Novel Eats

I love the holidays. Maybe it’s because there’s a change in the air, and sweaters are being pulled out and dreams of warm cocoa and apple cider fill my head, or maybe it’s because people start decorating their houses and businesses in earnest.

The thing is that I really only get into the holiday spirit by living vicariously through other people. I always think to myself, oh it would be fun to carve a pumpkin or get dressed up for Halloween. But pretty much it rarely – or never – happens.

It had been my plan to carve a pumpkin the night of Halloween this year, but a combination of laziness and getting home later than normal prevented me from actually following through. After thinking about it for a bit I decided it would not be a bad thing if I carved a pumpkin a little later than everyone else, and so yesterday I grabbed a smallish one and today I took a stab at it.