A quick look into our Halloween box sent me scurrying to Fred Meyer Saturday night. I’m not sure why, but I thought there was more. Just like I thought there would be more at the store. I’m an optimist.
But there wasn’t more; in the box or otherwise. And a quick plug-in of my two strands of purple lights suggested that I was actually down supplies from last year; one lit up, glimmered a few grape soda moments, and promptly died. Harbinger of my evening. The Halloween aisles of Fred Meyer brought no relief. I spent an hour stalking the aisles, in futile hope that somehow I had mistakenly overlooked the obvious. I know beggars can’t be choosers, yada yada yada, but even I have some self respect. And a giant Donna the Dead just wasn’t working for me. No, what I wanted, what I needed was a strand of purple lights; what I got was bupkis. But you knew that already.
I stewed a few moments, pushing my cart through the aisles,
When what to my wondering eyes should appear?
An answer to my purple shortage, remarkably clear!
Not exactly grape soda to light up my night,
Red, green and white—I squealed in delight!
I know what I’ll do, it’s really a cinch,
I’ll swap a few bulbs, Christmas lights do in a pinch.
While Christmas in October makes most want to wince;
The wisdom of merchandizing I’ve come to know since.
I can hear what you’re thinking, you’re still quite the skeptic,
But early I’ll shop to avoid an ulcer most peptic.
And that’s what I did.
It’s still a work in progress,
But I remain,
Yours truly, undaunted.
You are very clever my dear! Both in writing AND in making things work… And now our entry has an appropriate amount of fantastic decorations…
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but, but, I’ve just gotten started! ~W
1st: I called BW Wonder Boy in the last comment…and at first I was embarrassed for getting his “fake name” wrong, but now I’ev decided that it’s clearly appropriate. The box thing- fantastic.
B: Your poetry skills make me wonder if perhaps you should have been receiving a diploma in linguistics and metre…or maybe not 🙂
C: good improv on the Christmas -vs- Halloween lights. I’m sure it’s exactly what Santa and Mr. Scream had intended…for the holidays to be SHARED. Why don’t more people understand this?
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Oh, no worries about his name. 😀 He doesn’t read the blog, but even if he did, he wouldn’t care. He has a French name in real life, and is used to people scrambling it! 😀 As for Christmas and Halloween, clearly other people just aren’t as enlightened as we are. *snort*. I do believe Martha would be proud, tho…:D ~W
Wonderful! It was like the Grinch that stole all the decorations…
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Thanks, Sadira! I adore Halloween. ~W
How lovely! You are such a creative genius.
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Thank you! I have my moments. 😛 ~W
Beautiful. the decor, the solution, the poem.
Just perfecto.
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Thank you! I fear my poetry isn’t all that well appreciated! Hee. ~W
Step AWAY from the Halloween decoration aisle.
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NO! ~W
I’m going trick-or-treating at your house… looking good! You’ve put my porch to shame… I better get cracking!
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Yes, but you have lovely pumpkins! We need to get cracking on that. I’ve been laboring under the impression that the boys wanted to pick theirs out… and since BW has been sick, we’ve not gotten to it. I was informed, however, that they don’t care, they just want them. So, off I go. And… ooh, Safeway just got a shipment in of those white Cinderella pumpkins… those would look really cool with your stencils! ~W
I LOVE your decorations. I’ll send a ticket and you can come to sunny Florida and help me tacky up the place for Christmas. Please?
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Um, well… no. Because decorating for the holidays shouldn’t be considered “tacky-ing up the place”. It’s a sacred art. And until you take it seriously, you will only face frustration. You must be one with the tinsel. ~W
Too cute for words, and too clever to boot! Love the purple lights. Must get to decorating…
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Get crackin! 😀 ~W
Ahem… GET to decorating.
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Heh… I knew what you meant… I hate making typos that I can’t fix. So, I fixed yours. 😀 ~W
Haha! good for you! I bumped into Donna the Dead yesterday when grocery shopping, which nearly made me leap out of my skin. The kids thought it was hilarious 🙂
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Well, I don’t dare post about it, but I went back the next day and got a bunch of stuff so the boy could decorate his play space downstairs. It is all perfectly spookiefied now! And I got him one of those donna the dead spiders that is now suspended from the ceiling. Occasionally I hear him activate it and then cackle, “I never get tired of this!” ha! 😀 ~W