This particular year has brought quite a few Halloween revelations.
1.) You can’t really dress up as a cowboy or cowgirl in Texas because people will not be sure if you are wearing a costume or not.
2.) Apparently if you are a grown woman and you want to buy a costume you are also a 
prostitute because every costume description starts with the word “sexy”. In addition, it is amazing what normal vocations can suddenly become a sexual fantasy world – everything from witch to viking to nurse to teacher. Wow, what if I was a sexy septic tank cleaner?
3.) When decorating for Halloween do you go cute and fall generic? Or is your family a spooky, scary Halloween family? It is quite evident that you really need to choose sides.
4.) Even with children it is hard for an adult to justify wearing a costume without a party to attend
5.) Toys versus candy. I’ve opted for little toys this year. I ordered from the Oriental Trading Company (which translates into cheap toys made in China) and I’m going to mix those with a couple small bags of candy. This way I don’t feel guilty about having all that candy in my house and if I don’t give them all away I can reuse them next year.
6.) I’ve only had my Halloween mums a week and I’m already killing them. Wow, my black thumb follows me into every season. Perhaps I should try a fall cactus instead of mums
How is Halloween shaping up for you?
Yea well my sister in law thinks its okay for her 15yr old daughter to wear one of the “sexy” adult womens costumes this year – a kitty cat. Gavin and I try to make our own costumes up because of that “sexy” issue. I’m to large to do that crap and it never has sat well for me and my conscience to be that way. As far as deco I’m a mixture of fall and scary.