Halloween parade

I was going to join the halloween parade last Tusday. It was really great. My friends and I arrived W4 street around 5 o'clock because we were afarid we can't see the parade. When we got there, there is fewer people than I though so we were luck stand at the second line. As the time approach, there is more and more crowded. The parade finally began. I was hard to see the parade because everyone who in front of me was taller than me. I just stood on my tiptoe all night. After two hours later, I was exhausted and straved. We decided to leave there and grab some to eat. It usually take five minutes to go through the street. We took twenty minutes even more to go through it. Then, all restaurant which around Greenwich village were all full of people. Besides, we had more than ten people. It was really hard to get the table. Therefore, we go to Time square to look for the dining. I am thinking next year I should go to see the parade or not? It was conusming my engery.