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November 1, 2006
Halloween - 2006
We picked N and H up after school, and when it started getting dark, we got ready to go trick-or-treating. H wanted to be a scary bride, but we didn't have any face paint since Mike and I hadn't known about that until the last minute, so we had to improvise. I put a couple layers of baby powder on her face to make it pale, then used several layers of brown eyeshadow to create dark circles around her eyes. I put some gray eyeshadow on top of that to make the circles even darker and gave her a couple coats of mascara to add emphasis. I finished up with red lipstick, putting a super dark coat on her lips and dotting it lightly from the corners of her mouth down to her chin to give the illusion of dripping blood. She was pleased with how it all turned out, and after a couple of pictures, we headed out into the neighborhood. The weather was perfect. It was right in between being warm and cool so we were very comfortable as we walked to the house. We only had about half an hour to trick-or-treat because the kids' mom wanted H back in time to take her to an event at church, but even with the limited amount of time, we still went to enough houses that H got plenty of candy. Her pumpkin bucket was so full that she was having a hard time carrying by the time we stopped at the last house for the night.
After we dropped H and N off, we went to Karinne's house for a Halloween party. This was the first time I'd seen their new house, and from what I could see with the black light, it's beautiful. I also got to see her ferrets and new puppy and am a little bit in love, although I don't forsee adding ferrets to our household any time in the near future. We stayed there for a couple of hours and hung out with Karinne, her husband, and his family. Right as we were leaving, a large group of her husband's co-workers got there. I have anti-social tendencies, so as far as I'm concerned, that was perfect timing. Mike and I had a great time at the party, and it was nice to be able to spend time with Karinne just hanging out again. On the way home Mike commented that watching the two of us interact was like seeing me in my natural element, and he's right. I've been friends with Karinne since I was in 9th grade almost twelve years ago, and after being friends for that long, there's a familiarity that's unmistakeable. I talk with my mouth full around her without worrying about what she'll think of that. I know that she'll not just listen to my nerd stories, but will understand them because we have similar interests and personalities. Her responses will be as sarcastic as mine, if not more so, and we won't have to worry about making sure the other knew how the comments were intended. It's nice to be able to stop focusing on various things and just be myself.
Posted by oracle at November 1, 2006 9:17 AM in the third year