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I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. I love Halloween. I love it. The idea of transforming oneself into whatever one wishes. Millions of people playing “dress-up.” It’s exciting. Besides Disneyland, this is the closest thing us adults will ever get to our childhood left behind.

And trick-or-treating! Forget about it! I love it. The idea of knocking on someone’s door and having them not only answer, but give you candy. I mean: If you stop to think about it, it is such a wonderful thing in this world full of mistrust and heartache.

Halloween. It is such a ridiculous holiday. Which is why I love it. I just cannot believe how many people celebrate it and give in to the fun.

Growing up in the country meant never having one trick-or-treater. We would venture five miles down the road to my aunt’s house and trick-or-treat from there. My aunt would give out the most amazing goody bags to each child. This led me to immediately start this tradition from the moment I was on my own. (Post to come about my goody bags this year. Hmmm. Something about that doesn’t quite sound right). It is a thrill to me to get a trick-or-treater. Seriously, a thrill.

Here is how we decorated our outside this year. Well, this is how we decorate every year, so don’t expect anything different next year.

Notice, I kinda hid our green door from the association. I think I can get away with doing this until January. Christmas green anyone?

How did you decorate this year? Do you love Halloween as much as I do?

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Okay, I did something bad.

I know I am going to get in trouble, but it will be fun while it lasts.

I have always been a rule follower. If you tell me I cannot do something, I do not do it. But somewhere along the way, our homeowners’ association has lost me. It seems that they let some things slide. While others, they are extremely picky about. I think it has something to do with living in an older neighborhood.

You want to hang those holiday flags? Sure, why not. It does not matter that Easter was over two months ago. Colored eggs are so chic.

Naked statues in the front yard? Well, mermaids are adorable.

Peeling garage doors needing paint? Hmmm… It looks so shabby chic.

But dare to paint your fence color a different shade of beige than the beige that was chosen, and you will get letter after letter. With a final warning being that they are having a meeting about the “situation.”

And then come the fines.

I know.

I have done that very same bad thing.

And yes, we had to repaint our fence… From beige to more beige.

I had my painter paint our front door bright green. Bright green. It went from brown to bright green. I am scared. Our neighbors have white, blue and the occasional red. I figured why not?

I probably figured wrong.

So, let’s enjoy the green door while we can. I give it one month. Then back to brown.

But, hey, I cannot say I did not try.

Do you have a crazy color for your front door?

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