EEEEK! I am so excited to welcome OCTOBER with great big ol’ open arms!! October is one of our favorite months here at Casa Arriola, because of what it brings–HALLOWEEN!!! We love all things Halloween and everything it encompasses. The decor, the scary, the terrifying, the ghostly, the candy, and the costumes. We are on cloud nine throughout the month, and nothing can get us down. My Monthly Happy Goals for October are dedicated to the wonderfulness that is October. We are celebrating October, Halloween, and all the fun that will be had this month!

MONTHLY HAPPY GOALS FOR OCTOBER
1. Buy tons and tons of candy and start on the candy bags. We get A LOT of trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood and I always seem to under estimate the number of little superheroes, heroines, ghosts and goblins that come by our home. This year I will be prepared with enough candy bags to last the night.
2. Get our home ready for all those little ghosts and goblins. Cover every inch of the front of our house with Halloween decor. Leave no corner or surface unadorned.
3. Once a week make it a horror movie binge night. My husband and I make a list of scary movies to watch throughout the month of October. In the list we include new and old movies, however, we find the classics are the best.
4. Visit a few haunted places and do some ghost hunting. My husband’s family loves to go ghost hunting, and early in our relationship I was introduced to this family ritual.
5. Make some spooky black caramel apples. When we were younger my mom would make bright red candy apples and pass them out to the neighbors. This year I’ll make some with a terrifying twist. I will dip the apples in a black caramel mixture, so that they look like poisonous apples. They’ll be horrifyingly delicious.

I am going to have a spooktacular October! What are you doing to keep your October terrifyingly happy?