What's Your Dream?

It's that time of year again, costumes are being sold by the dozens, kids are screaming about who they want to be, parents are trying not to go crazy, college girls are trying to figure out how they can be even sluttier and then you have people like me.  Growing up Halloween for my family was never considered a "holiday". I was never allowed to go trick or treating or celebrate with my friends for religious purposes. I was able to go to a couple of Halloween/Fall festivals put on by the churches we attended growing up but only once do I remember us dressing up for a church event, we went as hill billy farmers.  In the sixth grade there was a Halloween D.A.R.E. dance that my class was invited to, I knew my mom would say no, so I lied and said that I was going over to a friends house to work on a project for school. My "boyfriend's" parents picked me up and I was in jeans and the only "costume" thing I had, a tie die shirt... I went at a really bad h...

I have a secret... I love... dressing up for races! Ok, maybe it isn't a secret but it's something I love to do!  This was my very first 10k, a group of us got together and made matching shirts! The girl on the right, all decked out, even won the costume contest! This was a 5k race for an animal shelter and we went as bunnies! It was Easter weekend, the race wasn't themed but we dressed up anyway.  This was a 10k night race, we had glow everything! I had hair extensions that light up and even LED shoe laces! This race was a 12k Christmas race, I went all out for this one, enough said! This one was a Color Run 5k, so I made sure to have white pants and we made our own shirts again, white of course. This race is the most recent, Huskies vs Cougars. I wanted to do it right and I even ordered a huskies jersey. Purple finger nails and eye shadows included! Dressing up is definitely a way to keep races interesting and is such a great way to bond with friends. There is a thrill of...