Halloween

My favorite Halloween memory is more of an October memory. One of my classmates had a birthday in October and she always had the best birthday parties. Now while they weren't always necessarily "Halloween" themed they usually were fairly scary.

One birthday party I remember in particular was when we took a tour of "haunted houses" around town. Either her Mother or the current owners of the house shared their haunting stories with us. Whether or not they were true I'll never know, but they certainly scared a bunch of young girls. I think that I will always vividly remember these stories, especially because the homes were in my own neighborhood. Maybe I'll have to one day share them with my daughter and her friends.

Another great birthday party memory I have was when we were going out in the country because there had been some "hobos" sited on my classmates grandparent's farm. So you have to imagine about 10 girls crammed in the back of a station wagon heading out into the country to talk to the hobos. Needless to say before we even got there we were on edge. It was a dark night, the moon and stars were covered by clouds, it was a very omnious evening. Once we arrived at the farm we were lucky
enough that there were some fortune tellers who were also there. It was definitely our lucky night, hobos and fortune tellers, what more could we want. As it goes with young scared girls there was lots of screaming and running and hiding. But, overall I think a good time was had by all.

These are just two of my favorite memories from October. While it didn't take much to scare us we always enjoyed the adventures we knew we were sure to have.