i’ll admit it, i’m slightly lost as to what to post today. i should probably say something about Halloween, but it’s just not that interesting to me. sure, the kids have their costumes, we’ve got some candy stashed away in a big plastic pumpkin for stray trick or treaters, and i’m playing Halloween movies on the TV today, but i just don’t feel “in the spirit” so to speak.
i’m not really a holiday lover… my best memories are always completely random and unexpected days. in fact, holidays usually manage to go horribly wrong for me. i blame it on expectations… everybody expects holiday’s to be special. they expect the day to be full of fun activities, good moods and good food. family bonding is supposed to be easier, and everybody is supposed to be oozing with the holiday spirit. i just can’t do it. i’m a terrible cook, and i am a horrible grump in the morning. even on Christmas. not to mention that the stress of making holiday decisions usually spins my head so fast it nearly comes unscrewed. then i really start to irritate everybody.
this year, we carved K’s birthday pumpkin… if you remember, E got a bouquet of flowers with her presents, and i wanted to get K something like that… but not quite so “girly”. so a pumpkin it was. K picked out the pattern, J traced it out, and i carved it. i’m rather proud of it, if i do say so myself. i also had fun playing with my camera and the glowing jack o’lantern.
true to “Nobody” holiday form, my trick or treating idea was a bit of a disaster.
while waiting for my son to get out of school one day, my eyes caught sight of a flyer for trick or treating in the historical downtown section of my town. the historical section of this town is very pretty… there’s lots of interesting shops and generous sidewalks that provide a safer alternative to trick or treating on the road to houses we don’t know. not to mention i haven’t been out of the house in a couple weeks, and i couldn’t pass up the chance to finally go somewhere i could window shop. the flyer said “during normal business hours” so i figured we’d go around 4 and get the trick or treating out of the way with plenty of time to tend to the house trick or treaters, if we get any. (we’d better…we have TONS of candy)
so we get there… and with exception of a few stray dressed up kids, the shops are all but deserted. only 1 store had candy, and all the rest were completely out. which is remarkable, since it didn’t look anybody had been there to begin with.
so basically, we all got our costumes on for nothing. my husband went as Jason, my son is Boba Fett, and my daughter is a ladybug. i went as a Frumpy, Fat, Depressed, Indecisive Housewife. i know my costume sounds intricate, but believe it or not it didn’t cost a penny. just minor discomfort as i used a shoehorn to shove my muffin top into my jeans. fun. sadly, you won’t see any pictures of my amazing costume on account of me being behind the camera, rather than in front of it.
so… we piled back into the car, with a screaming baby and an irritated husband and went home. they are currently awaiting the sun to set so they can do some real trick or treating. i’ll stay home with the de-winged ladybug and hand out candy. (probably)
i did manage to get some pictures of everybody fully-costumed while the sun was still up, so i guess that’s a good thing. i totally forgot i wouldn’t be able to get pictures of the kids as they’re trick or treating… on account of the sun being down and all that.
sometimes, i’m an idiot.