Disaster!

It has tailed off over the last few years though, I must say. I used to get at least half a dozen little bands of kids.

I think that's possibly a regional / disposable income thing. It's the other way around here. I live on an inner city estate and I've never put up Halloween decorations. If you have a sign saying 'No trick or treating please' they won't knock but otherwise they will. I don't ever have a 'no costume, no treat' policy either. Most people round here are skint. Spooky noises are required though.

Those who claim they had no trick or treaters - I presume you do know the etiquette is that if there are no Halloween decorations outside, then no one won't call.

We just ran out of candy right before the typical ending time for our neighbourhood. Thankfully my kid had just got home from trick-or-treating with her friends and shut things down, giving out the last of the candy right after she got in the door.

That said, I do plan to make a quick stop at Walmart on the way home to pick up some nice half-price candy

In my defense, Hubby is a chocolate monster. I think he would just about live on chocolate if it were possible to do so.

My husband insisted on getting sweets in (this is the man who has Bah Humbug off to a fine art) and we weren’t bothered by the little blighters darlings all night. He’s now making a huge deal of having to eat chocolate before it goes off.....

Nope none here either so we gave in and started on the treats - so much for the diet! I've heard others saying there were no callers last night too - the weather was fine so I wonder why?

We didn't have any either. I too was well-prepared.