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A Belated Happy Halloween
Halloween was yesterday, and since moving to South Carolina four years ago, we haven’t had a single trick-or-treater. That’s not a complaint. Our kids are adults, and the idea of wearing a bra so some kids can continually interrupt my evening to take my candy isn’t exactly my idea of a good time.
Meanwhile, a few states away, my editor had a wonderful time. She gave out all the candy she bought and then some, and kept sending pics of the cutest kids dressed up in costumes from a 70s hippy complete with bell-bottomed trousers to a pint-sized Beetlejuice who let her know, “It’s showtime!” She loved every minute of it.
And here I was, enjoying my quiet evening, sort of like a much more progressive version of Archie Bunker in his recliner. Instead of candy, I’m giving out free books along with 100+ other cozy mystery authors. Keep reading for all the details, or click the button below to start grabbing your freebies right now.
Was This the Worst Costume Idea Ever?
Speaking of Halloween, I haven’t dressed up in ages. The last few years that my boys went out, I wore a robe, slippers, and put my hair up. Every year, my father compared me to a mom in a certain sitcom. Let’s just say it wasn’t June Cleaver from Leave It to Beaver by any stretch of the imagination.
One of my most interesting costumes, though, happened in 1992. My roommate and I bowled with her parents on a league, and the bowling alley was holding a costume party. We worked at a preschool and decided to use the extras from the arts and crafts corner to construct our costumes.
She was a bad luck fairy, dressing in a black leotard, black tights, black ballet flats, and a pair of painted-black fairy wings. It was bad luck that someone on the other team mistook her for a bar fly, and the word spread.
My costume was simpler—a troll doll. All I needed was a burlap sack dress and a way to stick my mid-length hair straight into the air. Did I mention the crafts corner? I laid on my bed, positioning my hair over an old towel, and hung kind-of upside down. I then used a crap ton of Elmer’s white glue and good old-fashioned gravity to do the job. After the glue dried, I stood, and much to my delight, my hair stood also—straight into the air. It stayed that way for the next three days despite multiple washings.
Neither of us won the costume contest. That award went to the supermodel-thin woman dressed in a skin-tight lycra cat suit that left nothing to the imagination. Go figure.
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That's all for now. I hope your day is filled with books and coffee (or whatever it is that you put in your favorite mug). If you’re in the Pawleys Island area this weekend, come see me at Art Under the Oaks in the Litchfield Marketplace on November 2nd & 3rd. Have a great weekend!
Until next time,
Becky
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