This coming Wednesday is Halloween.
When the kids were younger, I loved getting them dressed up and walking door-to-door, seeing all the neighbors out and about.
And of course, I loved those mini chocolate bars… especially the O-Henry’s.
But I didn’t have to wait for Halloween night to enjoy them.
Because Halloween starts around the beginning of September, just as the kids are getting back to school and summer is fading.
That’s when boxes and bags of mini chocolate bars, lollipops, caramels, chips, and chewy become prominently displayed in the local Walmart, Cosco, and grocery stores.
Because the candy makers know, and the stores know, that you and me, we don’t just buy this stuff for the kids.
We buy it for ourselves.
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