Boo to you!!! As has become tradition now, we had our annual
Halloween-O party at Spanky’s house! Being as she was just getting over her
foot surgery, and it was early in the month, she didn’t have her whole usual
decorative spread out, but there were still plenty of tricks & treats to be
had! We dined on mini crab cakes; tortellini; fruit salad; green salad; Reese’s
Pieces & caramel apple cookies; brownies; candy & pumpkin dip. Mark
couldn’t stop eating the dip!!! At one point, he was just hanging in the
kitchen devouring it! He started telling us there was none left! Too funny!
Everything was very delicious! Good job ladies! Peg couldn’t join us this time.
She threw out her back the day before & decided it would be best to stay
home & rest. She was missed, but I kept her informed via text message all
night. Thank goodness for modern technology! Lori brought glow bracelets &
earrings to share. You know how we love the glowy stuff! While the bracelets
were swell, the earrings were quite painful. Those of us who tried them only
kept them on for a few minutes before blood started thumping in our earlobes! Phyllis
had another guessing game for us this year. There was a jar of candy corn &
we had to guess how many were in there. The correct number was 347. Cosmo was
the player who got closest with 350 (tree-fiddy)! She won a lovely candy
corn-scented Yankee Candle. At the end of the night, our awesome hostess passed
out “Spooky” Halloween decorations.
Here’s the costume round-up! This year, we had: Bride of
Frankenstein (Spanky), a Cheshire Cat (Cosmo), a “beach bum” (Giggles), a
scarecrow (Rooster), the Queen of Hearts (yours truly) & 2 surgeons (Juggs
& Buddha). Way to go ladies! As usual, you all looked lovely, spooky &
comfy!
After we got business out of the way, Marge opted to let
Phyllis call first. Spanky couldn’t be happier! Since she’d been on “house
arrest” with the bum foot in a boot, she was SO happy she was raring &
ready to go! We attempted a bucket brigade to get pond scum punch passed around
the table. This only worked once… We tried our best to be sure Spanky wasn’t
over-doing it too much! During the game, it was noted that postage kept going
quickly, it never really had a chance to build up. We had our first cover all
at 8:30. Marge hit 4 corners early on. I went on to win by myself after Patt
& Debi both missed cards way early on! We did our final round @ 9:30 when
Debi missed yet another card & I went on to win alone again. Patt still
managed to rake in some dimes! She reported, “thanks to my sistas for the
$34.50! Can you say silver tequila?” Guess we know where those dimes went…into
the margarita ball!
MYSTERY BAG/BOX
Once again, I managed to re-use the Victoria’s Secret bag. I
can’t believe that thing’s holding up as well as it is! Anyway, inside the bag
was a mysterious box – warning the winner to open at her own risk. Marge was
the winner & took the risk…but, did it pay off??? Inside the box was a
bunch of Halloween goodies! Decorations, candy, socks, devil horn headband,
pumpkin candle, foxy fox & a box full of pampering/dental hygiene products.
I didn’t want anyone blaming me for the cavity they got from candy they got in my
Mystery! I wonder if Marge can salvage the bag again to bring to our November
party…
BE THANK-FULL
We managed to square away our Thanksgiving party without
much drama. We will be gathering together at Giggles house on SATURDAY, 11/22 @
5:00. There will be a full-on dinner before playing, so wear your comfy pants
& get ready to dine on: turkey, green bean casserole, Stove Top stuffing,
sweet potatoes, twice baked potatoes (I’m gonna eat ‘em all), assorted veggies,
bread pudding, olives, cranberry sauce & pecan pie cupcakes.
FRIENDLY REMINDER!
While the November party info is still (hopefully) fresh in
your minds, let me also remind you that we will be picking Pollyanna for our
December party during the November meeting!!! Think about the 3 things you’d
like over the next few weeks. I’ll pass out slips early on, you jot down your
thoughts during the first round & we can pick during our coffee break.
RANDOM FUNNIES
Special Report! As usual, there was a LOT of
chocolate/candy/sugary goodies at this party. There was a bowl of Mega
M&M’s & a bowl of caramel and dark chocolate Kisses. In case you didn’t
sample them, I can happily report that I did that bit of investigative research
for you & they were all delicious! Anyway, while we were loading up on
enough chocolate to make Cornholio blush, someone wanted to note that “dark
chocolate contains antioxidants & antioxidants are good for you!” But wait!
There’s more!!! As I was editing the blog & making it ready for publishing,
I found this really cool article: http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-15880/want-to-improve-your-memory-eat-chocolate.html. It tells you all about how chocolate can also reverse age-related memory loss!
Wow!!! Chocolate…is there anything you can’t do?
Name That Tune? Spanky had the Halloween music channel going
during the party. Randomly during the night, she notices the song playing is
“The Blob by The 5 Blobs”. WTF? None of us have ever heard this song, but
Spanky knew it in the first few notes! A little while later, “Munster’s
Holiday” came on. Again, none of us knew this one either. Not only did Phyllis
know the song (again in a few notes), she knew the whole background story about
the Munster’s Holiday!!! We were all cracking up at this point, it was too
funny! Not all the tunes were funny, however. Some were creepy noises that were
freaking Patt out. Can I also note here that she was also very freaked out by
Spanky & Mark’s super awesome “Werewolf of GC”! It literally made her jump!
Not as bad as the heart attack it almost gave the PSE&G guy, but that’s
another story…
Halloween Calling! While Kate was doing her calling thing,
she decided to take it up a notch & get in the spirit of the evening…or
maybe a spirit got into her? One could say…she was possessed? Ya never know
what could fly in from across the street! And by “across the street” I mean the
cemetery!!! Hmm… anyway, she thought it would frighteningly funny to make all
the cards “spooky”, “sinister” & “creepy”. We all got a good chuckle out of
her enthusiastic calling!
FINAL THOUGHT
It was another frightfully fun Halloween! I’m looking forward to stuffing my face @ Lori’s next month! Until next
time, may the foxiest bitch win!
