Best. Halloween. EVER!

Sporting the fantastic wig a la Glinda from Wicked!  Just in time for lunch before the afternoon show!  The stories from the bus rides there and back as well as walking around in this gettup are priceless.  Including... "Have you been thanked today?" me: "Thanked for what?!" "Thanked for keeping America beautiful?"

I turned 5 shades of red, and the older couple next to me couldn't stop laughing!

Glinda (the "Ga" is silent) and Elphaba!  When they were finally on their way to Oz and Glinda cam out in a yellow dress, everyone in my party looked at me and pointed and went "Hey!"  Yes.  Yes, I've seen this before.

At Intermission, the older couple in front of us stood up, turned around, saw me, and almost fell over from excitement, since at that point, she'd been out in her yellow dress.  I was the only person dressed up as Glinda!  Not the most popular character...

I LOVE THIS PHOTO!

Dave & Busters with Indiana Jones, The Biker Chic, Wolverine, and Fairy, respectively!

Makeup made this costume awesome.  That and Mike's wicked facial hair!

Trivia game with the Townsends.  We had such a fun time!

Old pros.  With seriously awesome hairdos.

Check out these bad boys.  Not sure the purpose of the white feathery part.  But whatev.

Chocolate cake!

They even made an xBox game in Mike's honor!

Finally getting into Ryan & Nina's house after having lost the key :-/  It was pretty funny.  At 1:30 in the morning, most things are.

Trapped!  We got Step Child in a good bind.  Mike knows his cards.  Absolute blast!

No Good Deed from Wicked the Musical

Snow Ice Cream Noob

Let's establish first that Mike's heinous facial hair is for his Halloween costume and will be gone come Sunday.  Now. When my mom called me this morning to check snow status, she asked me if I'd made snow ice cream.  I was shocked that the idea never even occured to me!  "I bet Mike hasn't ever had snow ice cream!"  Turns out I was correct, so I waited all day for him to get home so I could make him some!

5 cups snow
2 cups Half & Half (fat free!)
1 cup sugar (which makes up for the above lack of fat)
1.5 tsp Vanilla extract
Mix and enjoy!

Here are his reactions, in sequence:

Not so sure about this...

Really, we need to document via camera this occasion?

Alright.  Here goes.

Huh.  That's actually not bad.  For snow, that's really good!

Yeah, ok.  I like.

The Shawshank Redemption soundtrack by Thomas Newman

MTD

I was not a happy camper when I woke up this morning to a message saying we would, indeed, be meeting in DTC for our monthly org meeting.  I vascilated so long between driving and taking the bus/light rail and by the time I was on the road, I was going to be late either way.  I mean, I've never ridden the bus, didn't exactly know how to get from the stop downtown to the Lightrail to continue on.  But I decided I'd rather have someone else dealing with the crazy scary roads. so I put on my Mass Transit Panties (not to be confused with my Big Girl Panties) and dealt with it.  As it turns out, that might've been the best decision of my life.  At least this week.

Also, faithful readers, you don't have to pay for both the bus AND the Light Rail!  You buy ONE $3.50 ticket and you get a transfer.  So for $7 I got peace, contentment, and one of the best views of this amazing snow for an hour!  Best $7 I've ever spent.

I am MTD.  Mass Transit Dedah.

Had NO idea this foutain was here!  They built this after I moved up north.

It was causing some icicle chaos.  So beautiful.

Soaked jeans.

Before...

SNOW ANGEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What Mike found when he opened the door...freezing, but on a snow angel high!

Booya!

Extraordinary by Mandy Moore

Thats's a storm for laying down and avoiding.

It hasn't stopped snowing since last night.  This thing is epic!  And I have an 8 am meeting that's been delayed...til 9 am.  Awesome.

Lisztomania by Phoenix

Now it's been 2 hours

Winter Storm Warning

It's only been snowing for an hour.  Tomorrow is going to suck.

