Heat comes before the Fall

Summer is over...thank God! It may not feel quite like summer is completely over because it's still pretty effing hot some days but hey, it was around 60 degrees last night and I got cold so let's count it. Ah Fall...let me go ahead and count the ways that I love thee. First the whole cooling off thing is just awesome...keep it up. Next I like it when the leaves fall...boom...word play...Fall as in the season and fall as in the act of traveling in a downward trajectory under the influence of gravity...right? Side note I think there's something poetic about driving or walking or riding or whatever method of travel you chose when the leaves are all falling off the trees and showering you with colorful crisps of vegetation. And next you get Halloween and Thanksgiving, which are both sweet holidays...well Halloween more-so than Thanksgiving...What?!? Another one?!? So close to the last one?!?(sweet as in candy because that's what you get at Halloween, in reality I like Thanksgiving better but I do like Halloween a lot) So what word is synonymous with Halloween, besides candy and costumes and trick-or-treat? Goodwill, but not in a peace and Goodwill towards men because that goes along with my favorite holiday, which is Christmas. No...I mean Goodwill in a thrift store, great way to find a Halloween costume kind of way. Ever since I started working at Goodwill I have spent much more time in the stores mainly because I used to have to walk through it to get to the bathroom. While it is a perfectly valid place to find real and vintage clothing that you could wear every day...it is also a perfectly valid place to find ridiculous clothing that would help create a fantastic Halloween costume. This year my fiance and I are going to attempt to be gnomes of the garden variety so that means it's time to hit up the Goodwill stores in my area. My idea was Peter Pan and Tinkerbell but I like gnomes too. I think I honestly just wanted to wear green tights because I like green and I wore tights in elementary school a few times for plays and stuff and they were pretty comfortable. Of course that was before I had leg hair so it may be a completely different experience now but oh well...maybe next year I can figure that out. So here's David's awesome plan for finding a Halloween costume at Goodwill: 1. Get a plan...look on the internet for pictures or examples or tutorials of what you're going to be and decide what you need to make that dream a disguised reality. Goodwill's tend to be a bit organized in a different way so it would be easy to get overwhelmed. 2. Go shopping...if you have any friends then ask them to go. If you don't have any friends then maybe try to make some or just go alone, whatever you're most comfortable with. The chance for fun and laughter is fairly high so it's best to share that with someone if you can. 3. Don't be rash...if something doesn't fit you or you find something that isn't in your costume but gives you another great costume idea then I'd say resist and try to stick to the plan. Changing plans would lead to the chance to get overwhelmed, but if you prefer a spontaneous, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of lifestyle then this may be the option for you. If not then use your new idea as a plan B in case you can't find all the necessary pieces needed to complete your original idea. 4. Pay for your stuff...don't be a douche and steal. Just because it's less expensive than normal places and they sell second-hand clothes, doesn't give you the right to steal. If this isn't even a worry for you then I'm sorry if that sounded accusatory, but I have to watch out for the company that gives me a paycheck. 5. Go home...and put it all together. This is the time where all the pieces of your plan can come together, and you can prance around in front of mirrors if you have them and pretend that you actually are the character you're dressing up as, it might be a healthy use of your imagination and a chance to play pretend. And that's it...that's all I've got. I know it's a pretty bichin plan...let me explain real quick about my newest trend I'm starting. Bichin (by-chin) - a variety of the profane word that means female dog but it's acceptable in all societal situations and it means awesome or really rad and isn't profane in the least. Feel free to use it freely! Today is October second and it smells like nostalgia outside, which means it smells like fire and dead leaves. It's enjoyable to be outside and the holidays are fast approaching. Goodbye summer...you won't be missed.