Halloween Meets Steampunk

Distance: 7.5 miles
Song of the Run: The Munsters Opening Credits Song

Weather: 48 degrees and breezy

Run Notes:

A tired run this morning.  I felt like quitting about 4 miles into it but felt I had to stick with it to work off the Halloween peanut M&Ms I ate while carving up pumpkins last night.  Glad I stuck with it though, it turned out to be a beautiful morning after yesterdays storm.  The sun, when it came out, lit up the yellow, red and orange leaves.  It will be sad when the leaves are gone.  It made me think of butterflies and I realized how much the leaves are like them. They are so vibrant for just a few days before they fade and drop to the ground. You need to enjoy them while they are in their glory.

Muse of the Day:

Halloween is just a few days away, hence the song in my head this morning.  I am going to spend the day making a costume for my 16-year old daughter.  Remember? Last week I was protesting the sexy costumes selling in the stores.  Well, since she didn't want one of those (and neither did I) we went to the fabric store to get something to make her into a dinosaur.



As we trolled Joanne Fabric she changed her mind and decided to be a conservative Steampunk.  Steampunk for those who have no idea, and I didn't until recently, is "sub-genre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s."  I think of it as the Wild Wild West meets a Victorian punk with a sci-fi edge. So we got material for a waistcoat which is what I will sew up today, and she will use different elements from her wardrobe for the rest of it.



I went back to the store yesterday to get lining fabric and ran into another mom and daughter figuring out fabric for a genie costume.  The daughter was 20-years old.  I told the mom I was relieved to know I'd still be making costumes for some years to come. I will be very sad when the day comes when she no longer needs me to help her in these ways.  Silly, but it keeps us close and I cherish the time I have left as I know she will be leaving for college in a year and a half.  


I love Halloween, we get into it in a pretty big way. We have a party for my daughter and her friends.  They hand out candy, go to the haunted house around the corner, eat a lot of junk, and watch scary movies..it is been a fun transition from ticks or treats to a more grown up celebration.