I take a vacation day for Halloween; Elisabrat you don't have to wait that long - I'll pick up a gallon of fresh cider on my way home from work - the good stuff that requires refrigeration - you can help me get 200 treat bags ready. We have a bunch of neighbors that won't hand out candy - they're fun haters - we even had an elementary school teacher on our block when we first moved in and she refused to hand out candy - go figure that one out. Oh well - we have a blast and we try our best to make it fun for kids to come get candy at our house.
MizMelly thank you for the memory of homemade treats - when I was a kid we got homemade popcorn balls and apples. We lived in the country and my mom would talk us into town to Granny's and we would trick and treat around her neighborhood and when we got done we would all dump our candy out and swap and trade for our favorites. On really cold nights we would get hot chocolate after trick or treating.