Or Happy All Saints day which is where the etymology for Halloween came from according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. Part of the definition the link gives is as follows: Halloween. c. 1745 Scottish shortening of Allhollow-even “Eve of All Saints, last night of October.”

No wonder I can’t undertand what Scottish people are saying most of the time if that’s their idea of an abbreviation.  That’s ok. My husband’s Scottish relatives have a hard time understanding me too.

Here is a sort of spooky fog picture from Halloween last year. The fog did role in again this year but not so dramatically.

I am happy to report that though we only had two trick-or-treaters (tricker treaters was my original spelling before I looked it up on line), I did not gorge on Halloween candy. I bought things I didn’t love, though all chocolate is my friend.  I went with KitKat, Miklyway, and 3 Musketeer. The KitKat has cookie which equals gluten, so I knew I wouldn’t eat that.  Plus my husband really likes KitKats and I knew the bag wasn’t likely to last past the first ring of the door bell. Around 8:30, after giving a little spider man as much candy as possible, I brought the candy wrappers into the kitchen to examine the labels. This is major progress for me because in the past I’d give into the chocolate craving and ask questions later. The 3 Musketeers label looked pretty good and I didn’t see any gluten or mutant ingredients. It tasted way better than I remembered but I was able to stop at two. Now if I can only get rid of the rest of the candy before I decide 3 Musketeers invented yummy.