1. First and foremost, Happy Halloween!! Believe it or not, today really is October 31st, which means it really is Halloween. Cray.zee.
2. That being said… it doesn’t even remotely feel like Halloween over in these parts. I don’t know what it is, but that eerie ghoulishness is just missing from the air, know what I mean? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we don’t have any snow when we’re usually buried in it by now, but yeah… just not feeling it this year.
3. On that note… does anyone else get the feeling that Halloween is kind of dying off? I’ve barely seen any decorated houses, and most stores are already rockin’ the Christmas gear. Me? I didn’t even carve my pumpkins or buy any candy. I live in a secure building so I don’t get any trick-or-treaters coming around, but I’ve noticed a decline in kids in general. Back in my day, the streets used to be absolutely packed with kids, but now? I don’t really see that many out anymore.
4. Maybe a little festive music will help set the mood?
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5. Newp… didn’t work. But I’ll probably be walking around singing that song all day now, which is fine by me because Nightmare Before Christmas just so happens to be one of my favourite movies of all time, Halloween or otherwise. Confession: I’m the biggest wimp when it comes to horror movies, or at least I used to be — I can’t say for sure anymore since it’s probably been 10+ years since I’ve watched one (The Ring in 2002).
6. Let’s mix a little Throwback Thursday action in with today’s Thinking Out Loud post, shall we? How cute was I in my homemade dinosaur costume, circa 1990? Awww. My mom made it for me and it remains my favourite costume to this day… I think it’s actually still buried somewhere in my parents’ basement. Huh. I wonder if I can pawn it off on my future kids…
7. One of my favourite parts about trick-or-treating when I was a kid? Going through my stash at the end of the night and trading candy with my friends. Did you guys ever do that? And if you did, do you remember how seriously you took it? Like… each candy had a concrete value and you’d only trade for something of equal value, whether that meant a 1:1 or 1:2 trade? Ohhh good times.
8. So let’s talk candy. We all had (have) our favourites, and then the kind that made us want to go back and egg the houses of the people that gave them to us. My best of the best? KitKats and Skittles. The ones that put neighbours on my [egg] hit-list? That weird individually wrapped fudge/taffy that was always hard as rocks. Or peanuts! I’m not sure if it’s still a thing, but people used to hand out peanuts back in the day. Stank.freaking.eye.
9. I’m going to share my exciting Halloween night plans with you guys. Are you ready? Brace yourselves. Tonight I plan to: lounge around my place in my pink PJ’s, toss in The Nightmare Before Christmas, spend some time with J, and hopefully find some motivation to make some homemade candy. I was thinking about these Twix bars, buuuuut AB/chocolate cups are a serious possibility as well.
10. And to end things on a completely random and unrelated note… I burnt the roof of my mouth on steamed broccoli the other day. Who does that?!?! I mean, who’s so eager to eat broccoli that they’ll risk burning their mouth on it?! I am, apparently. Feel free to judge and/or laugh.
Have a happy Thursday and a safe Halloween! 😀
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What are your plans for tonight?
Favourite Halloween movie? Are you a fan of horror flicks?
Favourite Halloween candy? I have a hunch that Reese’s is going to be a big one…
Hmmm that is kind of weird! I noticed that Halloween seemed to be a lot “quieter” around these parts lately, but I guess it’s slowly happening all over? And much to YOUR dismay, I love the reese’s chocolate people hand out! Other than that, you can keep all the other candies. 😛 And you DO LOOK SO STINKIN’ CUTE in that costume! It’s so sweet of your mom to do all that for you–maybe I’ll be able to for Selah in the future–but sewing, knitting, and anything of that sort of activity is usually my worst skill. Have a beautiful day Amanda!
That costume is adorable!! Also the Ring was (or is?) totally frightening and I can see why it scared you. I remember having nightmares when I was 12 from watching it.
I definitely feel like Halloween is fading away. I mean, as soon as it’s over, Christmas EVERYTHING starts coming out! And as much as I love Christmas, I also love Thanksgiving, and I think Christmas should have that anticipation aspect with it. But anyway…
Favorite Halloween candy: Reese’s and Baby Ruth’s. Lease favorite: Jaw Breakers. Like, what is the point of those things?
I also am the biggest wimp when it comes to horror movies. Even kids’ Halloween movies freak me out. *shiver* I think it’s mostly the fakeness of the makeup that scares me with those.
And lastly, I’ll be helping my mom hand out candy tonight and hopefully snuggling up in my warm kangaroo costume. There are some parties going on, but I’m not really feelin’ that scene right now. 😉
Reeses ALWAYS required at least two candies in return for a trade. They still hold very true to my heart, but honestly I’m all about smooth, milk chocolate this year. Hershey’s bars, M&M’s, Hershey’s Bliss Candies
I need chocolate NOW.
