Thread: A Halloween addicts online diary.

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This is my first post. I shall be referred to as Sarcazmo. I live in Los Angeles. I'm not married nor do I have a girlfriend. I am not in debt. I dont have many vices. I dont do drugs or smoke.

I run a blog website http://sarcazmosfunhouse.blogspot.com/....and a soon to be Youtube web series called Sarcazmo's Funhouse.

On the Youtube show, I play a clown who reviews and discusses movies mostly focusing on Horror, Action, and Sci-Fi. The first episodes will debut within the next 50 days. If you search for Sarcazmo's Funhouse on Youtube or Facebook you will find my sites.

I am an addict...a Halloween addict. Instead of heroin, crack cocaine, or painkillers, I'm addicted to Halloween decorations. I have had a yearly Halloween Sarcazmoganza Party now for 5 years running. Each year I go all out more and more in my apt. I told myself I have so much stuff already, that I wont buy anything this year....that rationale lasted until Auguest 22nd, 2010 when I went into a Michaels. That started a spending relapse, an All Hallows Eve spending relapse.

I then came to this forum like I do every year to start researching when stores would put out their stuff. That lead me to websites, which lead me to other websites looking for the best prices.

So I have decided to chronicle or document if you will, the two months leading up to Halloween starting on September 1st, 2010. What this means for you, and this is important, is this....

1. After the majority of my Halloween spending spree, I will do an episode of Sarcazmo's Funhouse on Youtube reviewing and showing off ALL my Halloween purchases. Various cast members will make cameos appearances.

2. I'm also going to peoples houses this year that decorate extravagantly and interview them for my show. I will post the video on a episode.

3. I will chronicle my trips to the 1000's of stores in LA...Wal-Mart, Target, K-mart, CVS, Rite Aid, Spirit, Walgreens, etc. I will update this journal on a daily basis.

4. I'm filming my Halloween party and putting it online in an episode also.

What I hope to get out of all of this is to give back to the forum, get some fans of my show and blog, make some friends, and generally have some entertaining posts. The next update will start the journal chronicling my journeys and trips.

Hello and Welcome to the HF fellow Southern Californian!

hey & welcome!!

Fellow Californian.

Welcome!

Hi, we feel you pain

August 28th I say to myself, "this year, I buy nothing". August 29th after working in the afternoon, I venture over to Michaels..."just to look". I know Michaels is always one of the first stores to put out Halloween stuff, they also have the Lemax aisle displays that I like to look at.
Most of their stuff is cheap, nothing really impresses me. They are THE best place for coupons though.

I go in and go straight to the Halloween stuff. Theres a lifesize skeleton that talks and a few people are amused, he looks cheaply made. I go into the props aisle and two things immediately catch my eye...a 35inch bat and some really detailed foam skulls.

The bat is MEGA-CHEAP up close...its like they had 3rd graders paint it, but from afar it looks impressive. Even more impressive was the price..$12.99, EVEN more impressive was the fact I know Michaels always have coupons.
So I leave the store to go home to print the coups. 40% off..hells yeah! One coup per store per day...hells no.

August 30th. I have a gameplan. I have 3 Michaels in my area and I plan a route to the stores before work. I buy 1 bat at each store. I ask the cashier, what if I buy one at 9:00 am and then come back at 8:00pm? She said I could probably get away with it. After tax the bat was $8.55. She also said she could get fired if she lets me use two coups and points at the camera. Sarcazmo without clown makeup has officially been caught on film.

August 31st. Three bats is enough I think, so I buy a big detailed foam skull...$6.00 and change after the coup. You have to have two of everything right, so the next day another skull. I think I'm going to stick body strobes in their eyes and put them on my balcony. I stop at a few stores but its not even Sept so they dont have stuff out yet.

Tonight when I get home I will continue the diary. Sarcazmo 2:48pm, Sept 6th, 2010.

Welcome to the forum. We are all addicts of Hallowwen here.