This is Halloween...This is Halloween...Pumpkins scream in the Dead of Night...

So, time has been flying since I last shared my Meandering Musings with you!  I have been working on two separate posts that I have yet to finish, so I'll just go ahead with a third, because apparently that's how I roll!  I can't believe October has already come and gone!   I must say I'm finally getting into the spirit of Fall.  I love to see the trees here in Midtown change colors, to feel the cooler breezes, to watch the leaves float gently down to Earth.   I love, love, love, trying pumpkin spice everything, as we discussed in my last post.  This year felt like our first Midtown Halloween, since last year we had only been in our home for 10 days. Last Halloween we were right in the middle of having our Midtown Mecca rewired, which was advertised as a one day job, and in fact ended up taking 9 working days!  Due to the continuous daily barrage of noise, mess, and confusion, we weren't really able to decorate much for Halloween.  By the time I began to get into the "Spirit" of things, there were no pumpkins to be found, so I had to resort to my electric ones. This photo shows the entire extent of my Halloween decorations last year.  Can we say "lamest excuse for decorations ever"?

                  

                                                             

The Daughter, however, has been obsessed with all things Halloween since about the age of three, and looks for the earliest excuse to put up her decorations. I think these were hanging up at her house before the end of September! The Hubs and I  like to wait a bit longer, partly due to having to drag all the boxes down the stairs from the attic, unpacking them, and setting up everything. 
(I know, I know, #middleagedproblems) The Daughter and her GF were over one Saturday evening, and The Daughter decided it was time to get the Halloween stuff down and help me decorate.  After dragging boxes downstairs, opening all of them, unpacking some, and generally making my living room into a Huge Halloween Mess, she decided she was no longer in the mood for this adventure, and wanted instead to raid my not so secret stash of Pumpkin Spice Oreos.   So, the next day The Hubs and I went through all of the stuff that we've accumulated over the years, threw away a bunch of stuff, filled a box for Goodwill, made a pile to give to the Daughter, and started setting up what we had left.   In Midtown, it's all about the  front porch, so we had to make sure ours was ready!

Our Dining room became the home for all things pumpkiny and ghostly.

I love our big mantle!  It's the perfect place for all the really spooky stuff.

Halloween decorations were almost everywhere in our house!!

The Daughter and I made these
spooky glowing jars of spiders the                                                                                                             weekend before Halloween. 

A few days before Halloween, we were at our favorite Vegan Restaurant, Imagine Vegan Cafe,  and they had such beautiful Halloweeny desserts!!  Unfortunately, we were too full after our fabulous lunch to try any of them!  

 So, by the time we finally got the house all ready, Halloween was nearly here!  After dropping off a bag of goodies for the girls at their place, and getting to see this cute jack-o-lantern they had carved, The Hubs and I tore into the pumpkin flesh.  We were quite pleased with the results.  

 We turned on all the Halloween lights, lit all the candles, filled the bowl with candy for the trick-or-treaters, and we were ready!!  Everything looks spookier in the dark!!

 We were visited by quite a few ghouls and goblins that night, as well as some princesses, ladybugs, and super heroes.  It was a frightfully good Halloween!! We even finished out the night with a bit of candy leftover for us to nibble. 

Hope you had a Spooktacular Time!!! 

 Stay tuned, and peace out...