Halloween

The night before Halloween I made pumpkin spice mini donuts with maple glaze for work.  It was our intern's last day at work and our whole team brought treats in for him.  They were very easy to make with the debut of my Kitchenaid mixer.

On Halloween night, M and I had the Jack-O-Lantern pizza from Papa Murphy's.  He's pretty cute all baked up, isn't he?  We wanted to watch a scary movie but couldn't find one that was scare-worthy for us.

My sister and her family all dressed up.  Jamie was Daphne, Tom was Fred and Colton was Scooby, all from Scooby Doo.  Keith was Dexter.  He shouldn't even know who Dexter is!

The real Dexter.  Keith looks like him

Halloween Party

My sister hosted a Halloween party for our immediate family on Saturday.  My sister and her family love Halloween so she encouraged everyone to dress up.  I am not a big fan of Halloween but to make my sister happy, I bought a long black wig with silver streaks in it on Friday on clearance for $4.17 and spent .97 cents on some white cream for my face and figured I'd wear a black dress I already own and put some makeup on my face.  It turns out my costume, especially my makeup, turned out great.  Here's the run down on the rest of the costumes:

Jamie: Elvira
Tom: Skeleton hoodie
Keith: Jason
Colton: Owl
Michael: Hockey mask
Mom: Gypsy Witch
Dad: Mental Patient

My dad looked awesome as a mental patient, which I suppose I could argue that it wasn't that big of a stretch for him.  Of course I'm kidding, Dad!  He had a hospital gown on with dark circles under his eyes and a messy wig and he kind of just wondered around with a blank face and his mouth open carrying his rubber chicken.

We had a potluck of party food, desserts and candies and played Catchphrase and Mad Gab throughout the night and had lots of fun.

I made Rice Krispie Mummies and white fudge that looked like Candy Corn.

Twenty years ago today, Minnesota experienced the infamous Halloween Blizzard of 1991, where 28.4 inches fell in the Twin Cities.  For those that don't get snow, 10 inches of snow equals 1 inch of rain.  Do you remember that day?  I was trick-or-treating as a 14 year old in my neighborhood with my sister and we were walking through snow that was easily past our knees as we went through the yards. 

Halloween Weekend

Last night, M and I went to Punch Pizza for a little date and wound up back at home to watch the rest of game 7 of the World Series.  Not nearly as an exciting game as the night before, which I didn't watch but heard all about the next morning.  Last night was the first time I've watched baseball probably since I went to see the Twins live at Target Field which was early September.

I woke up super early this morning so I could start some food projects that I need for tonight and when I came downstairs, this is what I saw:

Bad Fuzzer!  I bought these different colors of grass-thingies yesterday and I haven't really done much with them yet and there he is up on a shelf chewing on them.  

We went out to breakfast with Greg and Anna this morning in Uptown to French Meadow Bakery and Cafe. I lived just 4 blocks from here for 3.5 years and despite wanting to go there, I never did because it was always so busy.  Today was no different.  We parked down the street and there was a line out the door when we got there.  Luckily, we got a place to sit in just a few minutes of waiting.  Mostly everything they serve is organic or vegetarian/vegan or fresh like the delicious freshly squeezed orange juice I had.  It was pretty good and I think we'll be back for breakfast or maybe a lunch or dinner.  M wanted coffee afterwards so we headed across the street so he could get his fix.  

I don't drink coffee but Greg's coffee looked so good

Lionel Ritchie says, "Hello?  Is it me you're looking for?"

We picked up M's motorcycle after having its brakes done and then I started working on making my famous (as proclaimed by myself) guacamole for tonight.  I have other little food projects yet to complete today but I'll discuss at a later date.  If you're going out tonight for Halloween to a party or a bar, have fun and stay safe and girls, don't dress too slutty.  Wait, it's Halloween, OF COURSE you're planning on dressing too slutty!  Never mind.