Bring on the fake blood

While I was bemoaning the end of August, layering up in clothes to fend off the sudden chill in the air and getting out the flashlight since it is getting darker sooner... I was reminded of something utterly spectacular about this time of year while in Kroger on Tuesday. Halloween.

It is one of my favorite holidays, and in fact, the only time of the year an adult can get away with such costumes outside the privacy of their own bedroom, but I digress. The thrill of Halloween has not escaped me. Even though I have some very clouded and sad memories surrounding the holiday... but come up with a holiday not plagued by something negative? Halloween is pure hedonism, it is a sugar rush with no sugar really necessary. Last year, I stretched it into two weeks of parties and fun, and I wonder, with child-like anticipation, what this year will bring. Tricks? Treats? A little of both?

Either way, the excitement of the aisles coming to life with ghosts, pumpkins, pirates and bats has brightened an otherwise dim mood and got this witch thinking about what the cauldrin cooks...