Boo

Orange pumpkins line the streets

Spooky ghosts in linen sheets

Black bats screech in the dead of night

Scary witches scream with fright

Pounds of candy fill my bag

This Halloween was not a drag 

• My favorite Halloween treat is the Pillsbury ready-to-bake cookies with the pumpkins on them. I made some two nights ago and they were completely gone by yesterday, mostly due to me and my friends. They take me back to my childhood, because my Meme would always make them with me when I came over around Halloween. I still remember feeling like a real chef, helping her place the dough on the cookie sheet, even though that was one of the only two steps to baking them. Unfortunately, still to this day that is the extent of my baking skills.

• The best Halloween candy I ever got is at a particular house in the wealthier neighborhood next to mine. We always went trick or treating at the "rich" neighborhoods, because some of the houses gave out king size candy bars. There was one house, though, that let us pick two. They always had the best selection, too. They had all different types of chocolate candies and sour candies. I remember that I would always get two different kinds of sour punch straws. Hopefully one day I can hand out candy like that.

• The first thing I ever was for Halloween was a pumpkin. After that, I don't remember every costume, but I do remember being a dalmatian, a bunny, a "diva", (which consisted of a sparkly blue dress and sunglasses), a cat, a "candy corn" witch (my first and only home-sewn costume that was not even sewn by my family), a Japanese geisha girl, (which now that I am more culturally aware, was total cultural appropriation), a princess, a 50's sock hop girl, superwoman, and the mad hatter, (which I make from taking my mom's atrocious blazer from the 80's, black pants, and a top hat.) This year I finally made my own costume. I plan on being a cow, which I made from a white shirt and shorts, black fabric paint, felt, and balloons. I am very excited to wear it because I have not dressed up in a couple of years, nor have I made a homemade costume by myself. 

• I always thought being sushi would be really cute for Halloween, and you can make that pretty simply. All you need is plain white or textured clothing, chopsticks, a salmon colored pillow, white fabric paint, and a thick piece of black fabric. Paint the pillow with white stripes to resemble raw fish and place it on your back over your white outfit. Wrap it with the black cloth, put the chopsticks in your hair, and you're sushi!