It’s Halloween! I know it’s Halloween because I keep seeing posts on FaceBook, with pictures, received pictures texted to me and a video of my nieces and some FaceTime, but that’s my only proof. Oh yeah, and only one trick-or-treater.

When I was a kid, I loved Halloween, coming up with new costume ideas. One year, I was the famous hobo clown, Emmit Kelly, http://www.emmettkellyjr.com/, how many 5th graders know who he is? In the 4th grade, I won a costume contest as Charlie Chaplin, Dorothy Gale. Even as I got older, I kept going, I’ve been almost all of the female Disney villains, one year I was the Wicked Queen from Snow White and won for my office, I scared a bunch of kids, some wouldn’t even come up to me!

I loved decorating my office/cube when I worked at Harbinger, that was a party place! Everyone would go all out! There were department themes and amazing ideas and costumes, IT had a real knack for it!

I started decorating in my first solo apartment, it was awesome, never had trick-or-treaters, but it didn’t matter, still had fun, my first house..that’s where the big started, but it wasn’t until I moved to my second home that I went all out. It was fun and scary at the same time. There was a graveyard with great sayings on the tombstones, a broken fence, creatures trying to get out of the ground, an archway painted black with black leaves, roses, crows, so much fun! There were unspoken competitions with neighbors down the street.

I used to hold a Halloween party that became legend. I used to make jello shooters like crazy! 10-12 trays, you open the refrigerator and get high off the fumes! I would have fun with the flavors, one cup of hot water and then instead of cold water, a coordinating alcohol: Pina Colada was made with rum and a piece of pineapple, margarita had tequila and a gummy worm, if there was a flavor like black cherry, I put a maraschino cherry in it! I also had a brain jello mold, layers upon layers.

Let’s just say the next day…everyone had to be very very quiet! People learned their lesson eventually!

A few years ago, DCM gave me an old fashioned pop corn wagon for my birthday. I started making popcorn on Halloween to give out with candy. I would ask kids if they wanted popcorn, they would say no until I told them they could have popcorn AND candy! Then I was the favorite house on the block, “The popcorn lady’!

I love seeing their faces and costumes, especially the wee little ones! SO CUTE!

Since moving to Colorado, we are in an apartment and I wasn’t sure what it was going to be like, if there would be trick-or-treaters, as the night wore on, all of a sudden there was a knock at the door and there was a goblin, luckily I had a bag of Reese Peanut Butter Cups, so I gave him a few, luckily, I guess, there weren’t any more, no pressure. I didn’t think there would be any, so I hadn’t bought any candy.

So, aside from pictures on FaceBook, FaceTime with my sister and nieces and some texts with costumed pictures, I wouldn’t know it was Halloween. Kind of makes me a little sad, no kids to smile at and give treats to, no decorating, no office antics, no trick-or-treating to take around.

But…don’t cry for me Blog Friends…I got pictures of all my nieces and grandkids with their costumes and treat bags that I sent and I had a great big smile on my face tonight!

Happy Halloween!