Shoppe Halloween Party

Tyler & I had way too much fun getting ready for this one! Evelyn, the Medicine Shoppe owner, was kind enough to let me borrow her Halloween decorations because she did not decorate this year. She got to go to Kansas City to visit her granddaughter for trick-or-treating, so there was no need for her to decorate this year - lucky for us. We decorated the house from door to door, and even some outside to get everyone in the spirit. Tyler even bought a fog machine to put at the front door when people came in! Way too fun.

We invited everyone that works at the Medicine Shoppe, plus some other local friends, and each of them then brought people with them. We had a great turnout! That's what made it so fun. We served up Goulash, Cheesy potatoes "maggots", meatballs "eyeballs", green beans "witches stew", veggie tray "finger foods", green beer bread "vomit", "eyeball" cheese ball & crackers, and sangria & raspberry Crystal Light "blood" to drink. For dessert we had pumpkin roll, peanut butter popcorn, brownies with Reese's pieces, sugar cookies, candy (of course), and ghost painted rice krispie treats, plus a wonderful graveyard dirt dessert (complete with grave stones and gummy worms)! YUMMY!

The costumes were awesome! Everyone went above and beyond to make this a cool party - the majority of them were homemade.

Lisa: Dolly Parton

Megan & Julie: Old Lady & Old Man

Beth & Sam: Kitty & Nurse

Neal, Tammy, & Ben: Barney, Betty, & BamBam

Kala, Carrie, & Kimberly: Cinderella & the Evil Stepsisters

Matt & Emily: Batman & Cat woman

John: Cat in the Hat

Maxwell: Beverly Hills Ninja

Kenny & Megan: Billy Ray Cyrus & Hannah Montana

Nick & Kelsey: Cowboy & Hunter

Carrie, Tyler, & Robyn: Jose Jalapeno Pepper "On a Steek", Jeff Dunham, & Achmed

The costume party was also an "anything-but-a-cup" party, where you bring something other than a cup to drink from for the evening. Some of those items were quite interesting as well - most themed with the costume. After dinner, we all geared up for a scavenger hunt throughout Pittsburg. It was a photo scavenger hunt where all team members had to be present with each find. Way too fun - sneaking into people's yards at 11:30 pm to shoot a picture. We also found ourselves in the cemetery, of course, taking pics, in movie stores & grocery stores - and once even in the middle of the road (yes, one of the items on the list was roadkill)! All was in good fun, no one was caught or arrested, so everyone chalked it up to a good time. Personally, I haven't laughed so hard as I did that night in a really long time.

Then we came home & watched a little Jeff Dunham (check him out on youtube.com if you haven't seen him - hilarious) before checking in for the evening around 2:30 am! Not bad for a bunch of young kids and a few of us old folks!