Christmas is coming. I figured this out about October 25th when our local Walmart started putting out the Christmas stuff mixed in with the Halloween stuff. I really wanted to get one of those animated Santa's and put a nasty Halloween mask on it to scare the little ones.

Finally after 26 years of marriage we had trick or treaters! Every year we would buy candy but our doorbell would never ring. Last year, we lived across the street from the school. Still not a boo from any small fry. But this year made up for it. From about 5 till almost 10 they showed up. Many I suspect from across the border. Had something to do with the English "trick or treat" followed with the Spanish "gracias". And the fading away voices of " what did you get "? in another language. Now I always thought we were going a bit far going to the higher end neighborhoods so the kids would get the " better " candy, but these folks have gone to another country! Now thats taking candy begging to another level.

We sold our Christmas tree a few months ago while having a garage sale. It was pretty cheap when we bought it. One of those "all inclusive" deals, lights, ornaments and tree all in one box. In the heat of garage sale mania I said " hey, lets sell the tree and get a new one " So we did, but new ones are a lot more than they were when we bought the last one. We may need to hit up somebody else's garage sale!