I have a keen ability around the end of July, August, and of course September, to find the one and only Halloween decoration, magazine or prop in any store that I am in. I can find pumpkin orange in a heartbeart. My husband is finally getting used to walking with me and turning around realizing I've spotted something four aisles back and he has been talking to himself since then. Poor guy had to learn that the Halloween season starts in late July and lasts until one week after when everything is 75% off and that it is my job during this time to find everything that fits our themes, at the best price possible or that I must examine said items until I've figured out how to recreate it.
Well, this year, along with being 9 months pregnant, just as the magazines are coming out, internet stores are gearing up, and I can't wait for back to school to be done, my radar is thrown. All thanks to my hometown football team, The Bengals. Why, oh why, do they have to wear orange and black, and not just any orange, but pumpkin/Halloween orange??? I went to our local grocery, and there was orange and black everywhere, in particular one aisle....I totally thought it was their first Halloween display...but NOOOOO...it's for football. Pre-season even. I've been bomb-barded by the Bengals in the past few years, more people around here where Bengals garb, that every Sunday I'm overloaded with trying to see if they are wearing Halloween shirts. I see yard decorations, but alas, it's Bengals. I get supporting your team, but it's gone into overload here. Or could it be because the season is getting a slow start? Or that I am impatiently trying to get all my Halloween shopping done before the new pumpkin gets here? Any which way it goes, retail stores are deceiving me with their black and orange and need to stop it!!!!
2 comments:
I relate totally to your Halloween radar...I'm the same way. And that evil orange & black deception they pulled at your store, well that just ain't right!
I was Target tonight looking at the kids Halloween shirts & jammies when a couple walked by and scoffed at how crazy ridiculous it is that Halloween is out already. I had to refrain from publicly admonishing them for saying such blasphemous things in my presence...ha! Some of us (ME) think that Halloween is actually a little late this year. :o)
@ Wendy:
There was a time when I thought Halloween should not come out until after Labor Day. But now that I need more time to prepare, the earlier the better. But Christmas should not come out until Black Friday, Schools should not start til after Labor Day and end before Memorial Day, and it would always be 70 degrees and sunny on Easter (for Egg Hunts and flower purposes only.) And it would always snow on Christmas Break through Valentines. But alas, no one will let me rule the world.
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