Grab some for me while you’re at it!
I’m not really feeling the Halloween thing this year, either. It really snuck up on me this year! I will just stay home and hand out candy 🙂
I’m currently sitting at a bake sale decked out in full costume, so I have no choice but to feel particularly Halloween-y right now 😉 I only have a minute, but I need to tell you that:
1. your appreciation for TNBC is number like, a million and seven on the list of things I adore you for.
2. You are an amazingly cute dinosaur.
3. People gave out peanuts for Halloween? That’s up there with toothbrushes and apples for things that are not good ideas to hand out to small children.
I think it totally depends on where you live. We live in a very young neighborhood FULL of kids, so I’ve already seen a bazillion costumes at the gym, photos on FB, and kids walking to school, and it’s not even noon yet. I’m typically not a huge Halloween person, but I am just a tad more excited this year now that I have a little baby to dress up! 🙂 We’re just going to walk to a few neighbors’ houses and then hand out candy. Should be a nice and fun low key evening!
I’m with you on not feeling so Halloweeny. I have a dentist appointment and that’s it! Haha.
I was never handed peanuts as a kid but yes, that would definitely result in the stink eye. WTF?
I feel like I don’t see as many trick or treaters anymore but I think that’s because they all hit up the neighborhoods with rich people where they know they can score big time.
HA! I remember plotting to do that too. Some houses would even give out full-sized candy bars, which was basically a dream come true.
Oh my gosh I totally starting laughing at you “egg hit list” that’s too good! And too accurate! I definitely hated getting like smarties, crunch bars, and laffy taffy…also those generic hard candies were pretty lame too!
There was actually a ton of Halloween decorated houses this year in my neighborhood. I think around these parts, Halloween was so far pushed. People were already preparing for Halloween like two months ago…now we are preparing for Christmas and it’s not even Halloween yet!
LOL Every single time I cook with my mom, we burn our mouthes taste-testing things. We never learn a pot of boiling soup is going to be stinkin’ hot when you take a sip. Ouch. I think my mouth has a permanent covering from burning it so many times on coffee, too.
I’m a HUGE fan of horror movies but rarely watch them anymore… Partly because all of the new ones stink big time! Give me Hocus Pocus any day, though!
My favorite Halloween candy is Reeses (duh) but I LOVED getting bottle caps too! The birch beer flavored ones were the BEST. Now I want some. REALLY bad.
We need to Skype sooon!!!!
We do! Maybe then you can explain to me what bottle caps are, because aside from actual beer bottle caps, I’ve never heard of them 😯
http://www.wonka.com/home.aspx/products Click on “bottle caps”! They’re so good.
Aaaaaand now I really want to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…
I’m definitely not feeling very Halloweeny today. I have had a really busy week and busy weekend ahead so there’s so many things i need to do tonight that Halloweenish things aren’t exactly priority.
I love your halloween plan and I hope you enjoy it :):):):))
Mmmmm. I would be totally content with a basket full of Kit Kats. But since I’m Paleo, I’ll be spending tonight curled up on the couch with my own version of candy (almond butter + coconut butter). It’s super yummy.
Oh, that Twix recipe looks amazing! I will have to remember that one.
Have a wonderful Halloween. Your plans sound great! I will be trick-or-treating with two zombie skater dudes, one skeleton, and one Elmo! 🙂
Sounds like good company to me! Happy Halloween, Lisa!
Aww little Amanda is so cute! I’ve definitely had some low key Halloweens in the past. It’s pouring here however we are supposed to be having a Halloween parade, block party, and trick-or-treating. Anyone have a canoe we can borrow?
I feel ya on the lack of Halloween spirit this year. Maybe it’s that we’re getting old or maybe I just don’t live around a lot of kids but I’m definitely not in the Halloween mood. And favorite Halloween candy… when I was a kid, it was definitely the mini Snickers! I would always trade my sister for those because she doesn’t like nuts 🙂 And now, it’s Reese’s… obviously 😉
It definitely does not feel like Halloween. We didn’t do anything at all! I wanted to carve pumpkins but never got around to it. That hard taffy candy was awful! Haha totally remember that. I’m good with anything chocolate but kit jays and crunch bars are awesome! Snickers were good too. I haven’t had any of those in a long time now that I think of it. Maybe today is the day 🙂
I’m not a fan of Halloween but Little is 6 so of course he’s a huge fan of anything that involves candy and/or chocolate. Little will be spending his night in the village with the Mister hitting up the neighbourhood to feed his sugar addiction while I plan on hanging out with my friend in her kids fort drinking wine and handing out candy. Favorite Halloween candy … Coffee Crisp. Happy Halloween.
