It's time to harvest my favorite vegetable.

I love this country. Every year, they move up the preparations for our cherished holidays by at least a week or two. That is a good thing if you're into an early planing mode because you can get first picks on anything. But if you're like me, and you have other things to think about, you can get completely shut out on supplies if you wait until the week before.

And herein lies the problem...my town is out of fucken candy corn.

Don't get me wrong, I have my bags of Dark Milkway Minatures and Tootsie Pops to give away on Halloween, but I usually set aside a FRESH bag or two of candy corn because that is the one disgusting seasonal treat that I cannot resist. To me, Candy Corn is the essence of Halloween.

The quest for the corn began yesterday. I went to 4- CVS's, 2-Walgreens, 1-Walmart, 3-Stop and Shops, and 2- Rite Aid's in the next town and each place greeted me with the line, "You're too late ma'am, we sold out a week ago". Imagine my outrage.

You see, if I buy it too early, I'll eat it way before Halloween and I don't want to go there. It's not pretty.

One of my best friends who lives in North Carolina called the other day and found a "fresh bag". That's why they call them best friends...it will be on my doorstep tomorrow.

I'm addicted to certain vegetables...what's wrong with that?