Another Halloween Season has wrapped up.
You may wonder what a Halloween Addict does on November 1st?
Well I'll tell ya...
First I take an early morning stroll. This morning was a bit foggy and cool which helped with the mood of the day.
As I stroll the streets, enjoying the Halloween decorations that have yet to be taken down, I look for that one signal that Halloween's over.
The empty candy wrapper.
I've made it a bit of a ritual to take a photo of said wrapper. This year I actually found an empty "goody bag." You can see it in the photo there. A classy black and white bag with a skull and crossbones on it. the top was still tied and the side ripped open so there must have been some good stuff inside. Not only could the trick-or-treater not wait to get the bag home, but they couldn't even be bothered to untie it.
Good stuff, indeed.
I'll still manage to get a couple days of Halloween fun in this week though.
One of the pros and cons of running Halloween Addict is that I get to immerse myself in Halloween year-'round but don't get to take a breath through the month of October.
Right now I'm watching the two-part American Horror Story Halloween episode while eating the last of my pumpkin chocolate cupcakes. Homemade.
Yep, that's how I roll.
I also have half a bag of candy corn left.
A second bag.
That was a mistake.
I shouldn't have gone for two this year.
There are a ton of prime-real-estate posts that didn't make it on the site in October. As I'll be keeping Halloween alive 3-6-5, I'll just continue to post them as I always do.
I've got a lot of new readers and followers this year, so stick around through the holidays as there are gift guides galore coming in addition to a 2011 Season Wrap-Up with a post of my Favorites of the Year and as always 'regular' posts about the awesome Halloween stuff that's out there.
See you 'round the jack o' lantern...
7 comments:
So sad. Is it just me, or does it feel like creeping death everytime October 31st rolls around, knowing at the stroke of midnight it's all over? I almost enjoy the two months of Halloween stuff leading up the day more than I do the actual day of Halloween....almost, but not completely.
RGK, I agree, there's so much fun in the anticipation of the holiday!
I'm always so sad when it's over too
HAHAHA I'm glad I'm not the only one who revels in the candy wrappers strewn about the yard after Halloween. If there isn't at LEAST a wrapper or two -- sometimes a whole piece of candy dropped -- it just hasn't been a good Halloween!!
I not only saw wrappers, but a sadly smushed Snicker's Fun Size on my walk today (try saying that 3 times fast with a lisp!) However, I did manage to find a 3"x3" crystal skull votive burner, tainted black on the inside, for only $6 - SCORE!
And, I re-discovered another spooky song for anyone's E'en Playlist...John Mellencamp's "Scarecrow". Minor chords and talk of blood on the plow says Halloween in my book!
I'll raise my chalice to another festival come and (almost) gone...Today is Samhain, and Dia De Los Muertos is tomorrow after all!
RGK: Yep. This year I stayed up 'til after midnight like a rebellious child. At 12:05am I blew out the candle on my jack o' lantern and went to bed with a sigh.
And, yes, I've come to make the most out of Halloween through late Sept. and October.
Mal: Yepper.
Spookywolffe: It's like the magic and candy evaporated on Nov. 1st.
BITE: I'll check out the Mellencamp.
A belated Happy Hallowe'en to you sir! Hope you had a memorable and treat filled evening! My husband came through the door today with 4 pieces of dropped candy he found in the yard. Evidence that the trick or treaters lost some of their goods while running away...ha! Halloween blues are setting in hard and fast. But like you, I have some DVR'd Halloween shows to watch still and I won't take down my house decorations until at least next weekend, so Halloween will stay a while longer in the house. But it stays in my heart and head all year long! :o) Looking forward to next year already!
A laudable Dia De Los muertos morn, I must say.
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