Darn Halloween Candy and a Cute Pumpkin

Seriously. Y'all know that I am no spring chicken so you'd think I'd know better than to buy candy for the neighborhoods ghouls, goblins, princesses, and superheroes early. Apparently, I have not learned this lesson.

I purchased 3 large bags of candy at the beginning of October. I have maybe half of one bag left. HALF of ONE bag. HALF. And Halloween is tonight. It's not looking good for trick-or-treaters. Not good at all.

I had one of these:

It's gone.


I had one of these:

It's gone.

I had one of these:

There's half a bag left. Almost half.

Ok, yes, other people did help me but not nearly as much as I'd like to say they did. Because, for the most part, I ate that darn candy ALL BY MYSELF.

Am I ashamed? Yes. No. Maybe. But probably not. What I am is in need of candy to hand out to the kiddos.

And next year? I am NOT buying the candy early.

I'm not.

I mean it.

Anyway, check this little cutie out:

And that's not all. The lovelies are never too old to dress up for Halloween!

Teacher daughter, DoodleBug, had Mimi make her a dress to wear to school. DoodleBug teaches 1st grade and her kiddos LOVED the dress:

Then there was Breezy and her good friend who dressed as silent film stars:

Here's a color shot so y'all can see the make-up;

Breezy and Remster won first place at the costume contest. DoodleBug won first place with her students. And Baby M won first place with all of us!

And then there's Birdie (Baby M's mommy) who is wearing a tshirt Mimi made a few years ago:

And in Nashville, Deanie and DrummerBoy or should I say, Rocky and Aridan?

Are y'all dressing up and how's the Halloween candy holding out?

Sugary Goodness

I read an article about nostalgic Halloween candy yesterday and wondered if the writer and her Facebook sample were all way younger than I or if we just had WAY different taste in candy as children.

Here's the list with my take:

1. Candy cigarettes. Yeah, I remember those. I also remember not caring too much for them. I actually put those right in the category with those nasty bunnies at Easter. The marshmallow ones? Oh, Peeps. Yuck.

2. The wax soda pop bottles and the wax lips. I'll give you the wax soda pop bottles, though I remember only eating those because they were in the bag. I sucked up the sugar water and chewed on the wax and then spit it out. Not exciting at all.

3. Homemade popcorn balls. I've never had one. Never. In my life. Never. Honestly. But we never got those in our trick-or-treat bags either, so...  We did, however, get candied apples and caramel covered apples. Now THOSE I LOVED! I would eat them today if I didn't think they'd yank my teeth right out roots and all.

 

4. Candy buttons. I remember those from the lovelies' youth but not my own. Did we have those way back then? Now Sweet Tarts? Oh Yeah baby! We loved us some Sweet Tarts! Those BIG ones that took a layer of your tongue off? Those were great!

5. Circus peanuts. DIS-GUST-ING. And they were never in my bag on Halloween night. Those things are right up there with Peeps. But Sugar Daddies??? YES! Anything with caramel was always a favorite with this trick-or-treater!

6. Mint Juleps. Never heard of those until I read the article so, nope. But sign me up for some candy corn!

 

There are others on my list of worth-going-back candies. But they only listed six so I'll stop there as well.

But I will tell y'all that my all time favorite as a kid were these:

I'd love to hear your lists!


Pictures are from OldTimeCandy.com except for the popcorn balls and caramel apple which you can click to visit those sites.