That probably didn't scare you, huh? Today is Halloween - not news to most people. There is a "Fall Festival" in our community tomorrow - kids can wear their Halloween costumes, there will be some live music for the grown-ups. It's an opportunity for neighbors to come together. The Social Director on our HOA board is putting this on, and she does a great job.
There is a contest for "Best Decorated House" - a lot of people get into this. Halloween is second to Christmas in regards to home decorations. The average consumer will spend around $114 for candy to hand out and decorations. 66% of consumers will hand out candy, 51% will decorate in some manner. 46% will carve a pumpkin... on a side note: putting pumpkins outside here in the desert is not recommended due to the pumpkins attracting javelinas and other desert critters...
Steph and Dan have stocked up on candy to hand out tonight. Joan and I have been tasked with getting a table set up so we're ready to go when they get home from work. Last year, we had somewhere between 50 and 75 "spooks" visit last year (depending on who was counting) - yeah, I had to look it up on last year's blog post.
When we were living in Texas, we had a grand total of... zero trick or treaters. Mostly retired folks living on that island, so there was generally a party at the Activity Center. So, it was a big deal for us last year to have actual trick or treaters coming to the house. We set up in the driveway so the doorbells aren't going off, getting the animals riled.
It should be a beautiful evening: a high today of 87º, temperature at 7:00 pm is expected to be 78º. Unlike when we lived in the frozen northland, no need to plan a kid's costume around fitting over a winter jacket. ;-)
Happy Halloween! Trick or Treat!
Only 3 houses on our street, so it isn't the "target rich" environment like other streets in our neighborhood. We'll see how that goes this evening.
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