Dear Silly Ones,
The countdown begins. Halloween is less than one week away!
Annual Public Service Announcement: Boycott Hershey. Hershey owns most all big candy companies in the US (Mars, etc.) Its chocolate stems from the West African Ivory Coast, where children are enslaved on cocoa plantations.
If you do Halloween, please consider Fair Trade products and/or anything NOT Hershey.* You might have to spend a bit more, but your conscience will thank you. *(Organic lollipops or other candies from Trader Joe's, granola bars, fruit snacks, European treats, raisins, taffy, jelly bellies...)
Best option: Shut the lights and have a sweet, naughty Halloween alone or with a "friend." Wink. 
We don't 'do' Halloween here - despite the efforts of the big stores. Your take on Halloween makes me wonder whether we have made the right decision....
ReplyDeleteWell, private Halloweens can be best, EC. I hope you have a sweet one regardless.
DeleteLove and cheer.
Oh that Bernie -- what a hunkalicious stud! Happy Halloween, Robyn!
ReplyDeleteHaha. I know. How lucky I am!
DeleteThanks, Debra. You too!
We bought a bag of Smarties for any trick-or-treaters. My girlfriend said I should eat a bunch of them.
ReplyDeleteMethinks I've been dissed.
Ha. I like that witty woman.
DeleteHappy Halloween to you.
The Smarties are all gone. And I didn't get any.
DeleteDuh.................................
Whoopers, Milky Way, Butterfingers? I pick Butterfingers.
ReplyDeleteI'll take a Big Hunk myself. Oh, you're talking candy, aren't ya?
DeleteHappy Halloween, Mike.
Bernie is lucky to have you, and he has you in so many ways.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I know, JJ. He's quite expressive in his gratitude, which makes me lucky too. Woo-hoo.
DeleteLove you.
Naughty as always!
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had trick-or-treaters in years, so no Hershey here.
It's kinda nice to not have to worry about trick-or-treaters, Alex. I hope you and yours have a sweet Halloween all to yourselves. Hot Tamales included.
Deleteoh you devilish bewitching poet. Kudos as always. Bernie's a whopper - he's been working on those abs all summer only to have to hide them in his old man costume. I prefer him in mittens. Have a safe and saucy Halloween - howl at the moon.
ReplyDeleteImagine Bernie in mittens with those abs. That'd be doubly sweet.
DeleteWill do, my friend.
Thank you. Happy Hallow's Eve.
Oo-er!
ReplyDeleteFair trade is definitely best x
Yes.
DeleteA sweet Halloween to you, Annalisa.
Wouldn't it be nice if the news obsessed about the evils around the world instead of shots of celebs in bikinis? Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI just want more focus on Bernie.
DeleteHappy Halloween, Elizabeth!
I haven't seen a trick or treater around here in years. I didn't know that about Hershey's though. Dang.
ReplyDeleteThe Hershey thing is sobering and dark.
DeleteA spooky and sweet Halloween to you, Mary.
Hershey's doesn't own Mars. Mars is separate business entity, which is the biggest chocolate company in the U.S.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on being the first in over 10 years of blogging to correct me. Hershey and Mars are abhorrent and Hershey did own Mars if not still. Either way, you should boycott both and just blog for fun and friendship (not as a critic. This is the one safe place from social media criticism).
DeleteAlas, diabetic so regular chocolate is out of the question. Also, always been partial to M&M/Mars while growing up. As an adult I lean towards Russell Stovers for sugar free.
DeleteWe don't get trick-or-treaters around here, which is fine with me. You ARE a naughty one, aren't you?!
ReplyDeleteI try, babe. I try.
DeleteHappy Halloween, BAF.
I hope your Halloween went well. and free of Hershey's.
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ReplyDeleteمن افضل شركات منطقة مكة المكرمة التي تعمل في مجال تنظيف وتعقيم المنازل تلك الشركة الجيدة التي تقدم خدمات جيدة في تنظيف المنازل من الداخل ومن الخارج وتسمى شركه تنظيف بجده وهي التي تختص بأعمال التنظيف للمنازل الجديدة والمفروشة في مدينة جدة والتي تقوم بها افضل شركه تنظيف بيوت لها خبرة طويلة بالمجال
ReplyDeleteوقد تقوم تلك الشركات في جدة ايضا بتقديم خدمات غسيل المفروشات والكنب والسجاد تحت مسمى آخر مثل شركة تنظيف كنب بجدة وتقوم تلك الشركات بتقديم تلك الخدمات بأسعار جيدة وخدمات مقبولة
في العاصمة المقدسة التي هي مكة المكرمة توجد لدينا امكانيات كبيرة في مجال تنظيف المنازل والشقق والفلل كما في شركة تنظيف بمكة المكرمة فلو تريد تنظيف بيتك او منزلك وانت في مكة تواصل معنا في حالة ان كان المنزل جديد
اما في حال ان كان المنزل مفروش واصاب الفرش من الأوساخ والأتربة مثل الكنب والمجالس والسجاد وتريد التنظيف بالبخار تواصل مع شركة تنظيف موكيت بمكة المكرمة وهي شركة متميزة في أعمال الغسيل والتنظيف بالبخار في نفس الموقع
I agree, 100%!!!!
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