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<\/a>Jim, on the other hand, has dressed up twice <\/em>for Halloween this year, once for the party at his work (he\u00a0is the activities director\u00a0at an assisted living facility), and then tonight for a gig his band is playing.\u00a0 I asked him if the rest of the band is dressing up in costume, and he just chuckled with his best grin and said, “Nope.”\u00a0 “So you’re the only one who will be in costume?”\u00a0 Another big grin, “Yup.”<\/p>\nFrustratingly, when I try to insert the photos of these great costumes, something I’ve successfully done many times before, the formatting of my entire blog gets messed up.\u00a0 With luck, perhaps I’ll be able to add the photos at a later date, but for now I’ll just have to describe those costumes in words…\u00a0\u00a0[Note: obviously, I’ve now added the photos – it\u00a0seems that adding captions makes the photos upset the formatting of the blog, so I’ve deleted the captions.\u00a0 But I’ll keep the next paragraph, since it’s already been written….]<\/p>\n
Happy Halloween, everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m not dressing up for Halloween this year, since Halloween is on a Sunday (library closed), and I’m not working on Saturday.\u00a0 This is the first time in the last five years that I haven’t dressed up, and I kinda miss it. Jim, on the other hand, has dressed up twice for Halloween this year, … Continue reading Halloween fun with Jim!<\/span> <\/a>Jim bought\u00a0some black and white face makeup, and used the black cape that we bought him last year or the year before for Halloween.\u00a0 For the party at his work, he dressed up as a truly scary vampire (and he even woke me up Thursday morning grinning ear to ear with his freshly applied vampire makeup).\u00a0 No blood, just a big black widow’s peak, black lips, and a white white face.\u00a0 And then for tonight’s gig, Jim pulled out all the stops and made himself up to look like Gene Simmons, referring to an old album cover for makeup specifics.\u00a0 He looked pretty darn awesome!<\/p>\n