Buy Halloween Candy #FallBucketListMCD

We're checking another item off the Fall Bucket List today!

I bought Halloween candy!

The candy is my favorite part of Halloween. I loved Halloween as a kid, because it was fun to dress up! You got to pretend to be anything you wanted to be! I wish I had old photos, but I was an angel (obviously! ok...jk) a 50's girl in a poodle skirt and Cinderella, to name a few.

On the flip side, I don't tolerate the scary part of Halloween so well. Count me out for Haunted Houses or Haunted Corn Mazes or Haunted Hayrides. This girl HATES to be scared. People in creepy masks, no thanks!

So, the candy is the redeeming quality for me as an adult! And I know I should be smarter and follow the advice of so many of you smart people out there and only buy candy you DON'T like.

I do the opposite.

I buy all the candy as early as possible and eat it all month long. And then I usually have to replace a bag a few days before Halloween. I share with the rest of the family. Some of it, anyway! #givemeallthesnickers #andkitkats #andtwix

This was my first time this season getting some Halloween Candy with my very dear friend and sweet coworker, Shauna! We met in August at Target for work (I know, best job ever!), and we thought we'd pick some up.

Here we are with some organic candy I bought! I used it to fill our Halloween "advent" calendar.

My natural candy haul

Really old Halloween advent calendar from Pottery Barn Kids

And then, last month on our epic trip to Sam's Club, we bought the rest. Halloween is a big deal in our neighborhood, and we get A LOT of kids!! I doubt any of this will be left.

And finally, we participate in the Teal Pumpkin Project. We have a sweet friend of ours who has Celiac Disease. Ever since she was diagnosed (and I heard the struggles from her mom about the challenges they face), we have participated. In essence, you display a teal pumpkin on your porch on Halloween and kids (and their parents) know they can get a non-food treat so that the kids with allergies aren't left out. I let kids pick between candy and any one of these "treats."

Have you bought your Halloween candy yet? Use #FallBucketListMCD to post your pics so we can see how you are doing checking things off the list!

-Sara

Other Fall Bucket List Posts

Fall Bucket List! Free Printable!

Fall Decorate #FallBucketListMCD

Bake Pumpkin Anything

Friday Favorites! September 23rd

Comments

Friday Favorites! October 14th

Happy Friday! We are linking up with Erika , Narci & Andrea for the weekly installment of Friday Favorites! This week my very top favorite is ELECTRICITY! Where I live in Virginia, was affected by Hurricane Matthew. By the time he reached us, he was downgraded to a post-tropical storm or something, but still there was a lot of damage in our area, and people are still dealing with it. We were very lucky. We had no major damage to our home. We did, however, lose power for 40 hours. Yes, I counted! We were absolutely one of the lucky ones, as we had prepared in advance! And several years ago, we had a generator installed, so we had power to the essentials, like the refrigerator and some lights and a few outlets. Very helpful in keeping all of our devices charged!! My next favorite is celebrating this guy's birthday with his school friends a few days early! We had a video game bus come and park in front of our house. Several ...

Stranded! September 14: Movies

This month's Stranded Linkup hosted by Shay at Mix & Match Mama and Erika at A Little Bit of Everything is all about Movies!! I don't know about you, but this is a tough one! I love so many movies! I think these three I could watch over and over and over. I think that I have to go with my all-time favorite movie as a child for the first pick. 1st Pick Oh my gosh, you guys! I LOVED this movie SO much when I was little! Hayley Mills is my favorite! This version was the only one in existence when I was young, so I am biased and think this one is MUCH better than the Lindsay Lohan remake. 2nd Pick I mean, who doesn't love Will Ferrell and his crazy antics?! And in a holiday movie!?! We have watched this so many times during Christmastime and every other time of the year! My kids can quote many favorite lines! 3rd Pick I think this one needs to be a newer comedy that my husband and I have watched so many times. I LOVE Paul Rud...

Friday Favorites! September 23rd

I've been reading these Friday Favorites posts on my favorite bloggers sites, and this Friday, I decided we should join in! Sara's Favorite #1 and Fall Bucket List Item! Let's kick it off with Fall TV Premiere Week! That is absolutely a favorite! I have been waiting all summer to get some episodes of some of my favorite shows and check out some new ones! I am most excited for Modern Family, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Middle to begin again. Except The Middle isn't coming back until October 11th?!? Ugh! The waiting continues! I also was excited to check out some new shows! I watched Kevin Can Wait and The Good Place and This Is Us. Kevin Can Wait makes it on my maybe list. The Good Place was cute! But somehow missing something. I am up for waiting to see how that one turns out. This Is Us is seriously amazing. Not to overstate it, but I was blown away. Please watch this if you can. GREAT show. #FallBucketListMCD Sara's Favorite #2 Clothes for ...

Moms' Coffee Date

Search This Blog