Everyone's Entitled to One Good Scare

Happy Halloween!

Absolutely my favorite holiday.

I put up decorations on October 1st. Purple lights, ghosts, creepy signs and window silhouettes. We carved pumpkins last Sunday. Mine was a kick ass Micheal Meyers pumpkin. Steve had two: the Pumpkin King and Jack Skeleton. We lit them every night. We went to hayrides and haunted forests and we even ventured to the haunted swamp of Cypress Gardens, which was well worth the wait, if I do say so myself. We've been watching Monsterfest on AMC all week long. I've seen Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street and The Exorcist about fifteen times a piece.

I dressed in all black today. I would've gone all out but work is a bit conservative. I wore my Halloween pin and my dark eye makeup and had my feathered carnival mask. I bought donuts for my coworkers and about five bags of candy. The good kind too: Reese's Peanut Butter cups (regular and white chocolate), Hershey's Miniatures (my favorite is Mr. Goodbar), Tootsie Rolls (number one favorite!) and Snickers. We rented some more scary movies, put the candy by the door, lit the pumpkins and turned the porch light on.

NOT ONE trick or treater! *pouts*

Last year, I didn't even bother because I was in a secure building where people couldn't get in unless they were buzzed in. This year, I thought it would be different because our front door is accessible. Just walk up the stairs, knock and say "Trick or treat".

But, we are in an apartment complex. We are in the back corner of our apartment complex. And we are located off a street that pretty much dead ends and isn't really near the big subdivisions of Mount Pleasant. If I were a kid, this would probably be a "passing thought" neighborhood on the way to the bigger fancier developments around the area.

Steve and his brother came back from the video store and knocked on the door. I got really excited and had the candy all ready. No such luck as they grinned and said "Trick or treat". I almost threw the candy at them.

It would've been nice but I didn't really expect it because we're not the most ideal location. Next year I'll go to my mom's.