When Halloween rolls around and the stores start putting out candy—or, more accurately, when Labor Day rolls around and the stores start putting out Halloween candy—I start thinking about buying some. How can you pass it up? That aisle is, like, twice its normal size now and it's really hard to resist. But so far I've been able to ... although it's still early yet. I mean, it's only October 2! I've got a few weeks to go.

While we're talking candy, did you see in our October issue that the top bestsellers across the country are most of the classics: Snickers in the northeast, candy corn in the southeast, Butterfinger and Hershey's minis in the midwest, Reese's peanut butter cups and Skittles in the west, like that. Which got me thinking: When does your store put out extra candy (or does it?)? How close to Halloween do you pick up treats? And, what kind do you like to get?