Death and All His Friends by Coldplay

Crackberry

Ryan had to call 3 customers today.  This is not a part of our job description, nor is it what we signed up for.  But he's a good zone manager, so he did.  So when his phone rang towards the end of the day, he promptly chucked it into the appropriate file basket, which just happened to be under my desk:

Frustration comes in all kinds of forms; most of which make me burst into laughter and bust out the camera.

Oscar Wilde by Company of Thieves

Premier

I think my friend Jen might be one of the few people left on the planet that hasn't read the Twilight series.  She does, however, know how much I love them, and that I plan - once again - to see the premier of New Moon, as I did with Twilight (however horrible it might've been).  So when she stumbled upon the town of Forks, along with La Push, and the Quillette reservation, she stopped to get me a sweatshirt from the very place that inspired the novel.  She also bought me an extra small, God love her.  And it FITS!

Well, in all actuality, Meyer Googled "rainiest city in the US with an Indian reservation nearby" and found Forks, WA.  It worked!

Life in Technicolor by Coldplay

GAME NIGHT!

Between congregation, cocktail dresses, and inappropriate uses of the word "boobies," we can officially announce our first game night a success!

Light My Fire by The Doors (if you were there, you'd get the reference)

Masquerade

At the costume shop!

Sink into Me by Taking Back Sunday

Sue me

I was tidying up some of the logo items in the gift shop tonight, when I realized a large conglomeration of uniformed boys were assemblying just outside and behind the elevators.  I ran over to Tabitha, the 18 year old sweetheart that works with me, and said "I think the CU football team is here!"  Shows how old I am that I would confused high school boys with a college football team.  As it turns out, Boulder High School was at the hospital serving pizza to anyone who wanted a slice.

I would've killed to have taken a better photo of the dozen or so uniformed football players that stood mezmerized around the ball-moving case we have in the atrium.  Instead, I scared them all off after this attempt (complete with dazzling flash) from behind the gift shop counter.

"Go ask them to gather around so you can take a picture!" Tabitha said.

"I can't do that!  I'm 25!  You do it!"  I pleaded.

"Why not?!  There's no way I am, I can't!" she responded.  "Why does it matter if you're 25?!"

"Tabitha, it's called a felony."  And we both burst into laughter.  I'm pretty sure I was cuter to them now than I ever was in high school, which, I have to say, makes me smile.

Thrash Unreal by Against Me!

Fruity

Just once in my life, I want to witness an Improv Everywhere mission in person.  I want to be one of those gawkers in the grocery store that has no idea what's going on and is totally confused, but has one of the best stories ever for at least two years!

Crack

It's that time again!  I signed up for some crochet classes at Jo-Ann's today, and what did they have by the register?  Yes.  Legal drugs.  Also know as Candy Corn.  How can you say no to these?  Inject me directly in my arm with sugar and corn syrup while your at it!

But my precious...my precious Candy Corn...

Side note: I'm pretty sure I was the only woman in a suit in Jo-Ann's today.  And by pretty sure, I mean dead positive.  *le sigh*

Scream by Benjamin Gate

I'm sure it's written all over my face

The early Monday morning commute is made a little bit better when, in the fall, the sunrise welcomes me to 120th...moments away from I-25.  The only thing that would've made this better is a Signature Hot Chocolate from Starbucks.  But I was running late...

Sunrise by Nora Jones

Baby Grand (or Baby's Grand)

A keyboard might just've saved my marriage!

Ok, that's a total exaggeration.  But Mike was appalled when I suggested finding an inexpensive piano to bring to our apartment so I could learn again.  The idea of getting an upright into our 2nd floor apartment might've given him pause (and nervous gas) but he never missed a beat when Tim offered up his terribly expensive, overly complicated, multi-buttoned keyboard.  It sounds beautiful - just like a grand (when it's on that setting - it took 30 minutes just to figure out how to do that - there are over 300).  And as soon as Mike remembers to bring the pedal, I'm going to be a machine on this...machine!  

Mike knows.

Nights in White Satin redone by David Lanz