I stopped by a friend's house on Saturday afternoon before going to the Bats baseball game, and there on the kitchen table was something that caught my eye. It was the sale papers from the previous Sunday's newspaper. In and of itself, that's not very surprising; at home, we keep the sale papers out all week long, mainly because we never get around to reading them in a timely manner. But one of the sale papers for a local drugstore caught me by surprise. There on the front page of the circular was an ad for Halloween decorations. Yes, Halloween decorations. They didn't show ads for any costumes yet, but they had pictures of pumpkins and big bags of Halloween candy. It's only mid-August, for goodness sake. At least they could have waited until after Labor Day to advertise that stuff. After all - Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer. We all know it's the deadline for wearing white.
On the upside to this, the stores will need to clear some aisles for the Halloween costumes and other Halloween stuff, so now would be the time to buy a new cooler or portable grill for next summer; I'm sure they're on sale right now. And while you're at it, you can buy a big bag of Reese Cups and a plastic pumpkin.
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