Author |
Message |
Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 5:40 am
I love October! Everything about it. The colors, the smells, the ghost stories, the chill in the air. And especially Halloween! Sadly here on the coast we don't get much of an October. Oh they let us have October, but not with the trimmings. Not much in the way of color, smells or chill. I wanted to start an October thread. I'd love to see fall colors. Fall stories. How you decorate for Halloween. Hint's for Halloween parties (when we lived in GA I always hosted the Halloween party) both kids and adults. Don't forget the ghost stories and your hauntings. I love, love, love them. I sit up late and read them. Until I'm pretty sure someone or something is watching me. Then I make a mad dash to the bed. Of course something is watching me.

|
Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 7:31 am
I love Halloween. It's such a fun time of year with the decorations, the ghost stories and the getting to dress up and pretend for a day.
|
Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 7:43 am
I posted some pictures in the Facts thread yesterday- lots of pretty peak fall colors. I love this season- I love the cool (but not too cool), crisp, dry air.

|
Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 8:28 am
Kaili, I saw your pictures. That is what gave me the idea to start this thread. They were gorgeous. I am really missing having a fall season after seeing them.
|
Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 8:34 am
I love October as well & Halloween is my favorite holiday!! My favorite memory ... my father taking my son and nephew trick or treating in his neighborhood. The neighborhood where I grew up. Me and my mum stayed at home and I gave out candy. Loved it!!! My mum is no longer with us and I try not to get sad at Halloween. The boys still go out with my dad every year.
|
Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 8:48 am
When I was a kid, we'd go Trick-or-Treating starting as soon as it got dark. We'd take a grocery bag, or pillow case, and come home when it got too full to easily carry. My best friend and I would then trade costumes, and go back to the places that gave out the good stuff. We'd have candy that would last till the Christmas candy would be brought out. This was before the days where you had to x-ray your candy. Popcorn balls, candy apples, brownies with candy corn in them, candy cigarettes, necklaces, wax lips, and those little wax coke bottles with the liquid inside. Pixie sticks by the dozen, candy corn (the regular kind and the ones with the bron on the bottom.) We'd go back to the ones' that were giving out candy bars. (I'd hit a place 3 times if they were giving out zagnut bars.) Now & Laters, Laffy Taffy, Rock candy, smarties, those little peanut butter bars that had the brown stripes on them, fire balls, jaw breakers, red hots, lemonheads...ok, now I have to go look for some candy this weekend... LOL.
|
Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 9:02 am
Our town has the best Halloween decorations for kids. We have a historic district that has wondeful old restored homes. The streets in that section are paved with brick. Every Halloween the whole historic district goes way out of their way to decorate. Since we pretty much know the people who do this every year we don't ever worry about the candy. That makes it nice! At my house right now I have a scarecrow with a fake hay bale. I'll add pumpkins this weekend. (We'll carve them later in the month)
|
Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 9:57 am
I celebrate harvest time. This is my favorite time of year. The smells, the colors, the pie, the family time. I just love it. I have scarecrow and uncarved pumpkins. I don't agree with celebrating halloween, but to each his own, right? I have been invited to a costume party this month so I am at a crossroad whether to go or not. It is not on Halloween, but about a week before. If I do decide to go, DH and I would like to go as something that goes together. Any suggestions that would be cheap?
|
Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 10:45 am
Escapee, an Angel and Devil? One year, DH was the pleasure police and I was his prisoner of love! LOL That was for a college halloween party, so we managed to pervert the costumes quite a bit. I won't go into too many details, but I had on fuzzy cuffs and he had a little whip. LOL It was fun. You could dress up as a famous couple. I enjoy the fall/halloween season. This year, DH wants to REALLY decorate! I personally would love to have a scarecrow and hay bale, but it won't go with teh scary theme. We got some little tombstones, and some fake blood and a big animated casket with a skeleton that opens it (assembling that wasn't fun) and we have dripping "blood" to put up on the windows and a door cover that says "keep out". The yard will most likely be pretty gory when he's done with it! But it'll be fun! For inside, I got some cutesy little fall decorations. now here's a question to ya'll, do you like candy corn? i don't and DH was shocked.
|
Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:00 am
Saxy, during the fall, candy corn is considered a food group.
|
Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:03 am
ROFL, you're too funny, Darrell! It;s just not my cup o tea!
|
Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:09 am
Candy corn is gross!! Love Halloween. Hate candy corn. It should be banned!!!
|
Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:15 am
THIS has always been one of my favorite costumes. We have a big party for all the cop kids. I'll post pictures after the 31st.
|
Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:15 am
LOL, I don't like it either, Saxy. We don't even buy it because it won't get eaten (kinda like peeps.) We're going to be making Haunted Houses this year. Just little ones to sit around the house til the Halloween party then they can take them to my sister's. I'm planning on doing a tiny graveyard, lol. I haven't even pulled my decs out yet. Still have to sweep up the drive way (our leaves don't change colors but I sure get piles of them this time of year!) Then we'll do the decorating. Also havne't checked to see when the spooky shows start on tv yet. Usually the travel channel does the haunted house type shows, sometimes history channel too, I love that stuff, lol.
|
Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:16 am
Candy corn is especially good when you shove it over your eye teeth and pretend you have fangs! Yum, what could be better than a chunk of solid sugar?
|
Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:17 am

|
Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:18 am
LOL 1/2 that is great!
|
Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:19 am
ooh, I love Peeps, too! Feel free to send me all of your stale ones. They should be just about right by now!
|
Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:24 am
Great pic Huk!!!
|
Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:46 am
ROFL!! I don't like candy corn, either! But, I do love some of the other candies. Escapee some ideas: Pirates Hippies (easy to do) Peace and Quiet: One person dresses like a hippie (jeans, flowered shirt, peace signs, beads, headband, etc.). The other person dresses up like a mime (striped shirt, black pants, suspenders, white face make-up, etc.). This website has a long list of couples costumes: http://www.theromantic.com/stories/halloween/couplescostumes.htm
|
Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 11:53 am
Escapee, I would go to a the costume party. It doesn't have to mean you celebrate Halloween. I have been trying to get my son and DIL to dress up like Fred and Wilma for a couple of years now. Half, I LOL so L that my dad came to see what was so funny. I might just have to do that costume. Kevin has tried for years to get me to do a haunted house. Oh candy corn is horrible. DH loves it. He has three bags sitting on his desk right now. This is a man that also thinks fruit cake is good. I used to always search the kids bags for Jaw Breakers.
|
Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 12:09 pm
October is a great month. There's still nice weather, the georgous fall colours, and decorating for Halloween. Here in Canada, this coming Monday marks our Thanksgiving. So we get a long weekend, big dinner, and family get-togethers. Then Halloween comes along at the end of the month.
|
Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 12:19 pm
Happy Thanksgiving!
|
Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 12:26 pm
We get to wear costumes here at work for Halloween. One year I dressed all in black and had large black angel wings on. People were scared of me. Another year, I had no costume, so I stapled a small bag of fritos from the vending machine to my shirt pocket. When people asked what I was, I said "All that, and a bag of chips"! A co-worker wore a light blue shirt and pants, had that spray on hair color (Bright Yellow) in his hair, with cotton balls stuck to his clothes. He kept a loaded squirt gun with him. His costume? "Partly cloudy, with a chance of rain".
|
Shashakaye
Member
05-19-2003
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 1:01 pm
We went out last year for the first time, I think the funniest costume I saw was a guy with his zipper undone with a bright pink d***o hanging out with a potato tied to it. He was a dictator.
|