I have no soul. I'm beyond the pale. I'm one of the living dead!

Well, another Halloween has come and gone and once again I'm compelled to chronicle the ups and downs of this year's spooky season. I like doing these, even if just for myself, as it gives future me a window into the Halloweens of yesteryear.

On paper it was a banner year! I had quite the checklist and I was able to hit pretty well everything on it, but I will admit a severe case of burnout around mid-October. It wasn't necessarily that I was Halloweened out or anything like that, but my "real life" got intensely busy around late-September and early- to mid-October and it made it a little tough to savour the season.

I also made the decision in early September to start my Stranger Things rewatch in anticipation for the final season dropping in November, which ended up dominating my TV time. I think it mostly works as a Halloween-y show (season 2 even takes place at Halloween), but as a result I didn't get as many movies or video games in as I usually do. I'm not sad about it, but I do feel like my Letterboxd took a hit as a result.

With that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff!

Wednesday's Meal of Misfortune at Wendy's

This was a great way to kick off the Halloween season! Of course, this was meant to coincide with Netflix dropping the second season of the hit show, Wednesday, but the synergy with that show's release in the late days of summer gave us Autumn people something to look forward to very early on.

It didn't hurt that the food was pretty great! I mean the nuggets were just regular Wendy's fare, but the sauces looked and tasted pretty great, too. And the Frosty also looked amazing. We're not done with Wendy's, though! We'll circle back later.

Burger King Scooby Doo Kids Meal

Burger King, not to be outdone at Halloween, also kicked things off pretty early with a banger kids meal featuring the Scooby gang in their Halloween costumes! 

I find BK does this sort of thing; they take dormant franchises and give them very random promotions. Last year they famously did an Addams's Family meal (which featured what I think was their best Halloween sandwich, the Wednesday Whopper), but earlier this year they also did a Naruto meal out of the blue. With no new Scooby movie or show released this year this promo may seem misplaced, but Scooby-Doo and Halloween go hand-in-hand, so I thought it was very cool.

My kids who love the occasional BK run actually couldn't be arsed to go there this season, so I only got to see one of the toys, but I got this cool Daphne dressed as a purple cat! 

Obligatory Cereal Post

I'd be remiss not to bring up this year's cereal fare, such as it was. I must say, it was pretty lackluster, but that is becoming the norm. The one big highlight was that we finally got a new Count Chucula box here in Canada! We've been rocking the same box with the cut-out mask on the back for something like 12 years, but this year we were on par with the US and got the Jim Henson-inspired box art. I've already written all about this, so I won't say any more, but it was definitely a highlight.

Outside of that, we did get Demogorgon Crunch, which was pretty cool! It tasted just like French Toast Crunch with some marbits thrown in, but it was colourful and the box was amazing.

I was hoping we'd get the new Enid cereal from Wednesday, but alas no dice. It's weird, because we've actually had Wednesday cereal here in Canada ever since it was released last year. I got the impression it was only available seasonally in the US, but it never left store shelves here, it's that big of a hit. I figured the Enid cereal would be a no-brainer, but what do I know! I'm sure we'll get it next season.

Coffee Straight from the Pumpkin Patch

Of course there were many delicious pumpkin-flavoured coffees to be had this year. This all goes without saying, but I do bring it up, because there were some new offerings.

McDonald's dropped a pumpkin spice cold brew, which was pretty good I must say. It didn't have me thirsting for more, but it was something to fun to grab one afternoon.

Tim Horton's brought their pumpkin spice cold brew back this year, which was very happy about. It might seem weird, but last year - at least here in Canada - they didn't have it available. I think they had some promo going on at the time and let that replace their usual Autumn releases. My one gripe is that this year they had a pumpkin-infused cold foam on top, which sounds like a no-brainer, but I found to be a bit much. IMO, it actually taste better without the foam. I think when they first introduced their pumpkin spice cold brew it actually had a chocolate cold foam, which was deadly, but alas not this year.

As per usual, the Starbucks pumpkin frap was amazing. #BasicBitch

And since I'm talking coffee, this a good enough place to gush some more about these stacking Peanuts Halloween coffee mugs I scored at Home Sense this year. Again, I already mentioned these in an earlier post, but I'm just obsessed. They weren't the Charlie Brown Halloween themed cups I wanted, but they were the Charlie Brown Halloween themed cups I needed.

