Thanksgiving is 3 weeks from today and I am already salivating at the thought of it. I want to make almost everything in the November issue of Southern Living. But after bingeing on ONE’s Halloween candy for two days, I decided to put myself on a no-sugar diet until Thanksgiving … when I (and Southern Living) will more than make up for it.

Husband had to work late last night, so my mother-in-law came over to accompany us on our trick-or-treat outing. Thank goodness I had her there to help wrangle the pirate and the tiger. Sometimes I don’t know how I functioned before we moved back to Louisiana. She tried to take some pictures, but 6:00 p.m. is a horrible time of day for us and they just wouldn’t sit still.

Happy November!