The Girl is Crafty like Ice is Cold

Juggling work and family, there are lots of corners one cuts. Beds go unmade, underwear is bought in bulk so that laundry never has to be done, and 8+ hours of sleep a night is the impossible dream. But, the one thing I cannot ever, ever scrimp on is Halloween. I could skip Christmas without shedding a tear, but Halloween must be celebrated full-on. It's the one holiday that comes without obligations. No family rifts have ever sprung up over Halloween-related issues. No one has ever shed a tear because you forgot to get them a Halloween card. No, your only obligation is to have as much frivolous, pointless fun as possible, kind of like Spring Break without the puking and STDs. For me, one of the pleasures of Halloween is getting to geek out on costumes. I have pretty much always obsessed about costumes, and tend to sink a ...