HAPPY HALLOWEEN

When going through old photos albums, my oldest sister always refers to teenage photos of me in the 80's as Halloween.
My niece will ask "When was that?"
My sister always butts in and says "Halloween...I mean the 80's....same thing."
Okay, admittedly, I was over the top at times.
Let me tell you this; when it comes to Halloween, creating my costume is very serious business.
I love Halloween.
I love the weeks leading up to Halloween, the decorations, the costume planning and candy and carving pumpkins in a last minute pannic.
I love opening the door to all the teeny tiny little Tricker Treaters in costumes.
They are so, SO CUTE and have no idea what is going on.
What I have never enjoyed are Halloween parties and going out to bars on Halloween night.
Those are way too creepy for me.
I don't like adults in full masks - no matter what the mask is.
I do not like sexy police woman, sexy nurse, sexy alter ego anything costumes.
We all know what you are doing......no different from any other night out on the town.
I don't like store bought costumes without adding extra effort to them and I dont like rented costumes.
To me they are a cop-out and copping-out is not with the spirit of Halloween.
What I do like are creative, clever and original home made costumes.
They dont have to be elaborate, some favorites I have seen were quite basic.
I dont care if your costume falls apart 15 minutes in to the evening, to me unique is what Halloween is all about.