Friday, October 29, 2010

The Best Halloween Costume I've Ever Seen

THE BIRDS

birds
The best costume I've ever seen in person was in West Hollywood, California.....a man dressed as Tippy Hedren inside a phone booth covered in seagulls. Brilliant!

Friday, October 22, 2010

My Superstitions

Keep your shoes on the floor please!!

Shoes on the bed
I am superstitious about leaving shoes on the bed. I don't know why but my grandmother always said it was bad luck to leave shoes on a bed; or a chair or any surface above the floor for that matter. I have no idea what will happen if you do, but I know it's BAD.



I don't know; maybe she just said it to keep the dirt off the bed or chairs, which would make perfect sense. But whatever it was - it stuck in my head forever. My mother and my sister both understand - they learned it too. But my husband and kids think I'm crazy.



So then the dilemma comes -- what if I'm packing a suitcase? Does it count if you put them inside a suitcase that's on top of a bed? Or do I put the shoes in after I put the luggage back on the floor?



And you can imagine my horror when I walk into the shoe department of a store and see shoes all over the chairs! What are they thinking? Don't they know something evil is lurking?