Posts Tagged ‘ halloween ’

Some of our kindred spirits now live in the Deep South and threw a Hallowe’en party this year. Since I knew they would want a keg of Shiner, I asked about getting it, there.

Funny you should ask about the Shiner…Shiner ships here, so we get bottles easily, but this whole area…is weird about draft beer…There is NO draft beer available in the county that we live in or the next one over…not in bars, nothing. The only reason that draft beer is served in …is that they just got a minor league baseball team a few years ago, and part of the contract was that there would be draft beer available at games. I know we are in the Bible belt, but I have no idea why draft beer would be more evil than bottled or canned. So because of that, the only place to get a personal keg was at the on base military liquor store…..The only other option was to drive about 50 miles from here to a place that needs 2 weeks notice for anything other than cheap swill.

I have, for a number of years, wanted to Trick-or-Treat in the snow.

Let me be clear. I don’t just want snow on the ground, I actually want flakes of snow falling on my shoulders and landing on my eyelashes. Clearly, I don’t expect much. ha ha ha Oh wait! It’s a fan-ta-sy! I can expect whatever I want.

I’ve been told by some of my Yankee friends (who also happen to be knitters) that there are towns in Michigan that get lake-effect snow by that time of year and are more likely to have falling snow on Hallowe’en.

Last year, I told someone I wanted to do this and was met with, “that sounds like hell” and descriptions of runny noses and grumpy kiddos. I had to explain that this was MY fantasy and not one I expected for children. Like I care if the kids are having a good time. Furthermore, like I expect cold-sensitive Texas kids to have fun at this.

This year, Hallowe’en is on a Saturday. I had high hopes that we’d be able to visit a northern state for the weekend. But, with the move, living in two places, selling of the house, buying of the car, etc, etc, etc, we just don’t have the extra money saved up for plane tickets “all” the way across the country for a weekend getaway.

So, I’m considering Friday, October 31, 2014 or Saturday, October 31, 2015. Anyone want to go with me?