Halloween is NOT just my favorite holiday. I wait. All. Darn. Year for October 31st. I live, sleep, breathe, and bleed Halloween.
I'm not a "basic" white girl. To be completely honest, I really don't enjoy the season of fall. I don't like being cold, I don't like rain, I don't like when the leaves fall off the trees and get all stuck to the bottom of your shoes, I don't like pumpkin spice lattes. I, in general, do not enjoy the fall season. But I still look forward to it every year. Simply put, because I love Halloween. Almost more than my entire life.
I love being able to stay up late even if the holiday falls on a Monday. I love being able to eat any candy I want to and no one can judge me for it. I love dressing up. I spend multiple hours every year constructing and building my own perfect costumes. I love funny costumes and couple costumes and whatever I can think of. Being unique is what I am all about, and you better bet that my costume will be the cutest on the block.
I love that it is a holiday you don't need to fuss about. Christmas involves way too much time setting the table and being in the kitchen in order to please family members that will probably ask you about the boyfriend you don't have at least 14 times. New Year's Eve is all about finding someone to kiss at midnight, even if you haven't kissed anyone since "Spin the Bottle" at a middle school birthday party. Valentine's Day is pretty much a day to feel depressed by yourself if you don't have a significant other to spend it with. Halloween is just a day to dress up, eat some chocolate, watch a scary movie, or party your heart out. No one really cares what you spend Halloween doing, as long as you have a fun night!
I love Halloween music! You know the memes that go around Facebook complaining that stores are playing Christmas music and it's only the middle of October? Well, Halloween really doesn't have that problem. Halloween music isn't really specifically FOR Halloween. You can listen to Thriller or Ghostbusters any other time of the year and people won't judge you for it. But if you go on a run listening to "All I Want for Christmas is You" in your earbuds and screaming out along your route, people are gonna stare at you like you have three heads. Plus, Halloween music isn't nearly as annoying as "Jingle Bells."
I love being scared! The eerie feeling that takes over the neighborhood once the sun goes down is basically my version of cocaine. Visiting a haunted house or going for a creepy corn maze is always on my October bucket list.
While I do admit to not taking in the fall beauty as much as the next girl, I do admit to being the queen of Halloween. Give me some candy, let me carve a pumpkin, and jump out of the shadows to make me scream.
I love everything about October 31st.
