Friday, October 31, 2014

31 Days of Halloween: Happy Halloween and My Autumn Bucket List Completion


Happy Halloween, fiends!! Thanks for joining me on the 31 Days of Halloween countdown! I hope you had as much fun as I did. I cannot believe it is already over and that it is Halloween, the best day of the year! I want the season to start all over again and it's bittersweet that another Halloween season is nearly over.

I wanted to take a look back to appreciate all the bucket list items I completed this month. Let's take a look at my original bucket list and see what items I completed and can cross off, shall we?

-Visit the pumpkin patches at Tanaka Farms and Irvine Regional Park
-Drink pumpkin tea/pumpkin flavored coffee - I did A LOT of this!


-Watch as many horror movies as possible - I focused a lot on haunted house/ghost movies this month, and mission accomplished!
-Attend Vegan Oktoberfest in Santa Monica October 4th
-Bake pumpkin muffins, bread, scones, cookies, etc.
-Watch as many Halloween-themed movies, tv shows, specials, etc.
-Finally get a Hocus Pocus poster and have it framed - didn't get around to this, wahhhhh!
-Visit all the big box stores (Target, Walmart, HomeGoods, etc.) to look at their Halloween stock (but restrain myself from buying all of it) - yes, I visited tons of stores and I think I controlled myself (Mister Spooky might have a different opinion, though)


-Burn pumpkin spice wax melts/candles 24/7 so my house always smells like an autumnal wonderland - pumpkin spice errrrrryday!
-Drink apple cider - I didn't go to Julian this year, so didn't get any fresh stuff, though I did have some yummy Honey Crisp Apple Cider from Trader Joe's!
-Sample lots of different pumpkin or autumn beers - oh heck yes; see this post from earlier this month
-Carve pumpkins - duh
-Crank up the Halloween music - I started listening to Halloween music in June (and enjoy it year round)
-Host a pumpkin carving party or horror movie night - yep, always a blast!
-Hand out vegan candy to trick or treaters (I live in a new neighborhood where I hope they have trick or treaters) - this is yet to be seen! Fingers crossed for trick or treaters tonight! UPDATE: We got trick or treaters!! Not too many, but we had about 20 come up to our door and it was so much fun!


-Send Halloween cards to friends and family - I hosted a fun Halloween card swap, so definitely done!
-Wear as much orange and black as possible - I think I need more orange clothing
-Make a new Halloween music mix to post on 8tracks - never got around to this
-Watch Halloween cartoons - didn't watch as many as I usually do
-Visit the Halloween display at Roger’s Gardens in Newport Beach - did this on opening day
-Go to a haunted house, haunt or hayride - I finally went to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights (read out it here), a local haunted house called Empty Grave, and I'm actually going to Delusion, a haunted house/interactive play this Sunday!


-Read The Halloween Tree and other Halloween-themed stories - done!
-Paint my nails orange - yep!
-Check out horror movies in theaters - I only checked out As Above So Below in September, but didn't see any in theaters in October
-Roast pumpkin seeds - yep, did this after multiple pumpkin carvings!
-Try new vegan autumn recipes - meh, I was so busy that it didn't leave much time for cooking....relied mostly on quick meals and pumpkin everything!
-Eat as many pumpkin-based foods (that are vegan) as possible - definitely done! I can never get enough!
-Complete the 31 Days of Halloween challenge! - Planned this year's countdown months in advance so I wouldn't fall behind in posting like last year! Mission accomplished!!


I had a lot of fun with this year's countdown, but since I took this hallowed day off from work, I'm going to go gorge myself on pumpkin foodstuffs, watch even more Halloween-y horror movies, and hope for trick or treaters tonight!

Wishing you and yours a very Happy Halloween!

10 comments:

  1. wow - you got a lot accomplished this month - have a super Halloween.

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    1. Yes! Such a busy month but I had a blast! Thank you and hope you had a Happy Halloween as well!

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  2. I hope you do get a lot of trick' r 'treaters. Thank you for all the spooky decor, amazing fall vegan fare and the soulful art you introduced us to this year! Happy Halloween!

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    1. Awwww thanks, glad you enjoyed the posts and thanks for reading!! We did get trick 'r treaters...not too many, but enough to make it fun! Hope you had a Happy Halloween!

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  3. Happy Halloween Sarah (you spooky vegan you!) Thanks for doing your part to 'keep it spooky' this year. And I'm especially grateful for your Trader Joe's posts, as I got to try out all kinds of new Pumpkin Goodies this year, and I had no idea they were even in stock already until I read your post and ran right over there to fill my cart to the brim! :o) See you around the cauldron...
    Cheers ~ Wendy

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    1. Yay! TJ's really knocked it out of the park with their pumpkin goodies this year! Thanks for reading and hope you had a Happy Halloween!!

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  4. Thank you for sharing your 31 Days of Halloween with all of us. It is indeed a bittersweet moment now that Halloween 2014 -- the BEST DAY OF THE YEAR -- is but a memory. Fortunately, for some of us, every day has a touch of Halloween, but I am still sad. Time to start planning for next year. As Jack Skellington said "And I just can't wait until next Halloween, 'cause I've got some new ideas that will really make them scream!" Let the countdown begin to Halloween 2015!!!!

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    1. Indeed...I am already scheming for next year! Halloween is everyday! :D

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  5. I'm late getting around to everyone's posts - Sounds like an awesome October! Hope you had a great Halloween & lots of ToTers!

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    1. Thank you! It was a wonderful month! And, yes, we did get trick or treaters, yay! Hope you had a Happy Halloween as well! :)

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