Life of Leisa: Halloween! :)

This Halloween started around August 28th. Katie and I made a trip to the local Wal-Mart to find decorations. We were so excited that Halloween was just around the corner and we got to decorate how we wanted. We went with the blood hands/walls effect. It was quite a hit. Even the boys down a few dorms tried to steal them but fortunately were unsuccessful.

A few days later, Rylee, my roommate, Katie, and I went to the mall for some window shopping fun. We ended up in the Halloween store with every mask imaginable.

Of course we tried them all on and took pictures! We couldn't resist! There was masks of monkeys and aliens and just everything. It was like a mind blow. When we would try them on, we would just put the one before on the ground so we could reach the ones in the back. After a while the workers came and picked them all up. We felt bad because we could have done that, and we were just going to knock them down again because we weren't done.

We still had many behind the ones we just tried on that we hadn't gotten to quite yet. It was just the start of the fun month of September.

Although Halloween did come very early this year, We didn't acutally go get our costumes until a day or two before the actual date. This was a crazy crazy day. We picked up Ryan (aka rowdy) and went to the DI. we walked around looking for the perfect costumes. Me and Katie found ours within the first five minutes but unfortunately it wasn't Ryan's day. He couldn't find his green sweater. He did find a stuffed hippo ( to rip all the stuffing out and wear) for a backup just in case he didn't find the green sweater he was looking for. After the DI we adventured to Wal Mart. We gathered all our stuff and played some rock band. We went back to the car (which katie pulled through too far, like 4 feet to far. So it wasn't hard to find from the top of the row) just to our surprise, Katie locked her keys in. Luckily we saw a friend of mine in the store and called him to come help us. He did.

The night before Halloween, when trying on our outfits for the howl, i looked as if i was a polygamist's wife. It was so cool, then i tore mine up and put "blood" all over it, bobbed for apples,

then took a few pictures and made some movies, and eventually went to bed. This was only the start of the all hollows eve fun.

Today, I went to work dressed as an i pod dancer.Thank goodness i only had to work from 3 to 6. Working in the local Cash Valley Mall, there is a tradition they do every year, it is called a "Trunk or Treat" or something to that effect.

Apparently kids and parents dress up and walk around the mall in a huge line, gathering candy from every store. The line went around and around. People with their kids dressed as anything from monkey's, skunks, and bunnies to Tomas the trains, Iron Man's and Princesses kept the line steady from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. I couldn't help but to smile as big as i could and tell each little kid how amazing/scary their costume was. We at Maurices we ran out of candy around 4:30 and had to go get a lot more. We only gave each kid one tootsie roll/random piece of candy each, well we were supposed to. I "accidentally" gave a few kids two or three... what else was i supposed to do? they were all so cute. After about 5, we ran out of candy again and this time we didn't go on a candy run. This was the end of our candy giving. We had to put up a sign that read "Out of Candy :(, but have a Happy Halloween :)". I could see the pain in the kids faces as they walked by and only got one stupid piece of tootsie from the older lady working at Macey's. A look that could break your heart.

Tonight was very unexpected. I thought the howl would be crazy fun with a ton of different things to do. It appeared there was some dancing, dancing, coloring, and more dancing. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE TO DANCE, but it was a little crowded for what i call good dancing. There were also a lot of guys with no shirts on. Which I was completely fine with. :) Anyway, Katie and I dressed up as zombies. Our roommates were Hippies.

We ratted our hair from the roots to the ends. I felt like every where i walked, i was going to knock someone over. Every time i looked in the mirror i would kinda be a little scared but more confused at who was looking back. So we went to this Howl thing and everyone would look at us. Not the kind attention one would want from guys with their shirts off, but hey at least they were not making fun right?. There was a really good band there called recycled percussion. I mainly just watched them play all night long. They were amazing and amazing looking too. By the end of the restless night, mine and Katie's feet were calling for some flat ground.