As most of you know, craft stores are the first place that Halloween stuff generally shows up at. It's always a safe bet that half-way through August, you can find some great spooky decorations there.
A lot of home stores have items as well. Kirkland's had some very nice stuff set out already.
And this prize piece of Halloween gloriousness...
This picture really embodies what I think about Halloween. It's not about the grotesqueness and macabre. It's about spookiness, not scariness.
Then of course there are the stores like Ross and Marshalls where you can find some really great, very diverse items.
It's certainly enough to get one excited for decorating. I picked up a few things that day, but I can promise you that I will be picking up quite a bit more as the season progresses. I can't wait for all of those Back To School sections to disappear.