Halloween Bubbly

Again, not a lot to write about in the way of spooky soda this year, but it's tradition.

In Canada, we were treated to what I assume will be one last year of Mountain Dew VooDEW. As we've seen Mountain Dew phase out VooDEW in lieu of an actual candy collab with Trolli this year, I kind've doubt we'll continue to see VooDEW even though it's only been dropped up North twice. This is also judging by the fact that you can still find tons of the stuff at every corner store around here. I don't think it sold quite to expectation. As a guy who has been buying imported VooDEW for years, it certainly didn't knock my socks off. It was the 2023 US version, which tastes like Sour Patch Kids.

Outside of that, Fanta put a big push on again this year. I personally miss WTFanta!? but I can't complain about a fruit punch flavoured pop based on Child's Play! It was much better than last year's Beetlejuice apple-flavoured offering. They also did a bunch of other horror-themed labels, like Michael Myers and Freddy Fazbear.

I'll throw this in here, even though it's not technically soda pop, but Alani Nu had some bangers this year, in the form of Witch's Brew and Pumpkin Cream energy drinks. While I liked the Witch's Brew right away, it took me a while to appreciate the Pumpkin Cream variety. I eventually realized that they tasted surprisingly like a Tiger Pop sucker, which somehow mentally made them more palatable? I dunno, I'm weird.

Alas, as of writing this I have yet to find a Trolli Mountain Dew at my import store. It's not uncommon for me to find them months later, during the Christmas season, so when I do I'll make sure to post it on my socials.

KitKat Halloween

This was a fun one that only hit Canada this year: KitKat Scary Friends!

We've actually been getting the KitKat vampire here the last few years, which I believe dropped in the US this season. The Scary Friends are slightly smaller, but feature a vampire, Frankenstein's monster, a witch, a mummy, and an adorable bat.

As much as I enjoyed these, especially as an early seasonal drop, I noticed that Nestle quietly retired their full size Halloween bars this year. I don't think they were at thing outside of Canada, but each year Nestle would sell their usual bars, but with cool Halloween packaging complete with cute names, like Coffin Crisp instead of Coffee Crisp, Scaries instead of Smarties, and ScAero... you get the idea.

Hopefully they'll be back in time to come, but for now KitKat Scary Friends was a nice swap.

Oh, and since this won't fit anywhere else, we also got more Reese Halloween Shapes this year. We've only ever had Reese Pumpkins before, so it was fun to get amorphous blobs that somewhat resemble bats and ghosts, as well.

BK's Halloween Extravaganza

As if a Scooby-Doo Halloween kids meal wasn't enough, Burger King said to the other fast food burger joints "hold my beer" and went hog wild this season. Not only did they do a bright orange Jack-o-lantern Whopper and mummy-themed mozza sticks, but they had chicken nuggets that were shaped like vampire fangs that you could dip in blood-coloured sauce. Honestly, this didn't blow open the season the way I thought it would. I feel like this should've been the most talked about item of 2025.

I got to enjoy the Whopper, which was just another sandwich, but the nuclear orange bun was pretty clutch. Unfortunately, we didn't get the vampire nuggets here in Canada, which was a major bummer, but I'm hopeful we'll see this menu again next year.

Bucket-geddon

I'm not done talking about Burger King, though! This year pretty much every company decided to drop a Halloween bucket, and BK was no exception. All of their Halloween-themed stuff this year had this cool retro "let's all go to the lobby" look to it, which is what adorned their bucket. I thought it was pretty cool and really stood out amongst all the others.

I actually decided to abstain from buckets this season, both because I'm kinda bucketed out and also because I think if I brought any more them into my house my wife might throw me out.

Some highlights this year included Home Depot (yes, Home Depot), Dunkin' Donuts Munchkins, and - one of my favourites - Tim Hortons. The Timmies one was especially difficult to ignore as this year it was covered in black and purple cats. Also, they must've expected a bigger turnout, because my Timmies had plenty of buckets to go around well into late-October.

Of course the king of the Halloween bucket, the Boo Bucket from McDonald's, was back this year. They had some new, but very familiar, buckets that looked almost exactly the same as those from prior years, but included new black cat and red zombie variants, which I must say were enticing.

Funny side story time: while I was mostly successful at staving off my bucket addiction this season, one morning while I was checking the mail I noticed that someone had thrown garbage all over my lawn. I was understandably annoyed at first, but then I realized that it was actually a black cat Boo Bucket! So, like any lost kitten, I cleaned it up and gave it a home.