Happy Halloween, Amanda!
You too, Liz! <3
Thankfully my boys are too old for the trick-or-treat fun so we will just hang out at home and pass out a bit of candy (we never have many kids here).
You know I’m with ya on the Halloween (or lack there of) spirit. I have similar plans.. actually might run a few errands since the traffic won’t be bad.
My favorite part of Halloween was going through my stash too! So fun.
You were the cutest dinosaur…love it! I was (and still am) definitely a Reese’s girl although homemade almond butter cups sound equally delicious- cant wait to see what you come with! If you think Halloween is dying out, you should hear what one lady in the States is sending out: “fat letters” instead of candy to discourage obesity and poor eating habits. I know, I know- it’s APPALLING to say the least! I hate horror movies! Although I am sure it’s more of a thriller than horror film, I recently saw Prisoners with Jake Gyllenhaal and it left me terrified…and I am pretty sure the rest of the cinema was aware of my sentiments given the screams I couldn’t hold in!
Fat letters?! 😯 😯 What in all hell… that’s even worse than the people who would give out toothbrushes. I mean, I understand the sentiment, but that’s NOT a way to approach it.
I’m sorry to say that Reeses are my favorite candy….a special someone of mine taped a bunch of them to my apartment door Monday night and each one had a quote on it from my favorite movies. Attached was a note labeling them as “brain food” since I had two more exams this week. It was so sweet on so many levels 😉 But yeah I’ve noticed that Halloween isn’t gathering as much excitement and I don’t know what that’s about. I HATE trick-or-treating! I never liked going as a kid and I used to hide in my parents’ basement when I was in high school when they’d come around. I don’t know what it is, but I can’t stand it! Not sure why haha Have a great day!
Halloween is really not one of my favorite holidays, so we have no plans other than handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters. We live in a townhouse, so we get quite a few kids.
Justin and I are big fans of the Nightmare Before Christmas! And a big NO to horror movies. I highly dislike them!
Yup, favorite Halloween candy is definitely Reese’s or KitKats!
I was walking through Target last night and couldn’t believe that they already had Thanksgiving decorations on sale and Christmas was taking over!! I forgot it was Halloween today but I have been working 40+ hrs a week plus school so I have been a little oblivious to all things outside of that bubble 🙂
The one thing I love about Halloween is that Chipotle always something where if you come in costume, you get anything for $3! Happy Halloween!
If we had Chipotle over here, then that’d be more than enough incentive for me to dress up. Sadly, they’re taking their sweet time making it over to my neck of the woods. Grr.
Happy Halloween, love. Since we sadly missed the admission for our girls-halloween-run I will spend Halloween pretty much as you do – in PJs with Jay. But you reminded me that it might be a good excuse to whip up a bowl of fancy popcorn. I wanted to try the variation with chocolate chips or salty PB (sorry, I like the pesky stuff 😉 ).
Happy Halloween, Amanda!! And I SO agree! It doesn’t feel like Halloween should be here already. I am amazed that tomorrow it will be November! At the same time, I am more than ready for the Thanksgiving/Christmas season..those are my faves!
I think the novelty of Halloween wore off once we were old enough to go and buy our own candy. Especially once we were driving and do whatever we wanted as teens, in college and now as an adult, I can get candy whenever I want. Although, it is still fun to see what the kids are getting and sneak some from my son.Although, really, nothing excites me much in the trick or treat basket. I would much rather a baked good than a candy bar now…I will take him trick or treating with friends later and have fun watching them gorge themselves on candy that we keep in the house year round anyway…This year will be better than last year since last year Hurricane Sandy had just hit so most people were NOT out trick or treating. We didn’t lose power or receive any damage but the world was off its axis here so Halloween really didn’t exist.
You make a good point about the availability of candy — once something loses the forbidden factor, it becomes a lot less appealing. Hope you and your son have a great time trick-or-treating!
I’m totally not feeling Halloweenie either! It’s not a big deal AT ALL here in Australia. We brought the little ones to a park today where they were having this massive Halloween party with bouncy castles and music, and kids walk around to restaurants and cafes with tiny pint-sized candy baskets. But that’s all there is.My friends laughed when I told them about our “pillow cases full of treats”.They don’t trick-or-treat at houses, just at the various stores in the neighbourhood have people at the door giving out candy! And costumes are all “scary” (goblins, skeletons, etc). No humorous or play on words like back home. Pretty funny!!
That dino costume is adorable! 🙂
Aww, I love that pic of you as a dinosaur! Too cute.
