It's halloween. That magical night that comes just once a year when you can be anyone or anything you want to be! All three of the boys picked their costumes and were ready to go. Because I am one of the meanest mom's on the planet I won't let them be anything scary, so funny it is.
The big one decided to be John McEnroe...
The middle one Joe Dirt...
And the little dressed up as a Jester...
Because I run on the maturity level of any one of my three children at any given time, of course I dressed up too. ;) Who doesn't want to dress up as someone else and ask for candy? Well, ok I didn't actually go around trick or treating, but it sure was tempting. Instead, I just trick or treated out of my three amigos candy bags. ;) This year I was waffling between a 70's girl or a cheerleader when my mom found some long white gloves tucked away in a drawer. Bingo! Audrey Hepburn it is! I have the perfect black dress in my closet (because a girl just needs to have a few of those black dresses on hand) and set off to the local hobby store to get all the supplies needed to make the cutest blinged out long cigarette in all the land. All that was left was applying the appropriate amount of Hepburn makeup. I had purchased some deliciously long false eyelashes to complete my look and headed to the bathroom to "get all done up." The middle was in there with me, already suited up in his joe dirt costume and looking every bit the true redneck.
The false eyelash box I have purchased is clearly labeled with the words "EASY APPLICATION". False advertising at it's best. My first clue that this might be a little more involved than the 10 minutes I have allowed to apply the beasts should have been the 3 page instruction sheet which was printed in type so small it would take the Hubble telescope to see it. This, however, did not deter me, after all the box says "EASY APPLICATION". So I forged ahead. I pulled the first lash off the plastic, ummm, why are these things not labeled right and left? Let's see here, this fits on this eye going this way or the other eye going that way. I'm feeling a bit like a toddler trying to hold a pencil right now, all chubby handed fumble fingers. ;) But I continue to forge ahead. Next comes out the little bottle of glue, why this didn't seem like a bad idea I have no explanation, except that I was hell bent on glamming it up. After 6 attempts to attach the lash I have decided goes on the right eye, I have it stuck from the middle to the outside corner with the inside corner flapping in the breeze. The middle kid takes one look at me and says in his best redneck accent, "Whoa...that don't look right." Really? Thanks joe, why don't you go find some dirt and play in it, this is real women's work. I finally get the inside corner to attach (sort of) and decided to head on over to the left one. Good Lord, my biceps and triceps are burning from holding my arms up and my jaw aches from holding my mouth open for so long. Why must the mouth be open as wide as possible when messing with the eye? ;) After another dozen or so minutes of "attaching" the left lash, the unthinkable happens. A dab of the glue gets in the corner of my eye! Oh. My. Gosh. Ouch. My eye is burning and watering and then sticks shut at the inside corner. Shut. Like will not open. EEEEK! Of course, this throws me into a complete panic and I start throwing warm water on my eye, dragging my contact out as quickly as possible, and then holding my face under the faucet so the warm water can run straight thru my eye. This whole scene is accompanied by a long string of curse words that I am not too proud of, and hysterical laughter by one Mr. Joe Dirt. When my eye finally opens it appears that satan himself has taken it over as it is glowing bright red. I have also washed both eyelashes off my face and they are snaking their way down the drain, hopefully heading back to the place where they have come from....no not Target, hell. At this point I have 5 minutes left to turn my nose running, water logged, demon eyed self into the lovely Miss Hepburn. Awesome. After a bottle of visine (which by the way sting in a way any bee could be proud of), a towel, my hairdryer and a good old fashioned chip clip I was ready to start the makeup again. Forget the stupid lashes, a good thick strip of eyeliner will have to do.
Not exactly Hepburn, but it's the best this girl could do after the eyelash debacle. Next year I'm dressing up as anything that includes a mask. ;)
The wine of the day is Seven Deadly Zins, it's a wonderful heavy zinfandel perfect for anyone wishing to think of something besides eyes glued shut. Too bad that blinged out long cigarette wasn't actually a straw. ;)
Happy Saturday!
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