Halloween - a totally non-political post

[CrispyQ]

I just got my new Crate & Barrel catalog & they have some really cool Halloween stuff. You guys, I'm not sure I have any room in my house for more Halloween decorations! And I haven't even visited Illuminations to see what they have this year. ~sigh

Halloween is my very favorite holiday. I love it! I've loved it my entire life! My mother used to make me the most fantastic costumes. I have won more Halloween costume contests than anyone I know - most during my childhood, but still! I have a small trunk loaded with some ultra cool costumes. Recently, my most popular costume has been my Sam I Am costume, complete with the most fantastic paper maché Green Eggs & Ham.

My dear, wonderful husband just shakes his head.

Oh, & in case you were wondering what I do for Christmas - zilch, nada, zero. Not one Christmas deco or light in my house. :evilgrin:

[gateley]

1. Why don't you throw a Halloween party - and not let anybody in the door

who "is" McCain or Palin?

[CrispyQ]

2. Gately, if my house were bigger & if I had any friends,

I would throw a Halloween party every year!

But my place is very small & I have only a couple of friends - who usually have more fun things to do on Halloween night. ;)

I don't look as much like Palin as Tina Fey does, but I do sweep my hair up in a French roll & wear snazzy glasses. If I thought I could stomach it, that would be my costume this year, but I despise her so much I'm afraid I'd spew my Halloween drinks before even getting drunk! :evilgrin:

[jillan]

3. The way you are for Halloween is the way I am for Christmas.

I go crazy decorating, and then cuss myself out every January when I have to take it all down :P

Halloween - not so much. Just enough for the trick-or-treaters.

[CrispyQ]

4. Yeah, the taking it down part sucks.

It was mid-November before I finally got off my butt & packed it all away.

My mother had all her Christmas stuff down the day after Christmas. I used to beg her to keep it up. "It just isn't the same without the presents," she would say. I begged her to keep it up at least through New Years Eve. Never happened.

[jillan]

5. New Years Day is usually when I take it down.

Seriously - what else is there to do on Jan 1st when you have a headache? :)

[TuxedoKat]

6. I have some Halloween Decorations

that I put up on my hallway table for display. Just little things mostly that I've collected
over the years, a troll doll in a cat Halloween costume, some ceramic pumpkins. Target often has cute Halloween decorations and last year at Michaels, I got the cutest resin Halloween cat and pumpkin figurines. They were not expensive but look kind of artsy. So be sure to check out Michaels and AC Moore too.

[jillan]

7. Hi TuxedoKat -

Welcome to our little group :)

[TuxedoKat]

8. Thank you!

I guess I should have introduced myself more formally here. I'm new to DU but a long-time Joe admirer and have been enjoying all the stories and videos you have all shared about Joe that I most likely have would have never seen anywhere else. You all are a nice, polite group and I admire the way you stick up for Joe over on the General boards. :)

[CrispyQ]

10. I got the coolest water globe at Target.

It has a skull & little black bats. When you shake it the bats take flight. I'll be sure to check out Michaels. (Oh, my poor husband!)

:hi:

[TuxedoKat]

11. LOL! I got the same one!

Too funny. I haven't been there recently to see what they have this year. This week I should make it to Michaels. I'll let you know if I see those same type of figurines again.

[Eurobabe]

9. I always loved fall, planting mums

making decorations for the front door, not Halloween per se, but more seasonal stuff. However, I always got the obligatory gourds and pumpkins, bales of hay, cornstalks. If I can search my archives later I will post a favorite photo of my old house in Virginia, looking particularly fall-ish. I miss that house :cry:

[Ilsa]

12. Autumn: weather change, Halloween, football, kids back in school. Love it!

I have been making my kids' costumes for several years now. Sometimes I buy a mask. This year they are going as a ghostbuster and Shrek. We love it! I also decorate outside the house, too.