All in Spirit of Halloween

·        Making a Halloween costume using supplies you have just lying around the house is actually really easy. If you are looking for just a simple five minute costume, I would suggest going the classical zombie route. Just grab any old clothes you have lying around – either jeans or sweat pants work, a T-shirt or hoodie, and any other items of clothing you feel that you need. Rip them up slightly, to give off that crawled-up-from-my-grave look. Next, it’s time for your make-up. Use either an extremely pale foundation or baby powder. Spread it across your entire face, giving you that I-have-been-dead-for-ages look. Now, for your last step, black eyeliner is needed. Draw circles under your eyes, reaching down to just where the bone starts. Add another circle on the top of your eyes, from the edge of your eyelid to your eyebrows. Fill these circles in with the eyeliner, and your make-up is finished. To complete your costume, run a brush of some kind through your hair, frizzing it and messing it up, so it looks as if your have not brushed it in years. And now, my friends, your home-made costume is done.

·               My favorite Halloween also terrified the living daylights out of me. I was younger, I know that much (I honestly have no clue how old I was exactly). I was spending the holiday at my grandma’s, and either she or her sister (my great aunt) took me trick-or-treating. Again, I am not too sure who exactly was walking me around, but I know that my cousin, who is only two years older than me, was there as well. We came up to this house, and there was a bowl of candy sitting on the porch with one of those ‘take one’ signs sitting up against it. So we trekked up the drive way and grabbed ourselves some candy before turning around to head back to the adults. Now, sitting on a rocking chair by the front door was this huge scarecrow. We didn’t really think anything of it, because it was Halloween. Except, as we were turning, it moved and jumped out at us, scaring us to death and making us hightail it down the driveway. Now, I can laugh about it. Then, I thought it might have been the scariest thing I have ever seen.

·               As my boss has recently told me, I am a candy freak. I down the stuff like its water, which probably explains why I was so fat as a child. But way back then – and today, too – my favorites were always the chocolate bars: Hershey’s, Kit-Kats, Reese's, Twix Bars, Snickers, and a ton more. There’s just something about them that I love, and I could probably eat an entire bag by myself. Within three days.