Out There Walmart Edition

For me personally, this honestly might've been the highlight of the whole damn season. I love the WNUF Halloween Special and it's quickly become one of my must-watch Halloween movies every year. A few years back Chris LaMartina, the director of WNUF, dropped a sequel, the Out There Halloween Mega Tape. Of course, I wanted to watch it immediately, but with shipping and duties combined with the American exchange rate, it was just too expensive to have shipped to Canada.

A few weeks into the Halloween season I started hearing word of a WNUF/Out There Blu-ray 2-pack hitting Walmart shelves from Terror-Vision so I reached out to Brad Henderson (acquisitions for Terror-Vision) to see if it was dropping in Canada. I was surprised when he said that a very small number of discs would be hitting Canadian Walmarts, and so the hunt was on.

I honestly figured there was no chance I'd see it in Halifax and that most of the sets would go to Ontario, but I figured dropping into some of the local Walmarts around me as I was running other errands wouldn't hurt. After a few weeks of checking here and there, I figured there was no chance I was getting it. One day while I was doing a Spirit run I popped into a Walmart Supercentre and was shocked to find they no longer carried any movies whatsoever! I had pretty well lost hope, but I checked out my nearest Walmart one last time and was shocked to find a single copy of the Blu-ray set! I practically danced out of the store.

So I finally got to watch the movie, which I loved - it will take a few more viewings to know how I rank it against the original, but this one heavily features aliens and UFO specials from the 90s, which is my bread and butter, so I can see it becoming a serious favourite.

Frosty Fright's at Wendy's

And finally, the last item on my list is actually the last Halloween-themed promo I got to partake of this year: Frosty Frights!

These dropped in the US last year, but didn't grace Canada. I was pretty bummed at the time, but when I heard they were coming back this year I thought Wendy's would for sure bring them to the North.

While I saw them all over my socials from US friends, I kept coming up with bupkis at my local Wendy's, so I'd given up hope. Then the week of Halloween itself, Wendy's Canada came out of nowhere with one last trick or treat and dropped Frosty Frights!

As a guy who had - as I previously mentioned - case of Halloweenitis, this was just what I needed! And even cooler was that I actually scored a rare neon variant!

Another Halloween in the Books

And that's it for Halloween 2025! I'm sure I missed a ton of stuff, but honestly it was hard to keep up this year. If you're a brand whore and promo addict like myself then you had your work cut out for you.

I didn't actually get to do a lot of the seasonal trips and events that I usually enjoy this year, like hay rides, corn mazes, apple picking, etc. It was a bad year for crops in Nova Scotia, as we suffered a terrible drought this summer. Also things just got crazy around here with the kids getting back into school and their many different activities and sports that a lot slipped through my fingers.

So, I was glad to have all these different junk food promos to keep me busy on my lunch breaks or the occasional trip to Spirit Halloween for a seasonal infusion.

How was your Halloween? Did it meet your expectations? As usual, I'd love to hear your thoughts! You can drop a comment on this post or on my Bluesky and Insta.

Happy Halloween!

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Have you come to sing pumpkin carols?

I was going to write a very long-winded, multi-post skeet on Bluesky the other day when I realized, what the hell am I doing? I have this whole blog I never use! So here it is.

I've been finding it difficult to hold that autumn spirit the last few weeks. On the rare occasion that I have enjoyed it, I've had to drag it out of me kicking and screaming. I usually take a day to myself every fall as a sort of Halloween pilgrimage, so I thought that might just be the ticket.

As usual, I kicked things off with a million calorie pumpkin spice Frappuccino from Starbucks. I get exactly two drinks from Starbucks every year. One of these and a peppermint mocha around Christmas, so I allowed myself the luxury.

With my seasonal drink in hand, I decided to try one last time to get a box of Count Chocula. I don't want to bore you with the same schtick as usual, but over the last few years we're lucky to even get Count Chocula here in Atlantic Canada. Occasionally you'll see Franken Berry, last year we actually got Carmella Creeper, and I'm told that once upon a time Boo Berry graced this land, but alas I've never found it myself. We did get our own version of Monster Mash a few years back with Boo Berry in it, but that didn't really scratch the itch.

And the real truth I like to keep buried deep down inside myself is that I really don't like fruit-flavoured cereals, so I'd probably only actually eat Count Chocula anyway, but it's the principle of the thing! I want that Boo Berry!

