Bulleted curiosities

Since I was last here, some strange and wonderful things happened.

• I had another fab Skype date with a far-away pal. Technology, you complete me!
• I attended a birthday party full of Brits and Americans known to take on pseudo British accents.
• The Yankees lost. THE YANKEES LOST!
• T finally acquired his DC driver's license, seven months after our arrival. Yes, we're slack, but the DMV hours here are simply ridiculous. The burning question: just how long will it take us to get DC plates on our car? (Because the plate is so cool, I might be a tad more excited for it than I am lazy about battling the DMV again.)
• We attempted to run errands, but upon finding nearly every road out of DC (as well as several within DC) closed, we simply turned around and came home.
• T officially became a blogger! If you are also a Virgo hockey goalie, this blog is for you!
• Lots of eating and drinking (my faves). Not so much in the way of burning calories, but heh, that's what the week is for.
• Halloween costume brainstorming
• Halloween party brainstorming (oh it is ON)
• Dinner at the apartment of T's family friend, who just moved to DC (yay awesome women living in DC!)
• Getting lost in suburban Virginia in search of a Michael's craft store (there are no craft stores in all of DC, seriously) for costume makings ... but not being able to be annoyed because the foliage is drop-dead gorgeous right now. Getting lost is the new leaf-peeping.
• Receiving the ultimate surprise from T: an afternoon appointment at Bliss for a Triple Oxygen Facial! He knows how much I loved getting these before our wedding, and how much I've missed them. Husband of the Year.
• Somehow topping off the facial: dinner afterward at our favorite DC restaurant J&G, so good I didn't even care that my face was the color of my ginger salmon tartare.
• Our cat Fanny's new thing: repeatedly waking us up by banging a painting against the wall with her paw. Bonus points for timing that with the neighbor's howling dog last night. 
• Weekend anticipation. (already) (it's going to be awesome)

So here I sit, with a huge bag full of crazy from Michael's that is somehow going to turn into a cute costume in a manner of days. I think I need to buy a glue gun.