It’s October now.
I’m probably just tripping on pumpkin spice lattes, but I could swear to you that the ’10’ on the calendar is literally staring me down. Time is moving. Life is getting busy. And that ’10’ means that, in spite of all that, I have only one glorious month to satisfy all my spooky-cum-tacky impulses. I have one month where rubber spiders and ghost paraphernalia and zombie references are completely socially acceptable.
Yes, I have midterms and papers and the Haunted Walk Halloween tour season and football on the teevee but, I’m sorry, last night pumpkins took priority. “Autumn Apartment Phase 2” is a go.
The inside of my apartment got its Halloween flavour from a combination of Homesense, the Dollar Store, and hand-me-down deco. Miranda smiled as I pulled out the spider web wine glasses, festive ribbon and creepy spiders. My favourite touch this year are a couple of green light bulbs, one for the laundry room and one for the front porch light, which make the spaces super creepy/nuclear.
So what does this have to do with chalking it up? Well, I’m counting down 31-ish days to max out the spookiness and tackiness, and I want my pumpkins to know it.
So, this happened:
Cool, eh? Currently, the blackboard paint pumpkin sits on my front porch with a countdown of “Days Until Halloween!”
Awesome. I will definitely post more pictures as the week goes on!
Shaunanagins 
AWESOME IDEA!