Well this gave me some much needed laughs!! And also an idea...my daughter would have been mortified too, but since she's no longer here and my son is a much better sport, I may get away with displaying a carved zucchini! It really does look cool, I promise you! (Though I think putting it on a leash would definitely edge over into the weird lol!)
Halloween is about trying to be weird. :) Once the sun goes down and you put the light inside, people probably won't know what it is anyway.
True on all counts :-)