Everyone always says that Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, but for the hubs and I, the most wonderful time of the year is Halloween and we weren't about to let the pandemic get in the way of that. So in early October, we paid a visit to Smiles Cotillon in Cordoba City to get a couple of extra Halloween decorations and, of course, our new masks.

Buying a different mask every year has become our tradition and we consider ourselves fortunate that we found stores like Smiles Cotillon that actually sell Halloween themed items. Although the popularity of this holiday has grown in Buenos Aires, it's still in its infancy in Cordoba City. But there are some signs that the Halloween craze is rising in our host province.

For starters, there's a restaurant called Ghost Kitchen that sells an array of burgers and sandwiches all named after characters from classic horror flicks like "Nightmare on Elm Street," "Chucky" and "Friday the 13th." Just don't expect the menu to come with a bloody knife or a ghost. The meals themselves, while quite delicious, are not visually out of this world.

We also found certain bakeries that sell Halloween-themed treats like Maravillas Pasteleria. This is where we got this assortment of delicious Halloween items you see in the picture above.

In addition to treats, we also came up with an assortment of snacks of our own like the facehugger eggs from the "Alien" films. They were so simple and easy to make. We just bought some generic version of Funions and set them on a plate and then added olives stuffed with red peppers. 

We also made the potato mummies we made last year and tried to make witch fingers from egg rolls, but the soy sauce for the nails kept running down the rolls, so it didn't work out too well. But hey! Still delish!

Admittedly, we might have gone overboard with the massive amount of candy we bought and received as gifts from our friend (see video above). But what would Halloween be without enough candy to put us into a diabetic coma? Don't worry! We didn't eat all of it. We have enough treats to last us a month, possibly more.

Suffice it to say, we're going to have to exercise quite a lot to burn off all the calories we've consumed and will continue to consume before Thanksgiving. It probably didn't help that we also ordered a Facehugger cake from Anana Postres for the hubs' 39th birthday.

But what would Halloween be without Michael Myers, am I right? No. He didn't visit us. We visited him... sort of. On October 16, we went to the movies for the first time since the pandemic. The theaters finally reopened a couple of months ago, but we were still concerned about the risk of infection, even though we're both vaccinated and still using masks when we leave the house. So we waited until the rate of infections subsided in Argentina (which they have) before risking our lives.

Luckily, the theater was virtually empty. There were probably four other people in the entire theater for "Halloween Kills." And I know this sounds crazy, but after nearly two years of being locked inside the house, we realized just how much nicer it was to watch films on video on demand. I'd forgotten just how annoying people are at the movies. Yeah, it was just four people, but they kept dropping their popcorn and talking throughout the movie. Regardless, we had a good time on our pre-Halloween date and we got to do some window shopping at the mall and walk around the city.

I'm already looking forward to Halloween 2022, but right now, we have to start planning for Thanksgiving and Christmas.