Frivolous Wednesday: In the Mall

I've been working on several edits (including one of my own book) as well as writing the fourth book in my series. Plus I'm reading Quicksilver, a heavy book by Neal Stephenson. So, today I'm going with frivolous stuff. I'm going to pretend I'm shopping with you all, my readers, IN THE MALL. Let's go and buy all the stuff our collective conscience (or my husband) would tell us not to in real life:


1. Shoes: I like these suckers. 

Hello Kitty + Doc Martens = AMAZING

2. This book: Frivolous! Girly! SO buying it.

3. Top: Probably would never, ever wear it, but maybe I can hang it up as art.

4. Ditto with these pajamas:

I just wouldn't stand there like that when I get my pair.

5. Getting thirsty? Time for a big old smoothie. With extra caffeine and whipped cream.

6. I'm having a bag of candy on the side, because virtual stuff has no calories. Yay, virtual stuff!

They don't carry these at my mall, but I want them. Do I know what they taste like? No. No, I don't.

7. Maybe I'll pick up a toy for my kid while I'm at it:

What do these do??? Nothing? SWEET

8. And this dress:

9. And another book.

10. One last thing. What should it be? Clothes? More shoes? Yes, I think more shoes. File these in the "never wear but could use as art" category.

Louboutin, darling.

Hurray! That was fun. Kiss, kiss!

Halloween Candy

It's that time again. I have to go and get huge sacks of candy to hand out to kids in Monster High and Clone Wars costumes.

One year my husband handed out FULL SIZE candy bars. It was as though we had Johnny Depp, dressed as a pirate, standing at the door. Kids told other kids, and soon we had a mob scene.

"Here, kids, have a treat, and don't forget to pick up the litter afterwards."

I can't blame them, though. I still remember the feeling I got when a parent popped a full sized Hershey bar into my bag.

Then there's the bad Halloween candy. I'm talking to you, peanut "blossoms," Dots, boxes of raisins, pennies...

Not a fan.

Again: Full sized Hershey's Bar!

When I was a kid (a LONG time ago) I used to get candy at Halloween that never appeared at any other time during the year. I'm talking wax lips and strips of sugar dots you gnawed off paper and rock candy. That was good stuff.

What do you DO with these things?

Those were the years before the warnings against homemade treats came out. Home made popcorn balls, fudge, and caramel apples... they just don't make them like that any more...

...but there is still that full size Hersey bar.