Halloween 2024

This year, Noel and I made our costumes again. I was pizza made by hot gluing felt "toppings" on a t shirt. Noel was Remy the rat from Ratatouille (her boyfriend is the chef). She bought two shirts, made one into a skirt, and made some ears and a tail. We spent Wednesday evening last week putting them together. Then, we wore them to a trunk or treat at the church on Saturday. She is wearing hers again tonight while hanging out with her boyfriend. 

Another tradition that somehow came to be is having a jack-o-lantern pizza. We used to get them from Papa Murphy's, but last time we tried, it was a disaster. This year, I made it, and I think it was better than take out. 

Noel and I seem to be the only people in our home that still enjoy Halloween, so I think I did fairly well.

Halloween Pizza

I love getting holiday shaped pizzas from Papa Murphy’s. Getting heart shaped pizzas on Valentines Day was one of the few traditions I kept after the ex left. I don’t know why, but a heart pizza for Valentines Day and Jack-o-lantern pizza for Halloween just tastes a bit better. 

Today, I ordered a Jack-o-lantern pizza online around 2:30 to pick up at 4:45 as I took Noel home from school. When I got there, the line was going out the door and a bit down the sidewalk. I called to see if the pizza was ready, and they told me it would talk another 30 to 40 minutes. I went home and sent Chad back a half hour later thinking it would be ready to pick up. It was not. 

We hen Chad got there, he was told to stand in line but not where to stand. The first line was apparently only for people who had yet to order. When he got to the front, he was sent to the other line, so he called me to tell me what was going on. After 10 or 15 minutes in that line, he called again wanting to just cancel the order. I was fine with that as long as we got out money back and he came up with a backup plan for dinner. At this point, an employee told the people in this line that they could cancel the order the next day and wait 2-3 days for the refund. I didn’t like this idea. They already charged my card because it was an online order. He agreed with me and stayed in the line. Once he got to the front of the line, they started the order. Apparently, even though I ordered 2 hours in advance and checked in when it was scheduled to be ready, it was not ready yet. In fact, they were making the pizzas that were ordered in person first. Chad was finally home an hour after he left. 

I have never had issues with this Papa Murphy’s in the past. They were definitely overextended. The point of irritation for me is that online orders are usually a high enough priority that this shouldn’t have happened. We were able to get our pizza, but it was a pain to get. I may have to make it myself in the future. 

Halloween Costumes

 Yesterday, Noel and I went to the Trunk or Treat at the church. She came up with cute ideas for costumes that we put together. Mine is mostly stuff I had at home other than the shirt and wand. Noel’s is mostly stuff from the thrift store. 

On Monday, Noel and I went the the only thrift store in town to get her things to put her vision together. (She has been talking about being a pirate for a while.) She settled on a dress she could modify, a corset-like belt, and a lot of jewelry. Then, we went to Walmart yesterday morning where she found tights, a bandanna, and a scarf with gold, dangling trinkets. Then, she worked on the dress by removing the collar, ripping the sleeves at the ideal length, and changing the length without changing the shape of it with the sewing machine. The result is amazing. Who knew this would come out of stuff found here and there. She is so good at making her vision come to life. 

My costume was put together in a few hours. I didn’t have a plan until Noel suggested I create a tooth fairy costume and gave me some suggestions. Yesterday morning, I bought a plain black t-shirt, white material, and sticks made for mylar balloons while we were at Walmart. I drew and cut out a tooth pattern for the wand and shirt when we got home. I sewed one on the shirt and made one to stuff to glue on the balloon stick along with some ribbon I found in my sewing kit. I already had wings and a sparkly tutu from past consumes and added matching leggings and slippers. 

Overall, I think our costumes turned out really good. She is so good at coming up with ideas like these and executing them!