tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post2398198276337736068..comments2023-11-05T04:21:37.323-08:00Comments on Author Ally: Confessions of a Halloween HaterAlly Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090259158740139606noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-67303044397369949232016-10-17T17:45:32.620-07:002016-10-17T17:45:32.620-07:00How could I forget the sexy side of Halloween? Rep...How could I forget the sexy side of Halloween? Repressing it maybe since I have teenage girls? LOL<br />Love the comic book idea - can I send my trick-or-treaters your way?<br />Thanks for stopping by and the Twitter shoutout!Ally Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090259158740139606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-37426609666670398652016-10-17T17:21:32.776-07:002016-10-17T17:21:32.776-07:00You forgot all the costumes for women that are bas...You forgot all the costumes for women that are basically any profession but with the word 'sexy' in front of it. Sexy baker. Sexy traffic cop. Sexy painter. Sexy...you get it. When did Halloween become a bikini contest? Anyway, I feel your pain. When I was a kid, Halloween meant carving your pumpkin that day and dressing up in clothes your found in the attic. However, I love candy, especially those little coffee crisp bars. We also give out mini comic books specially packaged for Halloween. Our local comic book store sells them. I hand those out and every kid thinks I cool...well sort of. Great post, Ally. BR Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922746599627072649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-39085888737974576882016-10-17T16:59:30.251-07:002016-10-17T16:59:30.251-07:00Thanks, Amity. The candy is just your reward for m...Thanks, Amity. The candy is just your reward for making it through. Enjoy!Ally Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090259158740139606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-15199185720934829102016-10-17T16:57:54.639-07:002016-10-17T16:57:54.639-07:00I think you're in the majority, Tena! This is ...I think you're in the majority, Tena! This is your season for sure. Enjoy every last sugar-coated second of it.Ally Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090259158740139606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-89973887691392642872016-10-17T16:56:23.604-07:002016-10-17T16:56:23.604-07:00Sounds like you're embracing it and doing your...Sounds like you're embracing it and doing your best, Susabelle. Hope you get lots of treats and no tricks this year!<br />Ally Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090259158740139606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-85290667329308028472016-10-17T16:21:40.761-07:002016-10-17T16:21:40.761-07:00Enjoyed your post. Can certainly see your point. ...Enjoyed your post. Can certainly see your point. I'm more of a mixed bag, no pun intended. I love seeing the little ones come to my door, love the decorations, hate worrying about my young adult children out on the roads, hate when I have too much candy left over and HAVE to eat it.Amity Grayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025728417233761138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-34139680295140138612016-10-17T15:02:16.830-07:002016-10-17T15:02:16.830-07:00I love Halloween, almost better than Christmas. I...I love Halloween, almost better than Christmas. I love the decorations and the candy and all of it. I always made all of my kids' costumes, but for the older two, I was a single mom and we had limited resources, and they got what they got. I rarely felt guilty. This year is different, as I've separated from my husband and am handling the holiday alone with my youngest who is 14. I only did outside decorations this year, and they were just a bunch of plastic pumpkins and twinkly lights, not the big ornate zombie-ish displays my husband favors. I actually kind of like it that way. We'll see how I feel about it by the time the 31st actually arrives.Susabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16028522408918172500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-20950097409634158882016-10-17T14:37:04.763-07:002016-10-17T14:37:04.763-07:00Oh, I love Halloween! The haunted house decoration...Oh, I love Halloween! The haunted house decorations, the costumes, once a year you can be whatever you want and no one looks at you strange. Well, ok, I'll give you that, people look at me strange anyway. I love all things paranormal, that's probably why I write Paranormal Romance. Hehehe! I enjoyed your post. Happy Halloween! Tena Stetlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728074623573439351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-14509936520765146922016-10-17T10:45:41.212-07:002016-10-17T10:45:41.212-07:00Good idea - I'm in!Good idea - I'm in!Ally Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090259158740139606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-23808262890406414272016-10-17T08:19:02.063-07:002016-10-17T08:19:02.063-07:00Ally - you and me are from the same tribe!! I'...Ally - you and me are from the same tribe!! I've always hated Halloween - even as a kid, more so as an adult. Maybe we should just LEAVE home during the month of october from now on?!! heeheepeggy jaegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767089116387597036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-86701066873585958512016-10-17T07:57:47.881-07:002016-10-17T07:57:47.881-07:00Thanks for sharing, Mary! I believe Pinterest has ...Thanks for sharing, Mary! I believe Pinterest has really changed the game in the past few years. Luckily you can start preparing for Christmas now - it's everywhere already :)Ally Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090259158740139606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-12300480865011350852016-10-17T07:55:33.909-07:002016-10-17T07:55:33.909-07:00It's always the mom-guilt. Grin and bearing it...It's always the mom-guilt. Grin and bearing it here in the home stretch. Thanks for stopping by! Ally Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090259158740139606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-3304947348008783222016-10-17T07:00:28.349-07:002016-10-17T07:00:28.349-07:00Oh, but I love Halloween. I didn't get to cele...Oh, but I love Halloween. I didn't get to celebrate it much when I was a kid because we lived in the country until I was ten, but then I loved dressing up and going trick or treating with my friends (in a small town). When my kids were little they picked a costume and I spend hours (and a fair amount of money) making them and we were both happy with the result. But that was almost fifteen years ago and I know everything is more intense and commercialized these days. <br /><br />I actually have more issues with Christmas, as I feel so much pressure to decorate, bake, buy presents, wrap, etc. I really wouldn't mind so much but I always seem to get sick right before Christmas and then I'm just dragging myself through everything. I've been better in recent years but still get nervous as December approaches. <br />Great post! Lots of fun to hear your stories.Mary Gillgannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576518364465232493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764263070612946040.post-46868888259080329622016-10-17T06:46:13.354-07:002016-10-17T06:46:13.354-07:00Oh, how I feel you. My oldest two daughters are gr...Oh, how I feel you. My oldest two daughters are grown and I just have one left. But that just means I have to bring my A game, because I somehow have guilt for all those years I didn't decorate for Halloween, we didn't scoop out pumpkin guts, and the costume wasn't good enough (and it never is).<br /><br />I feel like the worst mom ever for admitting it, but I kind of hate the "H" word, too. There, I said it.Lori Sizemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06953113566951389775noreply@blogger.com