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halloween recap

i stuck with my find something in my closet and create a costume again this year.  
saturday night i was little red riding hood.  i pulled out a red cape i wore when i was 8ish and the rest of the costume didn't really matter.  people knew what i was!  (sorry... no pics)
next year i have my sights set on a really creative costume (still from my closet of course)...  i just wasn't really feeling it this year. 

favorite costume:
-french toast a girl had a piece of bread made out of poster board on her front and back a frenchish shirt, beret, and mustache drawn on.  i turned to inez and asked if she was toast or a sandwich.  she didn't hesitate for a second and said, "she's french toast, Lisa."  ohhhhh.  very creative!
-i really liked the chiquita banana lady.  a long yellow dress with a fruit thing on her head.  i have no idea how she made it stay.
-there was a pinocchio that was pretty awesome too!

what did i see the most?  the progressive lady.  i was surprised by that one.

emily and i checked out the north halsted halloween parade.  that was fun and we got to see some more creative, fun costumes.  it was really fun and great catch-up time.

i watched ghostbusters for the first time so that's good.  

i hope you all had a lovely halloween!

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