Their names were hurricane and echo. And they stole a little bit of my heart.

What’s that sound? Oh, right. It’s the sound of ZERO CHILDREN IN COSTUME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR AND ASKING FOR SOME OF MY AWESOME CANDY. What is WITH THIS? It’s HALLOWEEN! Aren’t kids in apartment complexes supposed to go building to building? Is that NOT a clever scheme to get candy out the WAZOO? I know, I understand. No doorbells, no reassuring porch lights, and “stranger danger.” But wouldn’t hitting 12 doors a building beat walking up and down a whole STREET. Granted, there are more than enough stairs at the apartment complex. But hey, the kids need to burn off the candy energy somehow, yes?

On the greener side of the grass, pumpkin fest was downtown today. Oh, and it was so cool. Definitely going on the calendar for next year. The streets were LINED with merchant tents and food venders and there were SO many people. You have to understand, I have never been to a legitimate city festival before. Especially not one the caliber of this. (Stop, Riverfest does not count and I do not go to Toad Suck Daze.) My personal favorite part? The costume contests.

Most Creative Kid Costumes I Saw:

• A box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (She was my favorite)
• Multiple peacocks (The prettiest one was the girl with real feathers)
• A couple of  “Ugly Dolls”
• An Ipod
• A gnome
• One of the members of Kiss
• A facebook page (really, Halloween 2009?)
• A cupcake (whose parents were an oven and a chef)
• Spider woman (it was INTENSE)
• and an ittty bitty baby girl was dressed as the most precious strawberry I HAVE EVER SEEN
  
  **note, there are several that deserve credit that I can’t remember. darn. it.

But the costume contests didn’t stop there. OHH, NO. There were PET costume contests too. And if you think puppies are precious with NO clothing, you should see them dressed up. There were great danes dressed as bumble bees, a million doxens dressed as hot dogs, lots of little yorkies dressed as pumpkins, and this gigantic black lab that was wearing bunny ears that gave me SO MUCH joy. These two, big gingery-colored dogs won the costume contest: they were wearing custom made tuxedo jackets and shirts and little top hats and carrying roses in their mouths. Their names were hurricane and echo. And they stole a little bit of my heart.

What has the rest of my halloween produced? Leftovers and watching The Proposal. In it’s defense, I really liked it. Sandra Bullock is admittedly one of my favorite actresses and I love how she spins romantic comedies.  I’m actually on round two of watching it. BUT I would have thought my Halloween night plans might be a bit more elaborate. Not complaining though. A relaxing weekend was what I was wanting, and a relaxing weekend is what I am getting.

Note to self: next time, relax on NOT holiday weekends.

Until Inspiration Strikes,

Lo