I did not wear a costume, but I did get my hair cut on a whim at Ulta. Lovely! I meant to keep going to my old stylist after the move, but she's so far away now and her salon doesn't stay open late, so it isn't all that practical. Meanwhile, my hair was getting hopeless, and now all is well. I really like the cut and the stylist was marvelous.

I had a Halloween party I could have gone to this evening, but I wasn't really in the mood for it. I had a busy week, and I just wanted to be quiet and catch up on errands and watch some TV.

After the impromptu haircut, I went to Target for some basics and then on to Best Buy. However, when I left the mall with the Target, I made a big mistake and thought a lane I pulled into was a turn lane when it wasn't. I basically pulled into oncoming traffic (though there was none, thank goodness) but mostly it was a sort of half-median. The lines had confused me and it was an unfamiliar bit of the road (I usually turn the other way to go home and was turning this way to go to the Best Buy).

NATURALLY, there was a cop behind me somewhere who saw the whole thing, so along with scaring myself half to death, once I got back into the correct lane, I got pulled over. I managed to flail myself out of a ticket by explaining what had happened, but *nerve shattering.*  I suppose that works for a Halloween trick, so I accidentally "celebrated" the day after all.

I went on to Best Buy because the real reason I decided to go out and run errands was to get a new modem/wireless router. The separate modem and router I've had are both 3+ years old, and I'd started having a lot of connection problems involving me re-re-restarting everything multiple times.

So far so good with the new one -- it seems MUCH faster which, of course, makes me annoyed with myself for not upgrading sooner. Still, one piece of machinery vs. two and faster vs. slower and cranky all equal win.

And in the end, there was leftover Aloo Ghobi, so no traffic ticket, faster internet, *and* Indian food?  Happy Halloween! 

I bought a "Moodle Ring" at Noodles & Co yesterday -- they had a style really similar to the mood ring I had back in the 70s when they were new, so I got one of those.  They're selling them as fundraisers for Make a Wish plus also -- cute.

It's turned green which means I am currently Adventurous & Spirited.

So you should all go do it!

Click here to see *ME* in All My SUPER-Glory!

When I've been reading The Onion, switching over to real news sites can sometimes be jarring.  For instance, I'll find myself still reading the headlines with that Oniony inner voice and thinking, "Heh... that's funny-- er, wait.  No, that's a real story.  Damn."

That my phone plan doesn't include Canada...

Oh, well.  It was a very nice phone call, and I'm glad I made it, but... ouch.

Oh, and the magazines were right: Fringe *is* a really great hair salon and well worth the drive to Wicker Park.