Hello, Hollywood.

On Friday, I mostly ran errands during the day.  No one was really around so I drove around and attempted to find myself a Halloween costume.  Ultimately, I got lost in LA then stuck in traffic and went back to the Oakwoods without a costume.  Then Bill and I decided to drive to Venice Beach for dinner.  By the time we got there it was pretty dark and we walked around to the little shops and ate.  I wasn’t feeling too well so, after dinner we just went straight back to the Oakwoods.  Then, on Saturday morning I definitely had to find myself a Halloween costume.  My strong hatred for Halloween and unnecessary traffic made the hunt extremely un-enjoyable.  As a last resort, I went to Hot Topic in the Burbank Town Center.  There they had a wonder woman costume for 50% off.  Even though it claimed to be a medium it was eight dress sizes too big.  For $15, costume-less on Halloween I bought it.  Amy attempted to take it in for me and we cut off at least 4-inches on the skirt because it was too long for my knee-high boots.  We went out by the pool for a few minutes, grabbed our costumes, and went to Brock’s to carbo-load and get dressed.  Because the streets were closed down the planners for the evening decided we should take the bus to West Hollywood.  And so began Halloween, with a half-mile walk to the bus stop in a wonder woman costume and red pleather knee-high boots.  Painfully classy.  The bus was a terrible experience and after at least 45 minutes we ended up in West Hollywood on Santa Monica.  The streets were packed and it was absolute chaos but everyone wanted to take their picture with wonder woman.  Small children hugged me and I’m in an insane amount of stranger’s pictures.  The next day I read that there were over 400,000 people there.  We walked around forever and then around 10pm Amy and I left to go to a party at the Roosevelt Hotel that she had gotten two V.I.P. passes for.  By that point we had been walking for at least two hours and my red boots were no longer my friend.  We got a cab on Sunset and battled through intense traffic to get to the Roosevelt.  The hotel was massive and there were so many people there.  With our passes we got free drinks and access to all the rooms.  We danced and walked around.  It would have been perfect if our feet weren’t in terrible pain and all of our friends were there.  Ultimately, our feet couldn’t last the night and we went back to the Oakwoods around midnight.  On Sunday, I tried to let my feet recover then Amy, Heather, Johnny, and I all decided to go to Hometown Buffet.  It was probably one of the most intense places I’ve ever been and a Weight Watcher’s nightmare.  There was so much food there the stations looked like troughs.  I made 5 trips… vegetables & fish, taco & rice, soup & salad, jello, and then ice cream.  Successful outing and I really had no desire to eat for the rest of the day.  Then we went back to the Oakwoods to digest, pop Tums, and do homework.  Amy, Heather, and I decided to watch Slumdog Millionaire and lay on the couch.  After that finished, I got dinner with Bill and did my laundry.  Then, I watched My Life in Ruins while Bill surfed the internet.  The weekend was pretty crazy but I did get to wear my red knee-high boots which makes everything totally worth it :)