Halloween Fun

My posting this week has been a little lackluster only one dreary account of job interviews gone awry. The rest of the week was all uphill and actually quite busy and exciting:

I put down a deposit on that 2-bedroom apartment in our neighborhood. Our official move-in date is November 16th! Highlights of the apartment (other than a second bedroom): dining room (photo to the left) AND living room, washer and dryer in the unit, dishwasher, and hallway. Yes, it has a hallway. I have never had a hallway since living on my own. Our move out date at the current apartment is November 23rd, so we'll have a full week to pack up and move our belongings approximately four blocks.

I finished picking up last minute items for our Halloween costumes and spent every free moment (between trying to write a paper and readings for class) preparing for Saturday's party at our friend's house. Jesse was a skeleton and his makeup turned out to be quite scary. I was pretty impressed. Even when he smiled, he looked scary. Also, his face glowed in the dark, but because we were never totally in the dark, it really didn't matter. By the end of the night, Jesse couldn't wait to wash his face because the makeup dried and cracked and felt like it was sucking the moisture out of his skin. What can you expect for a $6.99 drugstore makeup kit?

This year, I was a mail order bride. I actually used a dress that I had made two Halloweens ago while we were still in D.C., but never got a chance to wear. It's made out of FedEx mailers, the kind that are impossible to rip and virtually indestructible. Not surprisingly, it survived the cross country move. I was a little nervous when I pulled it out of the back of the closet that my current form would prove too, uh, curvy -- while nearly indestructible, the mailers are not very forgiving when it comes to give, say around the hips. Miraculously, it still fit well and I wasn't in danger of bursting from the seams. I whipped up a veil and found a pair of perfectly hideous lace tights and was good to go. To perfect the outfit, my good friend teased and sprayed my hair into a perfectly large bouffant hairdo.

I had such a great time at the party (complete with costume contest and catwalk) that Jesse and I were already plotting ideas for next year!