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Well, I have one thing accomplished so far =) I got my black tree, as a Christmas present from my mom =) It's small, only 5ft. tall, but it's great =) Perhaps I'll create a creepy pillar or even a small crypt to put it on top of to give it some height >=) Now I need to get some orange lights and all kinds of creepy things to put on it. =)

Donnie got numerous gift cards to HomeDepot for Christmas... so, you know what those are all going towards... =) We'll be getting tools and ...

Ok, new projects just POPPED into my head and I've been doing research, so that has fueled the fire in this pumpkin head of mine >=)

Saw an artificial black "christmas" tree in one of the Sunday ads. They are freakin' expensive, but I want one of those suckers! I have a VERY vivid image of my beautifully decorated HALLOWEEN tree, standing in all it's black needled glory, in my living room next year. =)

Also, issue number 2.... I want flying spirits... not ...

Ok, notes to myself about what worked, what didn't and what I want to do to make next year better =)

Worked:
1) Two foggers were plenty for the space we have.
2) Vampire Syndicate music was a hit.
3) Donnie as a stalking ditch monster was a huge attraction.
4) Weeds from the woods worked great in cemetary.
5) Fireworks attracted unknowing TOT's.
6) The amount of stuff we had was deamed "not tacky".

Didn't work:
1) Need ...

I didn't see it coming...ok, maybe I did and I'm just making excuses, but I only planned to take all of my Halloween treats out of the attic and put them in my "project" room, with the intention to wait till Oct. 1st to decorate. Well, in the excitement of pulling down the boxes and peeking through things that I forgot I had, I placed a decoration here, then one there, before I knew it, the spare bathroom was totally taken over by Halloweeness! But it didn't stop there! My Mom called me ...