My Halloween Weekend

I went out of town Friday afternoon to babysit my nephew. He and I went to something that night called "Trunk or Treat" where there were games, candy, etc. We had some chili on Frito's.  He was Luigi this year. There was at least one other Luigi around and multiple Marios. (I have a picture on my phone of him with one of his friends who was dressed as Mario.) He got his face painted twice: the first time being a red-and-white mushroom over one eye; the second time a yellow mushroom with black stripes over the other eye. (The latter was inspired by the Wii game "Super Mario Galaxy".) He talked me into getting a snowflake painted on me as I was dressed as a waitress on her way to work a shift on a winter night. (I was wearing a waitress-like dress with jeans and a jacket.)

Yesterday, he and I had strudels for breakfast and pepperoni mini-pizzas for lunch. He played some "Super Mario Galaxy" which I watched. Sometime during the afternoon, he and I went to the park. In the evening, we went to some festival at the local rec center. There were games, a spook house, a hay maze, and inflatable playsets. I didn't wear a costume for that, but he wore his Luigi costume once again (but minus the gloves he wore the night before as this time, it'd be easier to do stuff without the gloves).

Now, I'm back home. In the next hour or two, I will probably put on my waitress costume in case any trick-or-treaters show up. If I'm lucky enough, I might stay up past midnight tonight to start on the challenge known as National Novel Writing Month, or Nano Wrimo. (I'll maybe type an intro that I have in mind, but then I'll turn in as I need to have some energy for my work at the Doggie Bag tomorrow. It's a good guess that putting away the Halloween stuff, or whatever's left of it, will be on the "To Do" list.) If I end up going to sleep before midnight, I'll see about getting some writing in when I get up in the morning provided I have time. Failing that, I'll start after I get home from the Doggie Bag.

Homegirl Thursday: Week 2

Most of what I accomplished today was laundry, loading/unloading the dishwasher, and sweeping up dog hair from the floor.

I need to do some packing tonight as I will be going to my sister's sometime tomorrow. I've got some clothes set aside for that.

By the way, be sure to catch the premiere of my new miniseries of posts, Miss Scissors: Reading is the Key, tomorrow on my reading blog, RAB-PIA. I'll be sure to let you know when new parts of the series are posted.

Doggie Bag Days Season 2: Day 39

I've mostly spent the day putting out clothes, books and "knick-knacks". The section for Men's shirts that will run for a dollar or less has been set.  Also, the manager has marked some of the clothes as "free" per the request of the HSP.

Normally, I'd be going in on Friday, but as I will be going out of town sometime in the afternoon on Friday, I've gotten clearance from the manager to take that day off. I'm guessing Monday will consist of clearing out whatever is left of anything Halloween to make room for stuff pertaining to Thanksgiving and possibly Christmas.

Around Town Tuesday: Week 2

The only "out of the house" stuff I managed to accomplish today was to get some clothes to Salvation Army that turned out to be too big for me and take recycling over to the campus recycling bins. I know it's going to sound weird to do this in the evening, but I think at some point I will print something out for an application that accounts for periods of unemployment and turn both of those pieces of paper in tonight so that I can say that I did one more thing towards my job search if anyone asks.

Doggie Bag Days Season 2: Day 38

The first major priority today was to get fashion show items onto the racks that they normally went on. It turns out, though, that there will be another fashion show sometime in January (barring unforseen circumstances of course).

After that, my attention was directed to the bargain room. The rack that had been used to hold fashion show items was moved closer to the kids' bargain rack and is now being devoted to pants. Another set of racks is being devoted to ladie's tops. How the rest will be placed remains to be seen.

Some customers checked out the bargain room (though I don't know whether or not any of them bought anything there). One said she'd need to check it out even more when she had more time.

I don't know what all will await me on Wednesday.

Belated Homegirl Thursday Account For Week 1

I forgot to do an account of Homegirl Thursday this past Thursday. If I can remember correctly, I did laundry and dishes, and I think I swept the floor some. I think I also did some stuff on Facebook, but that's all I can recall right off.

I'll try to do better about the accounts from here on out.

Doggie Bag Days Season 2: Day 37

The big priority today was to get some of the displays stocks and the store presentable for a "grand re-opening" we're having tomorrow. (We're also having a fashion show tomorrow.)  Basically, various things were put out, including stuff for the "bargain room". In the afternoon, per the manager's request, I rearranged some of the clothing racks so that shirts, etc. of similar colors were together.

I don't know if I'll go to tomorrow's fashion show or not. It'll depend on what it is I'll be doing. I have no clue what will happen on Monday.