Halloweenies!

Giving Bunny kisses to the pretty pretty princess!

Hanging out with Grover at our local watering hole

Having trickor treaters was the most fun thing about Halloween

The fair bunny princess Henrietta

Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara 2k9 edition

Hello all! I hope that you all had a fabulous Halloween. For the first time in weeks it stopped raining and was pretty and sunny and overall gorgeous for the weekend.

We welcomed trick or treaters for our first time as grown-ups in a house and we had really cute kids come to ask us for candy. My favorite are the ones who want to show you all the treats in their pumpkins. Absolutly adorable.

Henry was a very pretty pretty princess and Gus and I had fun being Rhett an Scarlett even though no one really knew who we were. There is a complete lack of knowledge of the classics these days I suppose. Oh well.

I am posting pictures on facebook and if you're not on it the link is here. Enjoy. Let me know what you think of our costumes and those of our friends and the random people I stalked and made pose with me :)

Pictures from Halloweens past... big kid style

Since tomorrow is the big day I was having some fun going back over some fun Halloweens from the last few years and was feeling nostalgic. Gus and I decided last year that we would start our own tradition of going as famous couples in history. Last year was Gomez and Morticia Adams and I think that was chosen because I really just wanted to wear a long black wig. That purchase started a trend that lasted all winter and while I have not donned one of my wigs in a while I still heart them v. much. I got that dress from a costume sale held at William and Mary and I can't remember where Gus got the suit but I am pretty sure he might have already had it. Would not surprise me homeboy has the most random wardrobe. Which works out very well for this year because we did not have to go out and buy a velvet smoking jacket because he just happened to have one lying around :) I am not going to lie though I am looking forward to drawing that mustache back on him....

This is clearly not the most flattering picture of me but I love it because it was taken on my first and only Halloween in Ireland. Those kids over there go crazy with some 'Fancy Dress' parties and everyone was out and dressed up and fun. These are girls who I met at my hostel and befriended and one afternoon when we were depressed and homesick we decided to go costume shopping. Since we were all dirt poor and fresh out of Euro's we settled for a standard sparkly devils ear and all managed to find some kind of red top. The three of us went out and had a really great time despite our abject poverty. We didn't have fancy costumes but we made the best of it and went out and played. Gotta love the Canadians.

While this picture was taken in October it was nowhere near Halloween which would do nothing to explain why I am wearing a mask all I know is that at the Zanzabar in Dublin I am sure that stranger things have happened :) This was the first and only time I can recall ever wearing a Marge Simpson mask.

Baby bunny Henry from last years Halloween. I know I have this picture everywhere but I just think that he looks so cute as a monster in a pumpkin. One of my all time favorite pictures, this year Henry is going as a pretty, pretty princess much to Herman's chagrin. I will post pics.

They're creepy and they're kooky mysterious and spooky they're altogether kooky.....

We got mail!

I would like to take this opportunity to shout out my amazing mom who has sent us our first official package to Elm St. In it were tons of goodies, presents and pictures which made me feel happy and miss home even more. Mommy made delicious cookies which are so addictive that we have had to hide them from our line of sight. If it were up to Gus they would be all gone by now. Henry (or Henrietta) also received a Halloween costume from Grandma and will be going as a pretty pink princess this year. I bet you can't wait to see those pics :) Thank you again mom and dad we loved the package and getting mail was the best. The mailman knocked on the door and everything. It was very official. Hurray for presents, thanks Bogeys!

The delicious cookies in the process of getting dominated

We got a package. Must. Destroy. Packing Tape.

Nom. Nom. Nom.

Flashbacks of Halloweens past : Legion Parties!

In honor of Halloween I am posting some flashback pictures of a few of the Halloween festivities from my "Glory Days". The most fun ones involved the American Legion where the Pi Kapp boys, normally not very fun threw a wonderful wild party every year. It truly was always the highlight of the fall. My senior year wifey and I went as U.S. Hotties and Gus was a member of Motley Crue, it was the first time I ever got to do his eye makeup. Yes you read that right, the first time :)

A typical Phi Mu group picture, everyone get together get together. Smiilllllllle. Wait there is another camera! I really loved those earrings that I was wearing wonder where those went....

Hannah and Jason, I think Hannah was Carmen Sandiego and I cannot lie I have no idea what Jason went as this year, perhaps something from the early 90's Seattle scene? Perhaps.

Wifey and I went as bunny's, yes cliche but it worked on our limited student budget. This was also the night someone tried to steal my ears and Mehreen laid down the wrath of God upon them. The true meaning of Ride or Die.

Probably my all time favorite costume was Poison Ivy. Its amazing what some green RIT dye a glue gun and some sequins can do. I am also surrounded by some pretty hot fairies. Ugh these parties were so fun!























Best. Costume. Ever.

Its almost the same right?

My costume, but don't worry I don't have any white platforms and the thigh highs cut off circulation so I think they are a no go:)

What do you think?