Anyway, the thing to write home about in 2025 is that General Mills finally changed the damn Count Chocula box. Although my American friends have enjoyed many varied packaging and varieties of Monster Cereals over the years, we've had the exact same box with the cut-out mask since 2014.

After going on failed mission after failed mission to find any sort of Halloween cereal over the last couple of weeks, I finally spied a box of Chocula at the very back of a local grocery store and I was elated to see the Jim Henson box art!

I've been on a diet lately (disregard that giant boat-load of sugar I showed you above) so I likely won't actually eat any of the Count Chocula, but my kids love it and I love the chase.

Keeping that momentum, I figured it was nigh time I hit Halloween mecca... Spirit Halloween! Here's the obligatory pic of the store, jammed in between CAA and The Shoe Company, in the dead husk of an old Roots store. Just like nature intended.

As is usual, Spirit Halloween is a serious infusion of the holiday spirit and I really enjoyed my time walking around the store, but I must say I wasn't nuts about this year's location. The last few years they've been in a space like two doors down from this, which is much more roomy. It was so big, it actually allowed for their little "haunt within the store" setups.

There wasn't any of that in this location. They did their best to setup some of the jump scare animatronics in the middle of the shop, which was a nice touch, but it felt a bit cramped. Rumour is that we're getting a Dollar Tree where Spirit has been located the last few years, which would explain it having to move down the road.

I took about a billion pictures in the store, mostly of kids costumes to aid my children in figuring out what they want to be for Halloween this year, so I'll spare you those.

The highlights were this light up skull Pumpkin Peeper, which I had to buy on the spot - I can't wait to get that bad boy into a jack-o-lantern - and this E.T. mask that scared the ever-lovin' shit out of me as I was browsing their sea of masks. His glossy, blue, dead stare chills me even now.

After that, I figured it was time to hit up HomeSense. If you're not familiar with that store, it's because in the US it's called HomeGoods. I've been stopping by every now and then since August, when everybody and their dog started posting pictures of those sweet Charlie Brown Halloween mugs (image  credit to Trash Witch on Bluesky, who I believe was the first person I saw to get the mug), that features the gang at Violet's Halloween party.

For many years, I purchased myself a new Halloween mug on my pilgrimage, but in the last few I've stopped because I just had too many damn coffee cups, but I decided I'd come out of retirement for this bad boy.

But alas, after several trips it became clear to me that we wouldn't be getting that mug in my area. Now that's not to say there was any lack of Peanuts-themed Halloween stuff there. If anything, the store was overflowing with it.

As I was about to leave empty-handed yet again, I saw this out of the corner of my eye.

La pièce de résistance! Feast your eyes on this incredible set of stacked cups, depicting the opening sequence of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! This picture doesn't do them justice, they look amazing and I was so excited to find them.

We are having my wife's family over for Thanksgiving this year, so I'm trying to hold off on breaking them out until then, but once I do I hope you'll be ready for my entire Bluesky and Instagram feeds to become a dedication to these four mugs and these four mugs alone.

Riding on that high I decided it was time to pack it in and grab some lunch. I took a meandering way home, while I listened to old episodes of the Purple Stuff Podcast (also an important part of the yearly pilgrimage) and I found myself near a Burger King.

I had seen several posts online of folks with those Scooby-Doo kids meal toys and I figured I'd pop in and check if they had them, so I could take my kids at a later date. Sure enough they did!

Even though I'd obliterated my daily calorie count with that gargantuan frap at breakfast, I decided I couldn't leave without getting a kid's meal, so I snagged one and I scored a Daphne. She looks very cozy with the rest of the toys that adorn the old desk TV.

And there you have it! A very successful Halloween pilgrimage, which was just what I needed to get into the Halloween spirit. I still have lots of other family activities to do in the coming weeks that will just amplify my mood, but I feel like this solo adventure is always a good kick-off.

How about you? Do you have any sort of Halloween/autumn traditions you partake in every year that are just for you? Feel free to reach out on my socials and let me know!

I hope you're having a great season so far and here's to many more spooky adventures to come!

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It was the Boogeyman.

I've forcibly put myself into a post-Halloween cooldown period, but after a few days I feel like it's time to take a moment and chronicle all the greatness that was Halloween 2024!

I don't think I could possibly write meaningful words about everything that dropped this season, but I want to highlight some of my favourite spooky snacks, events, movies... whatever!

