Halloween Fun

I realized you don't get much of the effect of this stuff in daylight, but here's a before and after picture:

This is our cool gargoyle. Last year I put it on a pedestal covered with black cloth. I got the idea to use a black wig for the "table cover." I thought it looked cool:

This one was taken after it started to get dark. I wrapped the porch light in orange crepe paper and it caused an eerie orange glow:

This is the flying bat monkey thing I bought a few months ago:

And it looks a lot cooler in the dark:

This is the best I could do to get the full effect:

We didn't have a big turnout. Some kids were creeped out by the ghoul though, which was the whole point. When I was putting it out this afternoon, some kid across the street yelled out, "Oh, awesome. That's so cool!" When we were getting ready to "close up shop," I asked My Sweetie, "If we leave this out here, do you think some teenagers will come in the middle of the night and steal it?" He said, "Oh yeah." So I took everything down.

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When I went to pick up the food for Meals on Wheels this morning, I had 13 people. Thirteen, how Halloweeny is that? And when I got home there was a dead squirrel floating in our spa. That was too Halloweeny. I took a picture but decided not to post it. I mean, Eeeew, ick. The good news is we have some leftover candy, particularly some dark chocolate because I am not big on sweets, but I do like the dark chocolate. And now Halloween is over and November is here which means only one thing: It's Christmas!