I live for the holidays. The second school is back in session; I start decorating my house with every piece of fall decor I have. From buffalo check runners to fall-themed pillows and our Halloween village, I have no problem admitting that I own more pumpkins than a pumpkin patch. And yes, you will find punny pumpkin signs, such as “Hey there pumpkin", “It’s fall y’all” and, “Turkey, pie and football, oh my”, scattered throughout my house.
The year Garret and I got married, we began a new fall tradition by starting a Halloween village. I had always dreamed of starting my own Christmas village like my moms (don’t worry, you’ll see it in a couple of weeks), then one day, while shopping at Michaels for more fall decor, I stumbled across their Halloween villages. After calling Garret and explaining my excitement of discovering their Halloween villages (which were all 60% off + an additional 25% coupon I found on Google), I asked if we could start our own.
Side note: G doesn’t make me ask permission before spending money; I choose to because I think it's important.
I will say, if you are into creating fake worlds with mini people and super fragile houses, you should start a village. It has easily become one of my favorite traditions because you basically get to build your own Halloween community, complete with a haunted town that doesn’t give you nightmares or make you pee your pants. And if you play your cards right, Michaels always marks them down the week after their fall decorations come out. Mix that with a coupon code and you can build a spooky town for next to nothing.
All of this to say, oh my gourd...I love fall.
With Halloween looking a little different this year, Garret told me a costume idea that would allow us to pass out candy to the kiddos, while maintaining a safe distance.
We are going as Bob & Linda Belcher.
We had discussed this costume for years, but in the original conversation, I would dress as Bob and G would go as Linda. I’m sure you are wondering why I would want to dress up as Bob rather than Linda, so I’ll explain.
Halloween is the one night of the year women can dress sexy and not get chastised by other women. While I don’t partake in the sexiness or saunter around in a boobs-to-chin ensemble—let’s be real, I’m lucky when mine don’t slip-and-slide under my pits—doesn’t mean you shouldn’t show off what your mama, or daddy, gave you. For me, I value comfort and comedy over sexy and seductive.
When it comes to Halloween costumes, I look for a laugh. The dumber, the better. If I can make a costume out of an XXXL men’s hoodie from Walmart or stuff throw pillows down my pants—to give the illusion that I am no longer suffering from dormant butt-syndrome (it’s a real thing, look it up)—I have a winner.
Once you’ve settled on a costume, you will typically head to a masquerade party or down to the square (eat ‘em up Cats). When you walk inside, you will be greeted by friends, acquaintances, and strangers, all embodying their alter ego for a night. You might see 10 Harley Quinn’s. Or 4 sexy nurses. 3-5 school teachers and the sexiest deer you never knew existed. And then...you see my sister and me.
Rather than explain our costumes, I thought I would show you.
The year my sister, Hannah, got to Texas State, we took the comedy route for Halloween. Because we were broke college students, we had to get creative when it came to our costumes. After failing to find anything in our closets, we took our search to our grandmas closet. And that was where “2 moms visiting their babies in college” was born.
