. . . you know the drill . . .

. . . here's the thing . . .

. . . up until monday, 

i thought i wasn't going to be home 

on halloween night . . .

. . . i underbought 

as far as candy is concerned . . .

{i knew bill wouldn't want to answer the door a thousand times 

and sitting outside all evening isn't really an option for him}

. . . and i hadn't bought 

any pumpkins at all . . . 

{my dad would be seriously disappointed in me}

. . . so today, 

i repented of both sins . . .

. . . i stocked up 

on twice as much candy . . . 

. . . and, after staging 

an internal battle, 

i resigned myself 

to carving some pumpkins . . . 

 {my finger's looking better, isn't it?}

. . . first stop ~ home depot . . .

. . . no pumpkins left there . . . 

. . . but i did buy a cordless drill 

just for me . . . 

. . . i mean, what's a girl to do? . . . 

. . . since, you know,

 tyler doesn't 

live here any more . . . 

. . . also fresh out of pumpkins 

were fry's and wal*mart . . . 

. . . thank heaven 

for the overpriced pumpkin patch . . . 

. . . it wasn't too bad . . . 

. . . 3 for $20 . . . 

{i even found some that weren't completely rotten 

from sitting out in the sun for a month}

. . . moral of the story? . . .

. . . don't leave 

such important purchases 

'til the last minute . . . 

. . . halloween waits for no one . . . 

{spooky nearly full moon}

. . . two hours of shopping for them . . .

. . . two hours of carving, 

scraping and drilling . . . 

. . . two hours of glowing . . . 

. . . and these three pumpkins 

are now in the green trash can . . . 

. . . i learned many years ago 

not to leave them out overnight . . .

. . . one word: teenage gremlins/

 smashing pumpkins . . . 

{okay ~ that's four words}