A Few Halloween Thoughts

I gotta admit it, I'm totally not dressing up today for Halloween. I know, I know, killjoy. But after doing my hair and makeup like that two nights in a row plus catching ANOTHER nasty yucky cold this weekend, I've decided that I'll be quite content with just handing out candy tonight in my princess Belle shirt and calling it good. At least we have sweet decorations.

That's right. Not bad for our first year of decor, eh? All I have to say is that I'm glad that we were able to make it through all of our Halloween weekend events without losing a single dish or costume part -- a record for us! We did win the "Spiciest Chili" award at our Ward Chili Cook-Off, though Owen and I didn't really think it was that spicy and we're convinced that we weren't picked for the Best Overall since I was on the judging committee and it wouldn't be fair. At least the one that did win this year was actually quite good, not soup like last year (weird). We also shockingly didn't win the best costume award, but it's probably because we won a chili award. Man, are we cocky or what? Someday we will win all the awards and we will finally be satisfied. Bwahahahaha.

I am just happy this holiday is finally here because Owen's rule is: No Christmas music until after Halloween. And guess what? TOMORROW = CHRISTMAS MUSIC! YAY!!!!!!!!!

Pumpkin Possibilities

Owen and I are going to a pumpkin painting party this year through Qualtrics. I've never painted a pumpkin before but since they're providing the supplies, I figure we might as well give it a try! I probably will miss the gloopy insides of the pumpkin, but it will be nice to have a little more control of what I want it to look like. These were some images I found of painted pumpkins via Pinterest, what do you think? I definitely like the spiderweb one on top, and I'm kind of partial to the candy corn pumpkins as well. Plus they would be totally hard to mess up! 

An Actual House

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So I realized the other day that since our house is now above ground, we might actually get trick-or-treaters! I am so excited! In fact, I am so excited, that I am thinking that maybe I should decorate my house this year? We're not going to be around for Christmas this year so we probably won't do much during the winter, but we'll definitely be here for Halloween, and I would love to be that creepy house on the street that all the kids are scared to go to! Or maybe I want to take an approach similar to the photo above that is just full of fall awesomeness. I wonder if our neighbors Ashley and Jordan would be up for decorating our duplex to the max? Any ideas on fun Halloween decor?

Sorry I've Been Blogging So Much Lately...

But when I am off work this week, I just don't have that much else to do! And everything I do have time to do, I just want to share with all of you here on the blog :)

ANYWAY, so yesterday, I decided to do a quick little home improvement project! It was one that I blogged about a little while ago, as you may remember. I was so excited to get started on it, that I completely forgot to take a BEFORE picture. So you are just going to have to use your imagination here people.

Imagine this: a boring, typical old three panel medicine cabinet with two well-used, off-white, partially unfinished shelves and an off-white background.

BORING!

After:

And with all of our stuff in it...

SO fun and SO easy! I love the pop of color I get every time I go to brush my teeth now, it makes it so fun! And the whole thing probably took me fifteen minutes, at most. It was awesome.

All you have to do is get a few sheets of scrapbook paper (I used four) and some scissors/paper cutter and tape! First, take out the shelves. This may be tricky, but I promise you can do it! Unless they are nailed in of course. Then you measure out your paper to make it fit, cutting pieces as needed. I recommend purchasing paper that has a pattern that will easily overlap. Next, tape those pieces of paper on to the shelf, using a small piece of rolled tape in each corner. Then put the shelves back in, and you are done! Was that easy or what?!

I also painted the shelves with white paint to make them look a little newer, which is probably why this took me 15 minutes instead of 5. Seriously, this is probably the easiest DIY home project ever, and I totally recommend it!

New Place, New Look

(Dear Readers: Please keep in mind that the following post is based on the presumed notion that somehow Owen & I will fall into a pretty sum of money thanks to some long-forgotten relative who decides to bestow unlimited funds to us)

I am not sure if you have heard yet or not, but on June 1st, Owen and I will be living in a new house! YAY! We will be saying goodbye to awkward smoking neighbors, squeaky and super low ceilings, living underground, our dear potato bug friends, washing machines that don't rinse out soap, permanently stained floors, power outlets that always go out, and the dungeon! I am so excited and we are so blessed that we were able to find someone to move in before our contract was over. I am also excited because our new place has wood floors. You know what that means. Time to shop for rugs! And while I was at it, I figured, what the heck? Might as well pretend like I can totally redecorate and pick out all of my other favorite home decor items! I might have to call up some companies and ask them to special-make some items in the color scheme of my house, but whatever

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Okay, I'm kind of partial to Urban Outfitters decor right now, but hey! It's cheaper than Pottery Barn!