CrispyQ
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Sun Sep-28-08 03:22 PM
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Halloween - a totally non-political post |
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I just got my new Crate & Barrel catalog & they have some really cool Halloween stuff. You guys, I'm not sure I have any room in my house for more Halloween decorations! And I haven't even visited Illuminations to see what they have this year. ~sigh
Halloween is my very favorite holiday. I love it! I've loved it my entire life! My mother used to make me the most fantastic costumes. I have won more Halloween costume contests than anyone I know - most during my childhood, but still! I have a small trunk loaded with some ultra cool costumes. Recently, my most popular costume has been my Sam I Am costume, complete with the most fantastic paper maché Green Eggs & Ham.
My dear, wonderful husband just shakes his head.
Oh, & in case you were wondering what I do for Christmas - zilch, nada, zero. Not one Christmas deco or light in my house. :evilgrin:
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Sun Sep-28-08 03:32 PM
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1. Why don't you throw a Halloween party - and not let anybody in the door |
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who "is" McCain or Palin?
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Sun Sep-28-08 03:49 PM
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2. Gately, if my house were bigger & if I had any friends, |
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I would throw a Halloween party every year!
But my place is very small & I have only a couple of friends - who usually have more fun things to do on Halloween night. ;)
I don't look as much like Palin as Tina Fey does, but I do sweep my hair up in a French roll & wear snazzy glasses. If I thought I could stomach it, that would be my costume this year, but I despise her so much I'm afraid I'd spew my Halloween drinks before even getting drunk! :evilgrin:
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Sun Sep-28-08 03:56 PM
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3. The way you are for Halloween is the way I am for Christmas. |
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I go crazy decorating, and then cuss myself out every January when I have to take it all down :P
Halloween - not so much. Just enough for the trick-or-treaters.
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Sun Sep-28-08 04:07 PM
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4. Yeah, the taking it down part sucks. |
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It was mid-November before I finally got off my butt & packed it all away.
My mother had all her Christmas stuff down the day after Christmas. I used to beg her to keep it up. "It just isn't the same without the presents," she would say. I begged her to keep it up at least through New Years Eve. Never happened.
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Sun Sep-28-08 04:34 PM
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5. New Years Day is usually when I take it down. |
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Seriously - what else is there to do on Jan 1st when you have a headache? :)
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Sun Sep-28-08 07:40 PM
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6. I have some Halloween Decorations |
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that I put up on my hallway table for display. Just little things mostly that I've collected over the years, a troll doll in a cat Halloween costume, some ceramic pumpkins. Target often has cute Halloween decorations and last year at Michaels, I got the cutest resin Halloween cat and pumpkin figurines. They were not expensive but look kind of artsy. So be sure to check out Michaels and AC Moore too.
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Mon Sep-29-08 12:01 AM
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Welcome to our little group :)
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Mon Sep-29-08 12:16 AM
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I guess I should have introduced myself more formally here. I'm new to DU but a long-time Joe admirer and have been enjoying all the stories and videos you have all shared about Joe that I most likely have would have never seen anywhere else. You all are a nice, polite group and I admire the way you stick up for Joe over on the General boards. :)
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Mon Sep-29-08 08:51 AM
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10. I got the coolest water globe at Target. |
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It has a skull & little black bats. When you shake it the bats take flight. I'll be sure to check out Michaels. (Oh, my poor husband!)
:hi:
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Mon Sep-29-08 09:11 AM
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11. LOL! I got the same one! |
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Too funny. I haven't been there recently to see what they have this year. This week I should make it to Michaels. I'll let you know if I see those same type of figurines again.
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Mon Sep-29-08 02:43 AM
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9. I always loved fall, planting mums |
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making decorations for the front door, not Halloween per se, but more seasonal stuff. However, I always got the obligatory gourds and pumpkins, bales of hay, cornstalks. If I can search my archives later I will post a favorite photo of my old house in Virginia, looking particularly fall-ish. I miss that house :cry:
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Wed Oct-01-08 04:32 PM
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12. Autumn: weather change, Halloween, football, kids back in school. Love it! |
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Edited on Wed Oct-01-08 04:32 PM by Ilsa
I have been making my kids' costumes for several years now. Sometimes I buy a mask. This year they are going as a ghostbuster and Shrek. We love it! I also decorate outside the house, too.
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