Happy Halloween...You Know...A Week Late

I know, I know. Halloween is a holiday for kids. But it's also a holiday for CANDY, which means I want to be a kid again!! :)

I also know Halloween was a WEEK ago now...but I was so busy virtually vacationing with you that I didn't get to tell you about our adventures!

First of all, here in the Midwest, we just completed a week of t-shirt and shorts temps. We actually walked through campus the other night in t-shirts and shorts, IN NOVEMBER. Last year on Halloween? Snow. Measurable, cold SNOW. In fact, when I blogged about it, I called it Snow-loween.

But back to this year...Ryan and I don't really do much for Halloween because we don't get trick-or-treaters in our area. And since we don't have kids, that pretty much knocks out the holiday for us.

UNTIL THIS YEAR.

Ryan mentioned in passing that he could dress up for work, and in 4.5 seconds, I was on Pinterest searching for a costume for him.

The idea was obvious.

MR. CLEAN!!!!!!!

We had such fun putting together the outfit. We went to the Goodwill one night and he found a pair of white scrub pants and a plain white t-shirt, and I ran next door to Cato to buy gold hoop clip on earrings. When I checked out, the cashier said, "You do know these are clips, right?" I said "Oh yes, they're for my husband!" I enjoyed watching her reaction to THAT! {And then I explained.} We found a clown makeup kit for just a couple bucks, which provided us with the white face paint we needed, and to the tune of about $11.00 for all the stuff, we had a costume!

 Halloween morning, we gathered in for makeup time.

And not for me.

I thought it turned out pretty well...don't you?

 Funny side story...a few days after Halloween, we stopped by Lowe's to get some paint, and we always go through the same lady's line if she's working. We LOVE her. She's like a second mom. I showed her the picture above {Just Ryan's half} and she said "How did he get his muscles to look so big?"

I said, "Oh he didn't have to try. They just ARE. I'm a lucky, lucky lady."

She had to come right around the register and see for herself. LOVED IT!!!!

So he had a great time at work with the crew, dressed up for Halloween:

And for Halloween night, I planned a fun at-home date just for the two of us!

I picked up a Halloween-ish dinner....

...complete with dessert...

And our evening of fun? WE CARVED PUMPKINS!!!!

He was done before I got very much even started. Next year I'm picking an easier one!!!!

But I think they turned out well:

YAY!!!!!!

The only sad part of the day? We did not have one single candy bar. Sigh. 

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