Halloween party

Tim and I were invited to a party at the home of a fellow member of the Kansas City Airport Rotary Club on Friday, October 24. I debated dressing up as Violet Beauregarde, the original girl from Willie Wonka who blew up into a giant blueberry after chewing gum at the Chocolate Factory. I had the perfect blue outfit and they were selling blue facepaint at our local Halloween store. But in the end, Tim and I decided to go dressed as the two main characters from the independent film, "Juno", that was released in 2007.

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We actually saw that movie while in our hotel room in Denver while I was on two day's bedrest after having little baby transferred inside! Tim enjoyed the irony of us dressing up as two high schoolers facing an accidental pregnancy.

So at the party, only a few people figured out the costumes. The cutest was the home owner's soon-to-be daughter-in-law who was afraid to come right out and ask if I was Juno. But when she asked what we were, she immediately said, "Oh I knew it. When we were leaving the house to pick up the pizza and you two walked by, I said, do you think that is Juno and Bleeker?" Others wondered if it was a real baby or a pillow.

The most infamous comment I got was, "Don't feel bad. I didn't wear a costume tonight either." Keep in mind this was a party at a nice home and everyone was either dressed in costume or dressed up. Did this complete stranger REALLY think I dressed so sloppily??! I had to laugh. I did carry a copy of the movie poster with me, taped inside my hoodie, to show the clueless.

The only bad part of the evening was the quantity of food that I ate: two Mexican "egg rolls", two shrimp cocktail, two mini crab cakes, handfuls of chips and Doritos and Cheetos, TONS of spinach dip with brown bread (then with my pizza crust), two slices of bacon pizza (mmmm), one slice of spicy chicken and garlic pizza, a slice of delicious pumpkin cake with cream cheese drizzle frosting, and a brownie. I drank Sprite all night. I paid the price for the debauchery by waking up at midnight with terrible heartburn. Three Rolaids later, I was surfing the net for homeopathic remedies. In the end, an apple eaten at midday finally quelled the pain!