Pushing past a comfort zone

Let's just start by saying that Halloween has never been "my thing."  My mother wasn't into it, so we didn't get excited about it when I was young.  And while yes, I may be adept at other artistic endeavors, making costumes, and the crafty sort of paraphernalia that goes along with October 31 - well, no, thank you, it's not in my wheel house.

I decided it was time to push past a comfort zone about the whole thing this year.  Signed up not just to be a volunteer at Cape Cod Church's Trunk or Treat event - that's way too easy - but instead to actually DECORATE my car, and go in COSTUME!!!!!!!

The theme was "cartoons."  Took me far too long just to choose one.  My first two ideas were already taken, so I landed on Cinderella - with me as Fairy Godmother.  In truth, it was inspired by a blog post I wrote a little while ago - titled "Im-possible" - based on a song in the Rogers and Hamerstein version.  (you can read the blog HERE if you missed it.) That was October 20.  I had roughly ten days to come up with my ideas.

Thought I might decorate the car as the coach.  That was WAY too elaborate.  Ended up instead with a diorama inside the back of the car.  And me in costume as Fairy Godmother herself (God bless the children tonight who thought I was Cinderella!  At age 56?!  LOVE IT!  Bring on Prince Charming!!! oops - that's another blog entirely - back to the topic at hand...)

Spent the past week picking up some of the parts  I would need. A friend's Fisher Price toy castle.  A styrofoam pumpkin.  Some glitter spray and tinsel.  A magic wand and tiara.  Didn't start to actually assemble it until about 2 o'clock this afternoon.

May I say that about 20 minutes into the endeavor I started to laugh out loud?  At myself?  For how ridiculously absurd it was that such a task should be such a challenge.  Threw myself into the project, acknowledging that I didn't have to do it perfectly, and could let go of comparing myself to all of the others who would certainly have far more elaborate set ups.  And I simply had FUN!!!!!!!  Loved every minute of it.  

It turned out - okay.  Not great.  But passable enough that some of the kids recognized it.  

Most important?  I never knew I could have so much fun handing out candy to several thousand children!!!  It was a DELIGHTFUL Halloween night!!!  

Though next year, remind me, please, to choose a warmer outfit? Perhaps a polar bear?

xo
​Mimi

ps - one of my friends at the church handed me some Bible verse fortune cookies she special ordered (too cute!) - mine was (random) - Matthew 19:26 With God all things are possible.  Not so random.  Remember where this started?  Fairy Godmother - Impossible?!  Just can't make this stuff up!!!!!