Halloween Costumes

*I previously scheduled this post as I am currently in Poland buying oodles of pottery and eating my weight in pierogies*

Normally I don't put much thought into my Halloween costumes and generally I dress up in whatever I happen to have around the house. This year, for some reason, I decided to actually dress-up and buy a costume.

So...who am I going as this year?

Sookie Stackhouse! Specifically as her dressed in her waitress uniform. I've already got the shorts and blonde hair. I just need the shoes, shirt and apron. Oh yeah, and a gap in my teeth. Now if I could only wrangle an Eric or Alcide look-a-like to accompany me...

Anyone going to dress up for Halloween? If so, what are you going as?

Happy (Early) Halloween!

Since Sunday is Halloween, our friends are having their Halloween party tonight. I'm not as excited as I was earlier today about it, as Sean found out he has to work tomorrow and therefore won't be attending the party with me.

I'm making chocolate chip cookies to take to the party (best cookies ever!) and I'm going to start working on putting together my cop costume in a couple of hours. Don't worry I'll take pictures!

I made a storyboard of some of my favorite Halloween type images to share. Some of the images were taken a few days ago at the cemetery outside Venice. It's on an island and there are several famous people buried there. I'll try to do a post with some of those pictures in a few days.

Just in time for Halloween!

I wish I were talking about some faboulous Halloween costume I came up with, but I have not and oh crap I haven't ordered one either. Great...

On a trip to Venice the other day with friends I spotted what I thought would be a perfect Halloween picture.

Hair Update and Friday Fun Questions

First of all, Happy Halloween!



I have the feeling this might be a long post, so bear with me folks.

So...I went and got my hair done yesterday. Several things happened with that.

1. I've never been to this lady before, normally I wait and just go back to my fave stylist in Oklahoma, but my hair was a fright so I needed something done ASAP.

2. I showed the lady what I wanted, although I couldn't print off that Gisele picture from yesterday's blog in color, so I had to substitute with magazines they had at the salon.

3. My hair was green, green! Not from anything she did, but the chemicals in the water on-post are so hard that they turn my blonde hair green. Picture me swimming everyday for the last four months and that's what my hair looked like. Somehow my shampoo wasn't helping with that.

4. My hair turned out good and it is darker, but it is not the color of lovely Gisele's hair. It is more my natural, darker blonde that my roots are these days. I'm not saying it doesn't look good, but it's not a drastic change. In fact, Sean told me it doesn't look any different, but I assure you it does.

So, I'll still post pics, but it looks like I won't get my Gisele hair until I go back to Oklahoma.

I think I might be babysitting for a couple of hours on Saturday. I'm pumped because that means another opportunity for baby pictures! Sean is working some of Saturday anyway, so it's not like I'm going to be up to a whole lot.

Ok, so as some of you know I'm part of a forum for Army Wives. We have a debate board on there and currently some of us are debating the to vaccinate/not vaccinate issue. I personally am for vaccinating, but that's a whole other blog that I'll have to do at a later time. What frustrates me about this debate though is that the women that are for not vaccinating are spreading myths/rumors about various vaccinations, without backing it up with any credible source. That is my biggest pet peeve. Please DO NOT state something as fact, when in fact it is your opinion. I've proven them wrong several times with various sources I've found, mainly from the CDC. I believe everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I cannot stand when people don't back up what they are saying. Guess it's the reference librarian in me.

This week, we put out an ad for someone to replace me. You would not believe the amount of resumes we've gotten in! Our mailbox everyday is brimming with them. I have to admit that I do look through a few of the resumes if something catches my eye. Well today, there were two things.

1. One girl sent in a cover letter written on notebook paper. I wanted to call her and tell her to never do that again.

2. Another girl listed on her resume some extracurricular activities. They happened to include, sitting on her back porch, sipping coffee and watching the sunset. WTH? Why would you include that on a resume? I seriously sat there and laughed for about two minutes.

Obviously some people need some serious resume help!

Now for the fun part of the post. Friday Fun Questions- Spooky Style!

1. What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up?

2. Name three kinds of candy you always wanted to see in your trick-or-treat bag.

3. If you were a Jack O'Lantern, what would your face look like?


My Answers:

1. I think my favorite costume was the year I was a ballerina. My mom made me a purple tu-tu. I had the cutest leotard and slippers to go with it.

2. Reeses, Mr. GoodBar and regular Hershey's bars. So good!

3.

Can't wait to hear your answers!

I need a change

First of all today I'd like to alert you about a couple of neat giveaways.

Check out Make Mine a Mojitos awesome jewelry giveaway and then go check out Monogram Chick's cute recipe box giveaway. Believe me, you do not want to miss out on either one of these giveaways!



I need to do something to my hair ASAP. It's been late July since it's been highlighted and I thought about waiting until December so I could go to my fave stylist in Oklahoma, but I'm not sure I can wait that long. It's not that it looks really bad, since I'm a natural blonde the roots aren't bad at all. I'm thinking of putting a little more brown in my hair though and getting a few inches cut off too. Nothing drastic, just a nice change.



I'm not planning on going this dark all over, but I would like that lighter brown color blended into my hair. What do you think? Be honest! I won't be offended.

For all of those that asked me yesterday what Jen Lancaster book I read, it was her first, Bitter is the new Black. I'll probably get the next two sometime in the near future, as we don't have a bookstore here in town. Yes, that's right we don't have a bookstore in Leesville. I actually think that I'd rather have a bookstore in town over a Starbucks and a Chili's(neither of which we have here either).

I was watching What Not to Wear last night an started wondering if they had it on DVD. The answer is yes! I found them on the TLC website this morning. I may have to order some. That's seriously one of my favorite shows, I could watch it over and over. I just love Stacy and Clinton! I wish I could meet them and be on the show without throwing all of my clothes away. However, I think maybe they'd let some of my clothes remain, but then again I bet a lot of people say that go on the show.

I'm going to go get my Visa taken care of tomorrow, as the lady at in/out processing called me Friday to let me know my passport was in. I didn't expect it to be so fast! It seriously only took about two weeks. I was thinking more along the lines of a month. No complaining here though, I'm just glad it's already in.

Everyone on-post is going all out in decorating for Halloween. I talking about tombstones in the yards compelete with skeletons, large blow-up ghosts on roofs, other various Halloween stuff stuck up....and then you look at our house and we have nothing outside. I do plan on getting a Jack O'Lantern, but I don't really get into the Halloween spirit. My house is decorated inside for fall,but not really for Halloween. I just don't really get into it anymore. I can't tell you the last time I went to a Halloween party or even the last time I dressed up. I do enjoy the candy though and eating those tasty mini-Hershy bars. Anyone else like me? Or is everyone in the Halloween spirit?