Just finished up my candy give-away for this year's Halloween. Saw lots of unusual costumes mixed in with the usual ghosts, ghouls, skeletons, princesses, and superheros. One of the most unusual ones had a bent over Frankenstein's monster carrying the child on his back (the kid's legs were the monster's, sort of like you sometimes might see a kid on the back of a horse with the kid's legs being the horses hind legs). I thought it was a great costume!

I handed out about 6 bags of candy of various types, as well as some "ghoulish" toys (all in all I think I spent about $60 on this year's stuff). And I ran out before the kids stopped coming. Considering we're a very small community, we always have literally hundreds of kids coming around, usually in bunches of up to 15 per "gang" because the parents in the outlying areas pool together to bring them into "town" for the treats.

They started arriving at 5:00, and I ran out of treats by 7:15. That was better for me than last year, when I ran out of treats within an hour of starting to give them out. I think next year I'll go for more of the non-edibles...many of the kids seemed more excited by my neighbor's pens than my KitKats and Tootsie Rolls, and the toys were exclaimed over, too. (The neighbor said he gave out 100 pens, but he was giving them out 2 at a shot.)

I dressed as a frontier woman (one of the teachers said I looked like Nellie Olsen of the Little House on the Prairie series, and that's about right.) I had a blonde wig, a long calico skirt with a petticoat under it and a pearl studded long-sleeved, high-necked blouse. About the only part of the costume that wasn't what a female in the mid- to late-1800s wouldn't have had were my shoes, which were flat canvas casuals because I had to be standing all day while I taught.

All in all a pretty good day, even though my sugars are running pretty darn high again. (I found it really hard to stay out of the tootsie rolls.)

You Are 32% Bitchy

You're a pretty sweet person, and you're definitely not prone to bitchy outbursts. Sometimes, though, you can't help thinking mean thoughts about people. But at least you don't act on them!

Not prone to bitchy outbursts....*snerk*

Actually, though, rather than bitchy, I'm sarcastic. Or is there a difference?

You Are a Chocolate Mocha and Orange Cheesecake

Enthusiastic and intense, there's so much you love in the world... it's hard to do it all. You are good at getting things to mix - friends, flavors, hobbies. You're the master of fusion!

Mmmmmmm chocolate and orange.....



Which Princess Bride Character are You?
this quiz was made by mysti

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This week our Student Council is sponsoring Homecoming week. (yeah, yeah, I know--seems horridly early for homecoming to me, too) Each day they have a color scheme and a theme. Monday was Pink and Black with a Hawaiian theme. Yesterday was Orange and White with a Cowboys & Indians theme (this amused me, as 99.2% of our students are Native Americans, but of those who dressed up, most did the Cowboy look). Today is Purple and Silver and 80s theme.

I didn't know the 80s had a theme...I spent almost 3 years away from the USA, and so my memories of the fashions of the time were to say the least a bit hazy. Anyway, I went and googled 80s fashions and found something I could do that wouldn't be too hard for me. I put my hair in a side ponytail and wrapped it with a scrunchie tie. I found a big shirt and some old leggings (purple leggings, so at least I got that much of the color scheme). I couldn't find bright makeup (I usually don't wear any and I wasn't about to go buy some just for this). I meant to find my hoop earrings, but didn't remember before I got to school. No high-top shoes, but I found some moccasins that sorta work. Think of it as "restrained Cindi Lauper" if anything.

So far this morning (it's only 9:00 here) I've had one student tell me my ponytail was crooked. :D One of the gay teachers here has dressed like Don Johnson in Miami Vice. He looks spiffy! I haven't seen any other teachers dressed up yet, but I've been in my room working so haven't really had a chance to run around and see.

Tomorrow should be much easier for me to do the theme--it's Hippie Day, and the colors are Blue and Green. I figure--peasant skirt and blouse, hair loose with flower wreath, sandals, beads... And Friday is "Wildcat Day" which means school colors (black and gold) or school sports uniforms time thing. We teachers have special "Staff" t-shirts, so I'll wear that.

Oh, yes, time for my (sometimes) daily quiz (in honor of Purple and Silver day):

You Are Lavender

You are a sweet person with a very soft personality. People become easily entranced with you. They seem to glow around you. You have a quiet energy that can keep you active late into the night. Even if you aren't the life of the party, you definitely keep the party going.