1. Hand-made Zombie head // 2. Stormtrooper Hanging Skeleton // 3. Brain Specimen Coasters
4. Bat mug // 5. Halloween Zombie DVD for your windows at Spencer’s Gifts // 6. Beautiful, skull pillow // 7. Kitty Bonez

Here are some other Halloween goodies for you:

• Don’t just dress up your home, but decorate your home page for Halloween, too, with these great patterns!
• Make some Twisted Cakes this season and get your ghoul on!
• Why go with a Halloween wreath when you can make your front door look this dapper?
• Get crafty with your Halloween decor and try making one of these cool shadow boxes.
• One of my fave YouTubers, Corinne Leigh, has a quick tutorial up on how to make a Ouija Board table!
• It’s all in the details when it comes to Halloween decorations. So don’t forget to hide some surprises around the place, like a head in a jar chilling (heh) in your fridge.

Sadly we live in a world where it becomes problematic for one to where costumes every day; so, if you want to show your Halloween pride this month, check out these “socially acceptable” (as well as super cute) every day items.

Here are some other Halloween goodies for you:

• Theses Halloween nail decals are sure to get be a scream.
• Drink your hot cider out of this cool Frankenstein mug.
• Add this two-for-one Pop! Vinyl Elsa Mars and Ma Petite to your American Horror Story collection.
• Eat your wheaties out of this zombie head bowl.
• These black cat o'lanterns are freakin’ amazing!

I thought I’d give you some suggestions for Halloween appropriate board games this month. This is a list based on games that I own/have played, but I’m sure there are more out there!

If you are staying in this Halloween, grab a friend (or two or three), grab a game, grab some snacks and have a fun night with these games!

Quick! You need a costume for Saturday! Here’s some help to throw something together last minute!

1. This dress can work as a simple and classy costume.
2. Get yourself a facehugger and costume is done!
3. Just a cool and creepy face make-up job can be costume enough.
4. Twisty is the creepiest, and a quick scary costume!
5. This t-shirt speaks the truth for many of us, but pulls it off humorously.
6. It may be from A Christmas Story but it’s still a costume that everyone will love (and you’ll be comfy in).

Here are some more Halloween goodies for you:

• You may not have time to crochet or knit your costume for this year, but here are some ideas for next year!
• Buzzfeed has got you covered with some fun, funny, quick and easy costumes that you and your friends can totally pull off in time!
• I absolutely love The Paper Mama’s Bob’s Burgers costume ideas!
• GamerWife’s Casual Cosplay series journeys into Halloween territory with these amazing updated versions of classic monsters.
• Cats in Halloween costumes.
• And speaking of costumes, don’t forget their origins! Ray Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree is one of my favorite Halloween children’s books.

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Professor Jiggly. (source)

I want a wreath for our front door, and I’m really digging this one from Target. (affiliate)

This is the best cosplay! (source) If you aren’t listening to The Adventure Zone podcast, then you are missing out!

BUNNY BUTT! Plus, Lila X Lola is offering 30% off printables right now! (etsy-affiliate)

HUGE sale at Gap: up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off w/ code CHEERS. How cute is this? (affiliate)

I always have a hair tie around my wrist these days, but now it can look like fashion instead of practicality thanks to this bracelet by Maria Shireen. (affiliate)

And this stuff too…

• I’m really into the rose gold trend these days, but what do you think of rose gold pants? (affiliate)
• These quotes about parenting are cracking me up.
• How to be present.
• Apparently, sheep are big Hermione Granger fans.
•  LOFT sale: 40% off everything with code HAPPY (ends 11/14). I love this cool blazer. (affiliate)

Each week, The Broke and the Bookish hosts this book meme, and this week’s prompt is “Top Ten Books I’ve Read So Far In 2015.”

• Yes, Please by Amy Poehler – I got this book on Audible, and I really think that listening to Amy and her funny friends read this book aloud is the way to go. I loved every bit of this book and will treasure it always.
• The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey – This book was AMAZING. And I am grateful that it brought me back towards horror (though I wouldn’t really call this a horror book).
• Cress by Marissa Meyer – I literally just finished this book, and I am on the edge of my seat for more.
• Wicked As They Come by Delilah S. Dawson – This was a Vaginal Fantasy Book Club pick from 2014, but I haven’t been doing a lot of reading this year yet…Still, if you like steam-punk, circus romance, you’ll like this book.
• Grace’s Guide: The Art of Pretending To Be A Grown-Up by Grace Helbig – One of my all-time favorite YouTubers’ first book! It is more for fresh out of college aged people than someone who just turned 30, but I still found it to be a fun read.

• My Life As A White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland – One of my picks for the Books, Booze & Bajingos book club (you should join us!). I don’t really like zombie-things…in fact I hate them. But this was a clever reworking of the zombie monster. I need to get more from this series.
• The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter by Rod Duncan – Another pick of mine for BB+B. Another steampunk fiction, as well…come to think of it…another traveling circus, too.
• Saga Volumn 4 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples – This came out in Dec. 2014, but I didn’t get it till after the holidays. I AM READY FOR THE NEXT TRADE ALREADY. Too bad I have to wait till September. Sigh.
• Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson – This book was so funny, and it also made me horrified to have children.
• Greywalker by Kat Richardson – Another Vaginal Fantasy book. It made me a Kat Richardson fan. I need to get more from this series, too.

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This silly puppy and his new friend. (source)

This super cool Kickstarter. I want ALL THE PINS. (source)

I need some new black, casual flats and I’ve been eyeing up these TOMS. (affiliate)

Lol! (source)

This cute bat from Target! (affiliate)

This cozy looking sweater from Old Navy. (affiliate)

And this super cute outfit for Lazy Baby! (affiliate)

And this stuff too…

• A quick history of Tarot Cards and their illustrations.
• I totally get where Chance the Rapper is coming from in this video. Lol. #parentingisweird
• These creepy, beautiful necklaces from Omnia Oddities.
• This silly cat candy dish! (affiliate)
• Swap.com is having some great deals right now. You can get 40% off your first order of Women’s items with the code SPOOKY40, or 40% off your first order of Kids/Baby items with the code PUMPKIN40. (affiliate/offers end 10/31/17)

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So, the title really says it all, but here a some things that I’m looking forward to experiencing as October comes to an end.

FIVE THINGS:

1. Stranger Things, Season 2. Did you see that there’s an actual countdown on Netflix? I love it! I cannot wait to put LB to bed and binge this with Mr. LL, a bowl of popcorn, Halloween candy and some mom juice (a.k.a. wine).

2. Pumpkin Carving! Mr. LL and I have carved pumpkins together almost every year since our first date. We started dating in October and I still remember carving pumpkins with him in those early days listening to Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Lionel Richie’s “Hello” on repeat.
3. A Pocketful of Crows by Joanne M. Harris; this book is on a lot of lists for anticipated and best books coming out this month. It came out last week and I’m going to be checking out as soon as I can get my hands on it.
4. Sweater Weather. I live in New Orleans, so it never really gets that cold here, and thanks to global warming, it never will. However, we get chilly days now and again and I’ve been eyeing up this sweater to add to my sadly underused collection.
5. Baking some pumpkin brownies! I’ll post the recipe review next week!

What are you looking forward to this Halloween season?

Leave a comment below!