What We Want to Know Wednesday
{1} How did you celebrate Halloween? Trick or treating? Adult party? Trunk or treat?
A good friend of mine throws the best family friendly Halloween parties I've ever been too. Without question. No detail is left out and about 400 people showed up to the party 2 years ago (Harry Potter theme). But this year, I happened to be in Istanbul staring at the Hagia Sophia whilst eating a piece of baklava, so I missed it.
I didn't have the energy to show up at any of the typical singles parties this year, so my mom and I made plans. The Saturday before Halloween we commandeered the BBC TV series Sherlock on DVD, made the biggest bowl of gooey caramel corn you've ever seen, and had a Sherlock Holmes marathon. Absolutely loved it.
The actual night of Halloween, I ended up at a new local pizza place with a good friend of mine. His pizza had blackberries on it... that was about all the scary I could handle that night, but it turned out to be amazing. Who knew.
I didn't have the energy to show up at any of the typical singles parties this year, so my mom and I made plans. The Saturday before Halloween we commandeered the BBC TV series Sherlock on DVD, made the biggest bowl of gooey caramel corn you've ever seen, and had a Sherlock Holmes marathon. Absolutely loved it.
The actual night of Halloween, I ended up at a new local pizza place with a good friend of mine. His pizza had blackberries on it... that was about all the scary I could handle that night, but it turned out to be amazing. Who knew.
{2} What candy is your favorite/the first thing you steal from the kids?
Peanut Butter M&M's are my favorite. Hands down. But I'm going to guess that those don't EVER get thrown into the bags of eager trick or treater's. In that case, Twix, Snickers, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups would be the candy of choice. And let me tell you, I don't have any kids at home, but if I did, and if they had any of the contraband listed above, they wouldn't stand a chance.
{3} What kind of candy do you give out, is it your favorite? or something you know you won't be tempted to eat?
If I gave out candy, (which I don't because I don't get any kiddos in my neighborhood) I would give out nasty jolley ranchers or tootsie rolls or something. There's nothing worse than being tempted by large amounts of my favorite treats.
{4} How soon after Halloween do you take down decorations and put away costumes?
I don't decorate for Halloween. Ever. And just to be fair, I don't typically decorate for ANY holiday. Because, to be honest, what goes up has to come down. As for the costumes, it depends on what they are. I typically dress as something that I can put together with my own clothing. For instance, one year I was Indiana Jones (girl style, of course). I wore a large leather hat, a khaki cargo skirt, and a long sleeve white button down with a leather jacket. Besides the hat (which fits nicely in the top of one of my closets) all of the other components are things I actually wear. In public. In the normal course of my life. So they go away within the week following the holiday. (Kind of boring, I know.)
{5} When do you decorate for the next holiday?
Please see question #4. 
