The Complex Problem of Halloween

Candy season is upon us. I have a love/hate relationship with Halloween. I love candy. I hate myself when I eat tons of it. And the worse part is these little "fun size" candies. They trick you thinking it is smaller than a big candy bar and thus better for you to eat a small candy since candy is so bad for your health. So I eat one. But of course eating a tiny "fun size" candy isn't really much fun because you want more. So I eat another one. But eating two doesn't cut it either because it doesn't seem like the same amount as a normal sized candy bar and I feel cheated. So I decide to try a different "fun size" candy that is sitting in the candy bowl. Then I realize that it was just a sample of a new type of candy so I must eat another to give me the full flavor. Then I eat another type because who knows if it will still be there the next time I visit the candybowl since we have so many greedy evil candy eaters living with me. Before I know it, I find about 9 or 10 "fun size" wrappers all over the counter. Maybe this year I will be like those dentists that give out toothbrushes. But then again, I would feel screwed out of the Halloween experience and then go buy all the candy on discount November 1st. Then the cycle begins but just a day later. *sigh*