Happy Halloween 2014!

My mother loved Halloween.  Partly, I think she got into the whole Pagan Holiday of it.  But even before she discovered paganism, she dug it.  She always decorated - even before people actually did that.  (when I was young, no one decorated you house for Halloween.  Especially the exterior.  In fact not many decorated for Christmas!)  My father was against all holidays - so she probably was up against that for most of my life.  But once I was an adult, and she was independent, she was able to celebrate the holiday.  At one point we both worked for the same office.  Before she was hired, I was the girl who won the Halloween costume contest.  First prize!  (yes, as an adult!).  And then she came.  And I no longer won first prize.  LOL!  I had to settle for 2nd.  She was outrageous.  My costumes were elves, jesters, a football player (funny for a petite 22 year old me!), Clark Kent.  She was a scary warted GREEN witch.  She was a campy vampire, fake blood, fangs and cleavage to boot!  She looked fantastically wonderful - and scary as heck!  I didn't mind losing to her.  Ever.