Sodie Pop!

There were some fun pops to hunt for this season. I want to say that Fanta took home the gold. Not because the Haunted Apple tasted the best - it's terrible - but between a bright green Beetlejuice soda and the latest film's branding on their other products, it seemed like this was the biggest chase.

Personally, I missed WTFanta, but I guess with VooDEW being the crowned king of mystery sodas, Fanta decided to sit that one out.

Speaking of VooDEW, Mountain Dew finally brought their popular secret soda to Canada... sort of. Instead of releasing the current flavour that dropped in the US, they gave us last year's American offering. It's not that it's altogether awful, but for a guy that imports these every year, it would've been nice to be on par with our American friends. I still haven't come across a can of the US version, but I'm hopeful I will in the coming weeks.

Things look bleak for VooDEW right now - the hubbub is that this was the last year for it and that Mountain Dew will start offering brand crossover sodas next year, but at least VooDEW officially graced Canada at least once.

My favourite of the seasonal offerings that were new (at least to me) this year was 7-Up Zero Sugar Cranberry. I love cranberry ginger ale and lemon-lime pop, so this was a slam dunk for me. I still prefer Cranberry Canada Dry, but it was nice to switch it up. Also, I do love me a zero sugar!

Bucket List!

This was a big year for buckets! These were the only two I saw available in Canada this year, but I know Dunkin' Donuts did a Munchkins (their version of Timbits) bucket that was very popular.

My favourite was the Timbits bucket. Not only did it come in a spider or ghost variant, but this year it was glow-in-the-dark! I'm not sure when I'll ever desperately need to find my Timbits in the pitch black, but... who am I kidding, we all know I'm sitting in a dark room gorging on fat pills.

The Boo Buckets have been back the last three years and I still appreciate them. This year McDonald's decided to go for something different with all-new designs and honestly, they're pretty great. I'm not going to lie, though. I kinda hope they switch things up next year and bring back Halloween McNugget Buddies and blow the Internet wide open.

Monster Mash!

I knew it was going to be a big year for Halloween when I found Monster Mash fruit snacks on August freakin' 1st. For reference, the Monster Cereal brand has been circling the drain in Canada the last few years. I've been lucky to even find Count Chocula some years.

For 2024, General Mills went all out in the US, with the Monster Cereal characters getting pet marshmallows. Here in Canada we at least got the fruit snacks from last year and finally a new cereal: Carmella Creeper!

It's a bummer we're still getting the same lame boxes with the masks on the back - I'd much prefer the retro-styled ones in the US - but beggars can't be choosers and all that.

Out of the three cereals available, Chocula still remains my favourite. I want to love Franken Berry, but I just find it too sweet, which was mostly how I felt about Carmella. I'm so glad it's there, but it's just not for me.

As for Wedneday, again, I'm elated the cereal found it's way to the Great White North, but I just didn't like it. You'd think cookies and cream would be a solid gold hit, but I wasn't nuts about it.

I'm hoping these all sold well enough, though, and maybe next year we'll finally see another Monster Cereal here in Canada. I'll take Boo Berry at the very least.

Spooky Eats!

There were food promos for Halloween literally left-and-right this year. Honestly, I don't think I could keep up if I lived in the US, that had themed menus at several restaurant chains and cute little Frosty figures at Wendy's.

For me nothing beat the Addams Family Burger King menu. We had Gomez's Churro fries, Morticia's Kooky Shake, and the glorious Wednesday Whopper available in Canadian BKs. I only tried the Whopper, but honestly - that was enough. Look at that beaut!

This was really completely out of the blue as there wasn't a new movie in the Addams Family animated series this promo was tied to, but whatever - anything Addams Family is as hot as Hansel right now.

This seems to be a Canadian exclusive, but for the second year running McDonald's has released a Halloween-themed McFlurry! Last year we had the Trick n' Treat McFlurry, which was black and orange Smarties. This year they kept the same colour scheme with Reese Chipits and Fudge! They dropped the Trick n' Treat name, but they did continue with the spooky packaging, so I'd call it a win.

There were all sorts of other random finds this year, but another I'll mention is International Delight Pumpkin Spice Cold Foam. Tim Hortons, for some reason, opted not to have a Pumpkin Spice Cold Brew this year, so I had to take things into my own hands. I don't think I'd buy it again, but the cold foam and a bottle of Stok scratched the itch.

