I will admit, I find myself in a state of gray lately. Funky, off center, and in need of more sleep than I can get. It’s probably just the weather (and rebounding from this virus that is still kicking me sideways!) but it’s getting to me. It seems that every corner I turn in this house, I find yet another project half finished or half cleaned or half undone. I’m left feeling a little undone myself.
Evidently, our small town has its seasonal act together. A spattering of these wind blown lovelies have appeared in the last week and every where I go there are Halloween displays. In fact, if you are local and are looking for a great witch costume, do I have a tip for you. The Antique Mall on Marine features a vendor who puts together whole witch ensembles for a bargain. For $18-$25 you can go as a glorious spell-caster: complete with groovy dress, jewelry, and hat! All vintage and all perfectly bewitching. Hurry!! (her stall is on the basement level… ask at the front desk, they’ll direct you.)
Considering the holiday is creeping up with speed, my little family is showing no signs of taking that seriously. Now, I love Halloween! The pumpkins, the candy, the decorations, Boo! It’s true, I tend to eschew advanced planning, but this is not the case with Halloween. You would think being surround by “Js” that my little family would be well on our way to glorious Halloween. Not so! I’ve yet to manage a serious conversation with the men in my family about it. They are scattered-brained on the subject matter. We should be Pirates. We should do Jedi. No, no, Harry Potter. We should plan an elaborate themed extravaganza and hire musicians. Yet, when pressed on any of this, both of them look at me like I’m speaking gibberish. They become downright Zombiefied; regrettably, that’s not helping with the all important planning part of this Halloween.
If these sad little pumpkins, trapped in their grocery netting are any indication, it could be weeks before we get our acts together. Which leads me to believe that we will do what we always do. Let the kid reuse his costume for another year (4th year running!!!!) and carve pumpkins late on the 30th. I’m not sure what it’s going to take to bewitch this family into action. Could someone lend me a wand?
You look so cute with the curly hair and the red coat. Jaunty, in fact.
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Why, thank you! ~W
I find your coat bewitching, and you look like a fashion model, woman! I love those stripy pumpkins. One year, husband dear had to buy gourds at the store and carve them for our much younger kids. They were so hard that his hands hurt for days afterward. If you can get your family to stop procrastinating on Halloween, can you give me strategies to use on Alison for college aps and my husband for painting the base in the bathroom?(after TWO YEARS)
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Oh, thank you! You’re too kind. 😀 And… I think we’re out of luck with motivating our families. Let’s just say we leave them be and try to ignore their insanity? I know, easier said than done!! ~W
I love your self portraits. 😉 As for me, it isn’t just Halloween – I feel overwhelmed with life in general right now…
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Well, you do have a lot on your plate at the moment. No worries… we can be low key this year. ~W
Wende,
Thank you for my delicious package today! You are so generous. I thank you again and again. I entered a post about it on my site.
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I’m so glad it all got there in one piece! Enjoy. ~W
We celebrate a different holiday that dates back to October 31, 1517.
You do look quite bewitching in that pea coat, though it looks orange to me.
Yoga for the blahs! Find your center! Heal your nerves! De-stress, de-age, and take delight!
P. S. I love you, too! Surely BW doesn’t chat while he’s holding his poses?!
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Heh… You Lutheran’s have your own holidays, eh? :D And yes, the child talks through almost everything! ~W
Love that self-portrait and that COAT! I’m running right down to the antique mall ~
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Oh, do go! They have such cool costumes. 😀 ~W
Yes, yes…the COAT. Love it. We all love it. Please buy one for all of us. I’m going to look at it again when I’m finished typing here.
Oddly enough, your post was a breath of fresh air for me. It’s been gray here at TexasNorth. Bleh. Soon to pass, as all things do, I’m sure. But still. Perhaps an red orange fabulous coat would help.
Actually…a swap would help. Still in desperate need of a sock puppet?
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Oh, I would love to do a swap! I’ve not made a sock puppet in ages… but it would be a fun project with the boy. Not that we need any, but still. :D Perhaps we should chat! ~W
Oh, you gotta admit one great thing about the fall weather here is getting to wear cute coats! I love the one your sporting here… this is sad, I haven’t worn my new Boden yet. I so need an occassion… want to go shopping?! (Tee hee.)
Love the squished witch by the way, you got a great capture of it!
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Which would explain the number of coats I have in my closet. I’ve managed to collect several since moving here… Good thing, considering I gave all my coats save one away while packing to move 2 years ago. I don’t know what I was thinking, moving to the Oregon coast with one coat. ~W
Ya know, we loooove Halloween at my house. But I’m just not feeling it this year. So I’ve decided to let go. We’ve put up a few decorations and the kids’ costumes are ready to go, but that’s it. I’ll buy candy on Halloween (so I don’t eat it) and call it a holiday.
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Yeah, I’ve just about thrown in the towel… I think I’ll focus on Thanksgiving instead. This sounds familiar… isn’t this what I did last year??? ~W
The Halloween season is slowly creeping up on us isn’t it? I tell you, I’m either really good about getting everything done super early…or, I’m running around last minute!
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Yeah, that sounds like me as well. After 2 years of living here, you would think that I would have learned that you don’t do things last minute here… that planning is your friend. S i g h. Oh well, perhaps I’ll be better organized for Thanksgiving?? ~W
I love those witches ’round town…. can’t stand the negative hoop-lah they bring (please people… they are fun!). I love your red coat!
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See, this is why I don’t go out or read the paper… I can avoid the “hoop-lah”. 😀 ~W