Mood:  hungry

Like the title states I can’t believe that I am even considering what to be for Halloween. Where in the heck did summer go? I know most people do usually think about their costumes until a couple of weeks before the 31^st but when you make your costumes, you have to get a head start. I am not being too creative this year. I am actually going with an idea I went with a couple of years ago. I am going to go as a fairy. But I have decided to change it up a bit. It took me awhile to decide on just what kind of fairy to be. At first I thought I would go as an ice fairy. Dress in all white, white wings, and they have this FX makeup that you can put on your hair that looks just like ice. But then it dawned on me that I would have a lot of makeup to apply and didn’t really feel in the mood for that. My makeup last year took 1.5 hours. So I decided to stick with something easy... Butterfly fair but the costume will be much different and I won’t be painting a butterfly on my face. Haven’t decided yet what I am going to do makeup wise but I am going for simple.

I found this costume pattern at Simplicity but I am going to change it up a bit.

The color for the dress is going to be light blue and the corset will be brown. The sleeves will be light blue sheer fabric and will be detached from the dress. I found a great set of wings on eBay. They will be white opalescent instead of black. I will also make a headband/crown out of twigs and flowers.

Now I just have to find time to construct it. The pattern is great and simple, well at least it appears to be. I figure I can use it to make other costumes…sexy pirate, a witch.

The weather has cooled down a lot since last week. This morning I got up and looked at weatherbug and it read 54 degrees. I actually had to put a jacket on this morning to take Potter out. The cold weather has brought something else with it….colds, flu, and bronchitis. My boss is suffering from Bronchitis and this is his first day back to work since Wednesday of last week. Looking at him I can remember how I felt when I had it and I know that work is the last place on earth he wants to be. But being the last week for year end close out items he had to come it. Poor thing. I too have been feeling a bit congested and I have been sneezing a lot and have had a scratchy throat. I went to be early last night hoping to ward off whatever is coming.

Lennie is having a great time in FL. Yesterday he was going to take his mom and brother to Universal Studios. I can’t wait to ask him if he saw any of the Harry Potter Land they are building. Lennie actually let me talk to his mom on Saturday. We spoke for about 30 minutes. She is so sweet and like Lennie, can be a bit hard to understand. I promised I would make it over to Scotland to meet her soon. I almost let it slip that it will more than likely be after Lennie gets back from Iraq. See his parents don’t know he is in the military and they don’t know he is about to be deployed.

Well I think that is about it. I will be so glad when this week is over. My stress should diminish quite a bit. This will probably be my only posting this week so hope everyone is well. Till next time….