One big complaint I have is the lack of Reese Werewolf Tracks. Reese (or Reese's, whatever) has been pretty solid in releasing their Halloween-themed treats here every year, including the Frankencups. Heck, I usually find them first thing in August! This year, though, nada. They didn't even have Reese Pumpkins! Of course as soon as we hit late-October I could plenty of those Reese Trees, though. SMH.

Friday, September 13th!

This was the second year-in-a-row that we were treated to a Friday the 13th during the Halloween months. Last year it was in October proper, but September works just as well for me.

I've reached the point where I rarely watch a Friday the 13th when it isn't the actual day (or, what, holiday?). I've just watched them so many times at this point. As a result, it makes the day and the rewatches extra special.

The next Friday the 13th is actually in December of this year! But then we won't see one in the fall for several years, so I'm glad I savoured it and watched the Paramount "Zombie Jason Trilogy". So good.

Making a Scare at the Box Office!

What a year for horror films in general, though! There were so many box office triumphs. These little indie darlings were making big money at movies.

Highlights include the mystery thriller Longlegs, which is making a run at the Academy Awards, Terrifier 3, which is now the highest-grossing indie film of all time, and The Substance which stars Demi freakin' Moore in her comeback era.

I really like Longlegs, except for the ending, and although I'm still not sure about Art the Clown and the Terrifier series, I'm so glad to see horror doing big numbers. You know things are going the right way when a horror icon gets to ring the bell on Wall Street!

TV Tingles!

Let's not forget the (not-so) small screen! With all the UFO talk in the news lately and the resurgence of shows like Unsolved Mysteries, there's been no lack of spooky sci-fi and paranormal shows. In my opinion, these sorts of shows a perfect this time of year.

This season we had a new volume of Unsolved Mysteries, which certainly had plenty of true crime, but actually had episodes on Roswell and cattle mutilations! It felt a bit more like the Stack-era.

Not to be outdone, Disney dropped OUT THERE: Crimes of the Paranomal, which has almost the exact same look-and-feel of the new Unsolved Mysteries series on Netflix, but leans hard into the supernatural.

Speaking of sci-fi and supernatural, probably my favourite horror movie of the year was V/H/S Beyond, which was dropped on Shudder right smack-dab in the spooky season. It's mostly all alien and UFO science fiction themed, which is certainly my wheelhouse. It's honestly my fave in the series. By my estimation this is a series that is actually getting better with age and I hope we get lots of V/H/S for many years to come!

Oh, and one last thing. I picked up the 4K release of A Nightmare on Elm Street, which dropped in October and damn that movie has never looked so good. I don't usually go in for 4K, honestly, but this one certainly sold me on the idea.

Here's to the season!

I can't express to you just how incredible Mother Nature was to us in Nova Scotia this year. Yes, it was uncomfortably hot at the start of September, but honestly the temperatures eventually became quite "normal" for us by the time October rolled around.

We are known for our beautiful autumns here, but in the last few years we've been smashed by multiple hurricanes. As a result, we end up losing most of our leaves far too early and, with that, our fall colours. This year, however, was very mild on that front, which I know is a blessing. For those of you who had to handle extreme weather this year, I feel for you. I don't mean for this to seem like a slight.

Not only did we have beautiful weather, but we were treated with some incredible celestial events. We had several back-to-back supermoons, including the Harvest and Blue moons. I wish I had my telescope prepared, so I could've gotten some proper pictures.

I also got to see the Northern Lights for the first time in my life! I've heard that in some northern and less light-polluted areas of NS that you can see them on occasion, but we had an and incredible showing that was very visible even in the urban areas and it was breathtaking!

I had made a promise to myself last year and this year that I'd try and do more cool outdoor events during the season. While I didn't get to do a haunt that I really wanted to (hard to do with young kids) we did have some incredible days, which included a picnic, hayrides, apple and pumpkin picking, and a jack-o'-lantern carving contest.

That's a (mummy) wrap!

As is typically the case, I did so much, but still had a lot left on the table in terms of things I wanted to do this year. I can't complain, though. This was definitely a Halloween for the books!

As I'm writing this, I know there's a lot of bad stuff going on in the world, but I think it's good to reflect on the things you love and care about: your family and friends, maybe your health, or hell - just a purple burger and a scary movie. Try and find whatever makes you happy and shake the shit out of it.

I hope you had a great fall and Halloween season and I wish you further enjoyment in the coming months!

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