Halloween

So Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, second only to Christmas Eve (which is beyond fun). I was super excited for this holiday as I am this year and I was pretty disappointed! I don't know what I was expecting but i was expecting more then I got. I do understand that we are living in the "bible belt" and i am all for whatever you believe. But it was almost as if the holiday did not exist around here. No one had decorations up, the stores had more christmas decorations up then halloween (except for the normal party city type stores). I went into Wal-mart and Target and was greeted with candy and some black plates and napkins...really people? There was almost no haunted houses (and this is supposed to be a TRULY haunted city). What the heck people...even the ghost tours and such were not touted more then what they normally are. Even the scary movies that are usually playing the whole month of October, could not be found! I had to watch my own horror movies if i wanted to get into the spirit of halloween. Because of this i was not looking forward to the holiday. I couldn't get into it and was honestly just going sit at home and have my own movie marathon if need be. I decided to go out and got some cheap costume from Target and went out with Sarah and her friends. We went to a house party at first and I was really enjoying myself but they decided that they wanted to leave and of course I couldn't stay back by myself b/c i didn't know anyone else. We then went downtown which I honestly was not looking forward to. I had to be at work the next morning at 7am for a meeting and i knew we were going to be down there all night. I am glad I went out. It was really refreshing to see so many people dressed up for the holiday! Of course my camera died 2 pictures into it but it was really good and made me wish I had put more thought into my costume. Next year if I am still living down here I will know what to expect and plan a little better. Overall not one of the worst holidays I have had but it was a disappointing one. Hopefully Christmas will be 110% better!