Happy Halloween!

And happy one year anniversary of our life's belongings arriving in the pod! It is hard to believe how much change just one year has brought. Last year, Rob and I ordered pizza and ate it on our balcony because the apartment was full of boxes! This year we went to a Halloween party at our friend Davina's house. The whole crew of instructors was there. Rob and I dressed up as Kanye West and Taylor Swift. (Costume idea courtesy of my cousin, Brian.) Despite a few setbacks in our costume designing/acquiring we won second place in the party's costume contest. The prize: Costa Rican coffee. Good morning deliciousness...especially when paired with my chocolate chip cookie dough syrup!

On Friday after school/work, Rob and I set out to the dollar store and Good Will to purchase Halloween costumes. (Nothing like waiting until the last minute and hitting the classiest stores :) We were on a hunt for a silver evening gown dress similar to the one Taylor wore at the VMAs. We managed to find a silver dress, but I was, admittedly, being prissy and refused to wear a sparkly dress circa seventh grade. After going round and round about new potential costume ideas, we ended the night nowhere closer to where we started. On Saturday morning I decided to bring back the costume idea, wear a dress I already had even though it didn't really resemble Taylor's and stick with purchasing accessories. In the end, I wore what Rob likes to call my "garbage bag" dress (obviously, it's one of his favorites!) and Rob looked much more like Kanye West. He painted his face and bought aviators, which pretty much sealed the look.

My attempt at a shocked face when Rob/Kanye grabbed the mike.

Awkward smiles and it looks like a fist bump, not a microphone transfer, but you can still see our costumes :)

The quality in this picture is not as great because it is from my cell phone. Also, I have a weird expression, but I think Rob is funny here!

In addition to our costume hunt/design process, we made the dirt dessert recipe (check out my food blog for pictures there) and went for a long run (Our half marathon training officially started last week! So far we aren't doing great at following the plan, but it is early, and I kind of feel like half marathons are capable of completing without toooo much training.)

Rob has had a crazy long day at work today. He had his night checkout flight (to instruct at night) at about 8:00 and went in at 7:00 this morning. I am expecting the beginning of my week to be fairly easy, then lots of essays and tests to come pouring in at the middle/end of the week to be graded. Hopefully this week we will get our mortgage application completed and all the paper work that accompanies it together. (Still no word on the house, but we want to be prepared just in case. Our realtor still seems to feel positive and believes that we will hear something from the bank any day now. I hope so. This has been quite the process.) We are also going to make plans for Rob's birthday weekend. He has the Saturday before his birthday off and so we are thinking about either going camping or up to Flagstaff for a weekend in the fall weather.

It was very cold last week...highs in the low 60's and lows in the low 40's at night. It was definitely chilly in my classroom in the morning...they didn't turn the heat on because it warmed up as the day continued! I was kind of liking the cold weather. It is back to the 90's now. Not sure how long that will last, but it seems very warm.

Okay, I am heading over to the food blog to update that :) Hope all is well with everyone! Miss and love you, Sarah and Rob