rotting. It looks like she is putting make-up on the young woman in front of her. It seems like she is making her up to look like a zombie. Nobody in the area minds that they are doing this. Another young woman in black joins them. She seems to be their friend. Yet another girl joins them, wearing a beanie and flannel.

Business is slow for the restaurant today. A couple of customers for the ice cream place, a couple for the pretzel place, and a few for the cinnamon roll place.

The ethnic groups are: Latino (majority), Caucasian, black/African-American, and Asian. People of all ethnicities are dressed up for the holiday.

Gender-wise, costumes are pretty straightforward. The boys/males are wearing male superhero, video game, and monster (grim reaper, Dracula) costumes. The girls/females are wearing princess, female superhero (Wonder Woman), and female Disney character costumes. There was one young girl that was wearing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume top, and green tutu bottom.