Post-Halloween Thoughts

Hey parents, were you as disappointed as I was in the lack of variety of candy being disbursed by your neighbors on Halloween this year?? While much has been made of the shrinking size of the candy portions being made for Halloween, I also feel like everyone is buying the same couple of variety bags of treats from the local mega-mart. Granted, the situation was not helped by the kids, who, when offered a choice at a trick-or-treat stop, would invariably grab the exact same things we were giving away at our house. Owen, bless his kind little heart, was doing this in part because he knows I love peanut butter cups, but without regard to the fact that we already had a zillion back at home. Anyway, whatever happened to Butterfingers? Not a one to be found (well, okay, there was one, which I promptly ate and probably what has inspired this mini-rant - perhaps I should just drag myself down to the store and pony up a dollar to by myself one instead of whining here). I would like to give kudos to John and Connie down the block for stepping out of the box AND supporting a local business by giving away Ferrara Pan products, including Red Hots and LemonHeads. Also, Hershey's "Take 5" bars (peanut butter, peanuts, pretzel, caramel, and milk chocolate!) are a winner and I predict a long and happy future for this bar. Although the Hershey's website claims Take 5 has was introduced almost three years ago, this is the first time I remember seeing them in such wide distribution.