For the longest time in my life I thought Halloween was a Heavy Metal Band (which is true) and I had no CLUE what it really is. No Halloween here, so today is the normalest (I know it’s wrong) Thursday ever 🙂 I do love your plan on spending that holiday and I might do the same.
And don’t worry for being weird with burning your mouth on broccoli – I did that SEVERAL times. Gorging down veggies and then get burnt? Definitely strange and NOT good. Happy Halloween!
Watching a DVD, spending time with someone you love, making homemade treats and lounging sounds like a GREAT way to spend the evening -to me at least!
You in that dinosaur costume = pinch your cheeks adorable!
I am not a fan of horror movies, or horror anything! My daughter and her friends want me to take them to a haunted house, I said ok but I would be the chauffeur ONLY and would NOT be going in with them!
But I m a fan of any combination of chocolate and any nut butter! The little honey bee’s chocolate/PB cups have had me drooling into my morning coffee!
I think this might be the best day of the year because I get to see all my favourite bloggers dressed up in ridiculous costumes in their baby days. Halloween will be spent baking eclairs in my baking class! And lots of nut butter cups to be consumed!
I have to say that you made a pretty adorable little tree yourself 😉 And do eclairs travel well? Because if they do, I kindly request 3 please. Wait… better make that 4.
No plans for me tonight, and I agree with you. Just not feeling the Halloween thing this year. My friends went out and dressed up last weekend, but I had to work…which was fine with me. I live in a secure building as well so no trick or treaters! I agree that it doesn’t seem to be as big a deal as it was when we were younger. My parents say that they don’t get many kids anymore. I loooved Halloween when I was younger and I remember being so excited to go trick or treating that I could barely eat my dinner. Ah the days of youth…
Definitely loved Reese’s, as well as Kit Kats!
I loved the candy-trading. And yes, I know exactly what you mean about candy value! You can’t just trade a snickers for sweet tarts, it’s chocolate for chocolate all the way! I hardly ever feel Halloweeny, it’s not my favorite holiday. I am looking forward to seeing our neighborhood kids dressed cute tonight, though!
I need to comment on all of this haha.. First, I burnt my tongue on Oatmeal yesterday. Can’t say I was mad about it 😉 I am not a huge Halloween lover. My favorite candy (really the only kind I like) are skittles and Milky Ways. Give me either and we’ll be good. I actually used to walk aroudn my neighborhood, come back and quickly empty out what candy I didn’t like to give my mom to pass back out, grab a new pillow case, and head off again to a larger plan! Those were the good days 🙂 I heard we don’t really get people on our street, which is a huge bummer because I was so excited to finally have a house to pass candy out on my own! I hate scary movies, ps. I actually don’t even watch any related to Halloween- not my thing. Ok, this is long enough hahaha
Haha I can’t wait to get the kids dressed up tonight. When they get a little older I’m going to be the crazy mom that does the kids makeup all nutzo and cool.
I love nightmare before Christmas! It’s a tradition to watch it every thanksgiving… is that weird? It’s like my kick off to Christmas. Even though I wouldn’t mind skipping thanksgiving and kicking of Christmas tomorrow.
You would think that I’d be crazy about Halloween given my intense love for all things makeup related, but I just have nowhere to wear costumes to! It was fun back when I was still in school, but now? Work doesn’t really call for it, and I’m not sure I’d like to spend all that time on makeup and just sit around at home. Clearly I need kids 😉
We lived in a condo in downtown before we moved into our new house so we’ve never experienced “trick or treaters”. With that being said, B and I are pumped to hand things out to our neighborhood full of kiddos and see all of their cool costumes. I fully intend on doing a miniature costume contest between all of them but they don’t know it. As for the older kids that will just show up in regular clothing I plan on becoming that mean old neighborhood lady and tell them to beat it 😉
How cute are you in that costume! My mom also made my costumes and they were always so awesome and unique. I agree with the lack of Halloween spirit, can you believe we’re the only ones who went all out with deocrations in my neighbourhood, really? Regardless I will be watching scary movies and giving out candy tonight, have fun!
Keeping my fingers crossed for you so that you get a decent amount of trick-or-treaters! At least the weather is holding up.
My favorite candy growing up was always the twizzlers and other fruity candy. Gummy candy FTW. I like your Halloween plans way better than mine actually. I’d much rather spend the night on the couch rather than go out and do something wild. I hope you enjoy every second of your night! I don’t do scary movies either. Like, at all. I’m more of a romcom girl myself.
No real plans for tonight, except for handing out some candy for those trick or treating. I do agree with you, Halloween was much, much bigger when we were children, I used to have bags and bags full of candy that lasted well into the spring/summer. That said, my favorite Halloween candy is: Twix, Kit Kat, Twizzlers, Reeses and Milk Way! Yum!