Fall Visits

I had two back-to-back fall visits last week. I went up to Boston to see Paula for Northeastern's Parents/Family weekend. Mom was already there so she and I got to see the sites of Northeastern and shop with Paula. The little one realized that between the cold weather and business casual dress code in classes, she needed a lot of new clothes.

Then, Mom and I took the bus from Boston to New York, where we hung out and played a bit in the city. I took three days off of work to enjoy the time to relax and hang out. We went to some needlepoint stores, went to the little Italy area of the Bronx, hit a museum, and tried out a couple of new recipes.

During both visits, it was a lot of eating, shopping, and hanging out. Fantastic time was had by all! I can't wait for the next opportunity, but I think the next visit will be in California at the beach for Christmas.

Happy Halloween!

I don't always get into Halloween. I will for sure get candy corn and other treats for myself every year, sometimes hand out candy to trick-or-treaters and sometimes get into costume.

This year, I had an idea about 10 days before Halloween that seemed relatively inexpensive and easy, but I wasn't sure if I had the guts to do it. Once I started telling people the idea, they were in such disbelief that I would even consider it, I felt like it was a dare.

And so, I donned tights and a leotard to channel my inner Beyonce, matching her outfit from the Single Ladies video.

So here we go; totally out of character, but totally fun.

And I owe the hair to a friend who teased it for 20 minutes, plus the Bumpit for long lasting "oomph" and height.