Thinking ahead...
Fran, Bridget, Martha and I are off next week-end to visit my sister. I speak frequently with her and email expedites pics, but I haven't actually seen her in at least two years. Maybe longer. We were invited up to her Halloween party last year (the last before they sold their house) but couldn't make it. Taking the whole family up north involves rental cars, beaucoup bucks and strategy of a military caliber. And we can't pull that off at this time.

But there has been a reprieve, of sorts. This is going to be the second annual "last Halloween party" due to the bad market in home sales. I should hope they are able to sell their house before Halloween 2008, so we really, really want to get up there. Rick and the boys exhausted their year's supply of theme party enthusiasm for our Pirate Party and are more than content to stay home. (This also makes kenneling of the dogs a non-issue...)

I've not given much thought to a costume. The striped T-shirt, bandana and shorts that I wore to be a pirate won't cut it. But I hate expense. And anything cumbersome. Or itchy.

What to do?
The girls think I should be Cleopatra.
Huh?
How about a mummy and I could take the 5-ft. inflatable sarcophagus as my accessory/date?
Or, as an homage to one of our favorite Parisian street performers, I could be King Tut. (It would make over indulging in any refreshments a non-issue. Walking and visiting the bathroom could be tricky)