Oh Halloween.
How I love the kick off to a long-awaited holiday season, especially when it falls on a weekend. Oftentimes as a kid, I had multiple costumes for different Halloween parties (the horror of wearing the same thing twice), so I followed my own tradition and mixed it up this year.
Stay Puft Marshmallow man mania!
My costume was so on point that the TV show The Goldbergs tried to bring back the beloved ’80s Ghostbusters characters only to fail.
Suck it Goldbergs!
As you can see, our group dominated this category. And we did our own costuming.
Ghostbusters done right.
Another Halloween scene called for more comfortable attire, as my crew was going to see a show and I didn’t really want to sweat (let’s be real, I don’t sweat, I glisten) to death (plus, I wanted to pee and the Stay Puft outfit makes you hold it for however long you’re wearing it).
Lenny Kravitz, Alice Cooper and Kid Rock.
Not to be left out, my fave little chug (chihuahua + pug mix) Precious was an adorable little ladybug.
Most precious lady beetle ever.
Those Iowa twins of mine? They’re obsessed with Star Wars (as all kids I know have been except yours truly…I still don’t get it but whatever).
Yes I know. The cutest fucking Princess Leia and Yoda you’ve ever seen.
Seeing how excited the twins were over their costumes, I decided Ted and I would stay in the same family of sorts and dress up as galaxy characters as well.
October 31st happened to not only be the day of candy collecting but also a game day for my beloved Iowa Hawkeyes, who have yet to lose a game and are ranked #10 in the nation (yeah, that’s right!). My team was geared up to keep their record pristine against the Maryland Terps (turtles, in case you didn’t know what a terp was because I didn’t know).
Ghoulish game day treats.
Teddy Back Bear enjoying some ribs while still trying to put weight on after his bought with illness.
So….with all of that being said, our touchdown tradition carried on in great force on Saturday!
Touchdown celebration #1!
Celebration shot #2!
Third touchdown is a charm!
Victory is sweet!
Now one of my blogging besties, Mark Bialczak is a fellow Big Ten fan, who cheers on his Maryland Terps. Last year, we had a bet that whomever’s team lost must be featured on the winner’s blog and ….. here he is in all of his loser glory this year!
A Terp loss means a bottle of wine is needed.
But how bad do we feel that his other team was the Mets?!
The celebration carried on to my fave Nashville watering hole, Dalts.
Skinny Pirates are a treat to my tricks!
Isn’t the day after Halloween the best when you are tallying up your treats?
Princess B laying out her line up.
You know my twins Clark and Cousin Eddie are still hanging with Gpa CBXB as Ted is still in weight gaining mode.
A belly big enough for two.
Ted was exhausted from all of the weekend shenanigans (of course) so he made it beyond difficult to do anything the rest of the weekend.
So I didn’t do shit.
Snoozefest 2015.
Here’s hoping you are recovered from any kind of sugar overdose you may have encountered.
Cheers!
CBXB
Cowboys and Crossbones 