…was celebrated in understated style this year. my costume consisted of a t-shirt which said “scaredycat” and a pair of leopard-print cat ears: i went dressed as my inner child – a little bit frightened of everything, and distinctly feline in my predilection for napping in sunny places and my high strung nature. zeke found the cat ears most intriguing.

i did, however, torture Andy by engaging in my beloved halloween-morning ritual: downloading “monster mash” from itunes and listening to it at full volume right after hopping out of bed in the morning. i can’t explain it; three years of co-habitation with lauren imbued me with a weakness for certain pop pleasures.