Something wicked this way comes:)

Well I mean not really wicked per say....

I just realized that in the whole I don't have internet thing I did'nt tell you what Gus and I decided to be for Halloween! We went out last week and got our costumes and I am actually starting to get really excited about it.

We are going as Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler, keeping in the famous fictional couples throughout history theme. Maybe its because I miss the south, or because I am longing to run around saying things like "with God as my witness I will never run out of candy again".

Either way it is going to happen. The costume I got was on sale and is one of those that is kinda slutty (because it is short) but still cute and sort of tasteful. Plus whatever I get to wear a petticoat with it and I have wanted one of those forever. Seriously.

Somethings abrewing...

Good morning lovelies!

Well I suppose to be quite honest that it is probably afternoon where you are and you are probably sitting around eating lunch and browsing when you are supposed to be catching up on all that stuff you procrastinated during the weekend right?

Not you? I didn't think so :)

Well I had a pretty uneventful weekend to be quite honest with you. I have been feeling rather down on myself because I am unemployed and poor and not very happy about being either. Bruce Springsteen played St. Louis on Saturday and I couldn't go and of course I was very pouty and depressed because its been the first time Bruce has been so close and I have not seen him in years but I have managed to convince myself that it is all part of the journey. The journey.

Anyways hats off to poor Gus who handled my whiny pouty princess weekend with grace and poise. I swear that boy is a saint. I can't even handle myself when I am like that I have no idea how he pulls it off.

But I am better now. At least I am trying to be. I could not sleep last night and was lying in bed with my mind racing as it has a tendency to do when you can't sleep and I was doing a mental pro con pro of my new life. I am not going to lie there are alot of cons. I have no family or friends here, no money to shop my sorrows away and no place to buy pretty dresses. All would seem pretty bleak right? But I think I have been looking at it all wrong. All I can see is what I don't have anymore which is everything I loved and was comfortable with.

So now I have to do it all over again except this time I have Gus on my team. Which is a great thing. Because hes not around all day I tend to get very dramatic and lonesome. Last week I made sure that the house was perfect and that dinner was on the table when he got home. I baked a cobbler, I did laundry and dishes. I went to the grocery store like three times.

Barf. Its just not me.

I am not meant to be a housewife. Its not my calling. It makes me feel bored, and bitter and resentful of Gus and his contacts with the human world. Let me tell you friends, bitter is not the new black. It is not slimming or cute. It is depressing and makes you feel small and mean.

So since I am tired of feeling like a nagging piece of crap it is time to rethink my strategy. I cannot rely on Gus to be my sole provider of happiness and joy. I never put that kind of pressure on him before so why start now right? Which means I have to start looking into new avenues. I think that once I get back into a gym that I will feel much better because I really miss my Y and my elliptical. Also I need to make friends. Not Gus's friends but my own friends. That might be a little trickier. So I need to exercise and be more social. Check and check. Now for the hard stuff.

I need to work. Which is proving easier said than done. But I have been concocting a wild and mad plot in my always scheming mind. What if I opened my own store? What if instead of looking to dominate Southern Illinois and change the world I focused more locally and less globally? What if instead of blending in and conforming to my new surroundings I kicked and screamed and changed the landscape of Murphysboro?

What if right?

Its easy to get lost in all of the Main St. VS Wall St. politics but I actually live two blocks away from an honest to goodness Main St. Well technically its called Walnut St. but it is a Main St. A Main St. that is desperate to bring young, vibrant shops and businesses into the heart of town. What if I became a small business owner? I worked for an incredible small business and loved the style and structure of the company, how crazy would it be if I were the boss?

See how crazy and crafty my mind works? How do I incorporate what I love into what I want to do? Will I need a lawyer? How will I do my taxes? Can I get a loan? I have like a million questions but the one that keeps popping up the most is WHY NOT?

Well... I have no credit, not background in business or finance, no business plan, no vision statement, no loans, no cash flow, no idea if my plan would be viable or successful, but why not?

Why couldn't I open and run my own store?

Not to sound terrible but I am not exactly working for my survival right now. I live in a gorgeous house on a beautiful street in a cute small town. I am not struggling to pay rent or feed myself I would be working to pay off my small amount of debt and be able to have some money left over to go out to dinner and fly home and buy my pretty dresses. I never wanted to work for a corporation and my disillusion with politics and the government makes me skeptical about pursuing a career in public service. What if I was destined for a more nontraditional path?

I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. I was meant to be here not only to support Gus but to start a new chapter of my life and our life together. It would be dumb and a lie to say that I'm not crazy homesick but I can't spend all my time out here miserable. I need a project, a goal. Would being a small town shop keeper satisfy that need?

I think that it just might be the next step. I don't really know how I am going to go about turning my crazy pre-sleep ideas into a viable business plan. I do know that once I really want something I am pretty good about making it happen. Just saying is all....

Though it might be madness there is method in it. This might just work, and if it does I expect to see you all at my grand opening. Just remember you heard it here first:)