I don’t like Halloween, but I like to sew.

I never have sewn a Halloween costume, though. Yesterday was awful. It started out bad and just got worse as the day progressed. Finally when the children were home munching their candy everything seemed to calm down. Before that, everyone around here, children and adults, were edgy, grumpy, stressed, you name it. Bah. I don’t care what kind of quasi religious roots Halloween has, I don’t like it. There’s no “alternative,” it’s all about candy and costumes. Even the “harvest parties” at area churches are about candy and costumes. It’s not like Christmas where you have something else besides vast swaths of consumerism to focus on if you choose. BTW, this morning, after reading yet another article about how people are not spending, I’ve decided that the new way to keep up with the Joneses is don’t.

Anyway, I made my niece a purse for her birthday. This was fun because I added beaded fringe. Who doesn’t like beaded fringe? I wasn’t going to purchase any new fabric for this but when I evaluated my stash (which isn’t that big, all things considered) I didn’t have enough of it in anything that matched. So we went to the store and I got all the supplies for under $10. The sad truth is, though, that a homemade purse cannot compete with little tiny plastic fairy toys that have flowers for hats. *sigh* Next year it’s back to college fund contributions. Next time it’s my turn to sew something for myself again!