I can't find a happy medium: last year I bought some two weeks before Halloween and had only two bags left the night before (yes, i will admit that I snuck one too many!); the year before that, I bought some the first week of October, hid them, then forgot where they were! I had to go buy some more the day before, then found the five huge bags I'd hidden a few days later. Yes, you can roll your eyes at me; I'm doing it, too!