We decided to skip Halloween.
But, we still have a party tonight. The season feels strange, because this is the first year in thirty or so that I haven’t gone overboard decorating the house. Yes, I missed putting out all my Halloween spooky stuff — but I don’t miss having to put it all away today!
I know we seem like party poopers to not celebrate the season … but our boys are grown and there are no grandbabies to spoil. The past few years, we have only had one or two groups of Trick or Treaters. I buy ten pounds of candy in expectation and then wind up gaining fifteen pounds sucking down all the leftovers. This year, we decided to just keep the lights out and forget about it.
Feeling guilty about trying to hide from the little urchins in the back of the house, we decided to have a night out. We went to see The Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie’s lips. I kid you not, seeing those lips ten feet tall and painted bright red was disturbing. But, nothing compared to the movie content. I’d like to force that woman I encountered in Houston, who left her kid in the car, to sit and watch it …three times.
We were emotionally exhausted when we got out of that theater, but it was still too early to risk coming back to the house. No telling what those little kids might do to us in the way of a trick if we didn’t have candy for them.
We went to the mall because I wanted to get some embellishments for the costume I plan to wear to a Halloween party tonight. At least we are celebrating at a party and get to play “dress up.”
I went to a likely store, and told the young gal who waited on me that I wanted tattoos so I could look like Keith Richards. She said, “Keith Who?” I stared at her dumbfounded and in a mock stage whisper said, “You don’t know who Keith Richards is?” She replied, “Is that a bad thing?” I answered, “No, just a sad thing.”
Traipsing through the mall we still got the enjoyment of seeing kids in costume, but we didn’t have to give them any candy. Little kiddos and teenagers were going from store to store in disguise to hit up the merchants for treats.
I saw one adorable little girl in a perfect princess costume, but I felt so sorry for her! She wasn’t going to get much attention, because her Momma was costumed as well. Momma was dressed as a bumblebee. A scantily clad bumblebee! She looked like she was out for some serious “pollinating.” The child might have been interested in “treats,” but Momma looked more interested in “tricks.” What was she thinking?
Failing in my attempt to find tattoos, I bought a pirate shirt instead, and I’m ready to go out tonight to celebrate.
Yaaaargh!
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You’re a great looking pirate. How fun to have a grownup dressup party to go to. I keep threatening to have one for Purim (sort of a Jewish Halloween in late winter – different story but lots of costumes and no shortage of sweets) but I suspect most of my friends would wimp out. So sad. And speaking of sad, she didn’t know who Keith Richards was??????
I’ve avoided seeing The Changeling even as much as I usually love “old Los Angeles” movies. The Christine Collins case was so searing. Do they deal with the serial killer and the fact that Christine met with him many years after the event, but he wouldn’t tell her if he killed her son.
Yes, they do. Between that scene, her being put in the institution, and the trauma of the kidnappings it was all I could do to stay in the theater. MUCH too heart wrenching.
I’m always distracted by her lips! They’re like two sofa cushions.
And I don’t know what it is, but lately I’ve seen what seems like tons of mommies who are dressed in a more attention-grabbing manner than their progeny. Maybe it’s just since I started watching “What Not to Wear,” but I do believe certain lengths and tightnesses of clothing are not appropriate past a certain age. (And I know my husband’s getting older because he agrees with me!)
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Hmmm. Kinda scary to hear that your husband agrees with you… Yeah. “sofa cushions” That’s the description I needed
Well… I dunno about those sexy mamas. I remember when I was one, so I can hardly begrudge them. *cackle*
You make quite a fetching pirate wench, my dear. In fact, I’ve half a mind to “invite ye up to me cabin to teach ye ‘ow to roide the waves”! LMAO
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Ahem. You know of course that PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HIRE ME read this blog sometimes?
You crack me up.
Mamahood and sexy don’t seem to go together on my body, so I never worried about it.
You look great as a pirate. Kieth Whoozits is a country singer. Right?
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Oh, my Thunder, I expected better from you that Kieth Whoozits
I’m gonna pretend you didn’t say that. ROFLMAO
Hey, you make a great pirate!! I didn’t dress up at all this year. Usually, I am JessiCat or a witch. I love wicked witch costumes.
I haven’t seen the Angelina lips movie. I’ll wait til I can rent it. This year we had a lot of trick or treaters because it was unusually warm.
Love your description of the bumblebee mom out pollinating for tricks! You crack me up!
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I love wicked witch costumes, TOO! I’d love to see the JessiCat costume. Yep…she was a bumblebee mom, alright. Watch out for the stinger.
I’d have never guess it was you if you showed up at my door.
Until of course I heard you speak, would have been able to guess with your southern accent.
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You would know my accent, indeed. But, I must remind you that “Southern” and “Texan” are quite different. Perhaps you haven’t been around either enough to know…:lol: