We usually go all out with the decorating but I just didn't feel like doing
it this year. Especially since after that long dry spell we are now having
a lot of rain.

Last year, Angela was envious of the orange spider webs that the neighbors
had. We just had the plain white. Of course I couldn't find any until
after Halloween and they were marked down quite a bit. We bought purple,
orange and green. And apparently far too many!

I decided to put up some of the decorations after Angela said she didn't
want to. But I did make her put the little pumpkins that she wanted out on
the front step.

I only used one bag of the purple web. It really did stretch quite a long
ways. And I put up all of the huge spiders that we have bought over the
years. I also put up the ghost and pumpkin lights, the black cats by the
door and the bats and the one sparkly purple hanging spider on the Rhodie by
the door. I do have some battery operated things that I may put out on
Halloween night. Or I may not, depending on my mood.

We opted for candy this year since we really have no use for toys any more.
And the last couple of years we didn't get as many kids as we have in the
past. So I wanted to buy something I could eat in case I had hypos. I
bought the same Twizzlers (at least I think they're the same) as I ODed on
last year when I bought them after Halloween. I had a hypo at the dance
studio and wound up eating far too many.

Angela sent her dad a Halloween package and we opened the Twizzlers and put
some in. Then I got into them. They were beyond horrible! I just hope the
kids like them because I sure did not. Not even the plain red ones. There
are some super sour ones in there. Perhaps they damaged my taste buds.
So... No worries about me getting into them and eating them. And once of
Angela's teachers asked that if we had any leftover candy to give it to her.
She took over for another teacher last year and much to our dismay, he was
in the habit of giving out candy to people all the time. He even offered it
to us on parent's night. Angela said he ate quite a lot of it himself. So
the students in this class are accustomed to getting treats. And she said
she could not afford to give out candy like the prior teacher did. So if we
do have any left, I will send it in to her.

I do not have a special meal planned this year. I usually only plan to make
something quick to fix and eat but that is less of a problem for me now that
Angela has taken over passing out the treats. I do have some Halloween
patterned paper plates and some black plastic flatware. That is our
tradition. And I bought new toy mice for Bali and Jazzy. I had better buy
a new package of dog treats too. Angela likes to keep dog treats by the
door although I don't think we have had any dogs come by here. When we
lived in military housing it was common for people to walk their dogs on
Halloween and they would get treats too.

So do you have anything special planned at your house?