... you ask for Halloween items for Christmas.

... you have to join a "support group" like HalloweenForum.com.

... the owners of the local Halloween shop welcome you by saying, "You, AGAIN?" and then they giggle and hit the speed dial marked Brinks Armored Car.

... you spend more each year on Halloween than you do on groceries.

... you would rather be in your "laboratory" building next year's props than sitting at Thanksgiving dinner with the family.

... you panic on November 1st because there are only 364 days left until next Halloween.

... you hunch your shoulders, rub your hands together and let out an evil sounding giggle when you come up with a new idea for a prop/display.

... items that look normal to most people turn into some spooky prop in your diabolical mind.

... most of your friends think you should be committed for thinking of Halloween in January.

... you refuse to answer anyone, unless they refer to you using the name of your Halloween "alter ego."

.....when the thought of spray painting your cat black crosses your mind!

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... you spend more time surfing the net for Haunt ideas than you do working.

... the lights in your house frequently flicker only to be followed by "Oh, sh**!" or "It's alive!"

... the police have to direct traffic in your neighborhood on Halloween night.

... each year, a few days before Halloween, the chief of police phones you to make arrangements for crowd control around your house.

... you love to make people jump, scream, pee themselves and smile.

... last year's "best" just isn't good enough.

You might be a home haunter if the main reason you bought a house is so you can put a haunt in it.
....or if your house looks like the Bucky family reunion.

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... you joyfully spend 364 1/2 days planning, plotting, building and setting up for a couple of hour display.

... it takes you a month to set up and until Thanksgiving to put away your Halloween decorations.

... at least one prop that "looked great on paper" failed to function the full night on Halloween.

... you find yourself down at the vo-tech school learning electrical skills so you can wire your own props.

... you have more clothes in your costume chest than your whole family does in all of their closets combined.

1313, ONLY 364 1/2 days? Man your slacking. I have NEXT years planned already. Guess I need the support group again.

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... when you show someone where you store your Halloween decorations they stare in utter disbelief while you explain that, "Halloween kind of threw up in here."

... you love Halloween so much that there are certain decorations you leave up all year and refuse to take them down.

... you are single and on a first date you test his/her lust for Halloween and reject the idea of further dates if they score less than a 12 on a scale of 1 - 10.

... your spouse (aka "The Normal One") has been coaxed into helping for so long now they have given up the ghost and joined you on "The Dark Side."

... you keep pen and paper by your bed to write down any new ideas you have while dreaming.

Your co-workers ban you from talking about Halloween before Sept. 1st

Funny. My manager just looked at my screen and said the web site (Halloween Forum) does not look work related. I told him it sure is. Gets me happy and calm and therefore I am less likely to sacrafice a manager. he agreed and went on his way.

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