Just two more sleeps and it’s Halloween! I love Halloween as it gives me an excuse to dress up (this year, I will don a cardboard head and wear my lab coat because I’m dressing up as Beaker of the Muppets) and it allows me to by hoards of candy and chocolates (I have a huge sweet tooth).

During this time of year, I splurge on a big bag of candy, and I don’t buy the cheap kind, I buy the “good” candy. I think this is a worthwhile investment. No, I will not keep it all to myself, but I do buy stuff that I like and most people like, you know, the popular stuff like Cadbury’s and Hershey brands. Why? When Trick-or-Treaters come to your door, then bring the candy home to eat, you want your stuff to get eaten by someone, anyone. More likely, the popular brand candies will get eaten. There are too many homes that give out the rock hard, plastic tasting no name brand candies that get stuck to the plastic wrapper and become inedible by the time the little Halloween ghouls bring their loot bags home. These yucky treats get thrown in the trash and that’s a waste!

Another reason to buy the good candy is because each year the number of Trick-or-Treaters that come to my door varies. Some years I have so much left over candy that my family has to consume it ourselves. If we don’t like the candy, it goes in the trash. But if we do, it eventually gets eaten.

That’s why I buy the “good” candy. More chance of it getting eaten, less waste.