I pretty much skipped Halloween for the past few years, so this year, I did it right.
Last week, Rachel and I went to a pumpkin patch up in Prescott. It was cold and rainy and not as cool as we thought it would be, but it was still a nice trip.
(Rachel has Carmen all bundled up in the Baby Bjorn.)
On Friday night, I went to the Zombie Walk in downtown Phoenix with my friends Kristin and Jenny. And yes, it was just as cool as it sounds. Hundreds of zombies in a parade through Heritage Square- old people, young people, zombie brides, zombies in bathrobes and hair curlers, zombie Abe Lincoln, zombie Waldo... The best part was when the Ghostbusters showed up in Ecto 1. I was like, "What is going on???" And Kristin said, "Oh, the Ghostbusters are like local celebrities. They show up at all kinds of events." After seeing the zombies, we hung out at the Rose and Crown, a really cool old house that was made into a bar. It had the feel of being at a really fun house party with the front porch and picnic tables and everything, and we met some fun people.
(Jenny is turning Kristin into a zombie.)
Saturday night began with a pub crawl in Scottsdale. This was my first time going out in Old Town, and it was pretty fun. I had it all built up in my head that it would be so intimidating, and it was actually a lot like Naperville. The main difference is the variety of people; I now fully understand the term Cougar. These women are just kind of sad; I feel sorry for them trying to hold their own with a bunch of people in their 20's.
Anyway, Derek dressed up as an iPad by duct-taping an iPad to himself. He was trying to decide what to put on the screen, and I came up with the idea that he should have a Powerpoint displaying pickup lines. Then, we wrote some messages from imaginary girls (such as "Call me" and a phone number) to give him credibility. It was pretty funny.
(Jenny writing on Derek. She's dressed as the purgatory receptionist from Beetlejuice.)
(I was covered in glitter, but you can't really tell. Jenny actually used eyeshadow to make herself blue.)
(The guy in the shower curtain is just some random guy.)
Last week, Rachel and I went to a pumpkin patch up in Prescott. It was cold and rainy and not as cool as we thought it would be, but it was still a nice trip.
(Rachel has Carmen all bundled up in the Baby Bjorn.)
(Jenny is turning Kristin into a zombie.)Saturday night began with a pub crawl in Scottsdale. This was my first time going out in Old Town, and it was pretty fun. I had it all built up in my head that it would be so intimidating, and it was actually a lot like Naperville. The main difference is the variety of people; I now fully understand the term Cougar. These women are just kind of sad; I feel sorry for them trying to hold their own with a bunch of people in their 20's.
Anyway, Derek dressed up as an iPad by duct-taping an iPad to himself. He was trying to decide what to put on the screen, and I came up with the idea that he should have a Powerpoint displaying pickup lines. Then, we wrote some messages from imaginary girls (such as "Call me" and a phone number) to give him credibility. It was pretty funny.
(Jenny writing on Derek. She's dressed as the purgatory receptionist from Beetlejuice.)
(I was covered in glitter, but you can't really tell. Jenny actually used eyeshadow to make herself blue.)
(The guy in the shower curtain is just some random guy.)After a few bars, I headed over to Hayley's Halloween party, which was also a good time.
(Rachel is a geisha, Hayley is the Morton Salt girl, and Heather is... eating my wing.)
Today I hung out at Hayley's house and watched football with the boys. Tonight I'm hoping to get some trick or treaters.
Happy Halloween!
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Little kids were staring at me and I just kept shouting "NEVER GROW UP!" and they got a kick out of me.
And this was all completely sober haha.