I didn’t dress up for Halloween this year.
And if I am perfectly honest with myself, I’d have to tell you I didn’t dress up for anything last year either. Call me lame, but Halloween just doesn’t do it for me lately. Talk to me again when I have kids, and I can dress my baby up as a sushi roll. What? My cousin already has the outfit all ready to be lent out and everything.
Despite my need to cross my arms and say “bah humbug” to Halloween, there were times when Halloween was just second place to Christmas. Pillowcases full of candy? Staying out until after dark knocking on strangers doors and trusting them enough to give you food? Waking up and discovering that your pumpkin was smashed by the teenagers in the neighborhood? Maybe that last one was what ruined it for me.
Wait, I take that back. It was probably in college when I gave up on Halloween. One can only take so many scantily clad outfits, so one year I was an Average Joe from Dodgeball (like probably 9 out of 10 of you). It was going great until someone took my ball and ended up jacking me in the face with it. Things always seem fun until someone gets hurt.
And I was really upset this year to find out my Disney Princess Jasmine costume didn’t fit anymore. That handmade circa 1993 costume was probably the best costume I ever dressed up in – parachute pants, belly shirt (with a turtleneck underneath – gosh Mom, what kind of parent are you? Belly shirts on 6 year olds aren’t so bad.), and a jeweled headband was all I needed to look exactly like Jasmine. Let’s forget about my blonde hair and blue eyes for a minute here. But anyways, it didn’t fit anymore – so I just gave up on Halloween all together.
In all seriousness though, I’d rather just skip over Halloween and head straight to Thanksgiving. Or the day after Thanksgiving. I’d much rather be standing in the freezing cold at 3:30 AM in a line at Best Buy than collecting candy from strangers. Just me? Probably.
But let’s backtrack to Thanksgiving. I got a little giddy thinking about the upcoming holiday season…. and perhaps Christmas music that comes after it.
Okay, you caught me – I just want to get to Christmas.
But first, let’s make a smoothie that tastes like pumpkin pie and has nothing to do with anything else I talked about in the last three-four minutes.
Pumpkin Pie Protein Smoothie
Makes: 16 oz.
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: ~5 minutes
- 1/2 banana, frozen
- 6 ice cubes
- 1 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder (I used Sunwarrior)
- 1 tbsp. chia seeds
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3/4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Directions: Place your frozen banana and ice in a blender and pulse until crushed. Add the remaining ingredients and liquefy until smooth.
I guess I’m not “that” over Halloween – this afternoon I’m going to get my big bag of candy out of my car trunk (I live with a candyaholic), put it in my big bowl, and listen to my doorbell ring at least 20392309 times.
And now I’m wishing I got a scary outfit to scare all the kids. Bah Humbug.
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Haha if you’re dressing your baby up as sushi, it’s only right u dress up chopsticks
lol my cousin made her a chopsticks headband!
Haha, I am the same way. I can take or leave Halloween but black Friday….whole different story!
Great minds think alike! You beat me to it—— I have this basically same drink ready to post tonight along with my not so much love of Halloween. In fact- I’ve detested it since a young age. I’m aware that I’m weird to have never liked Halloween but it has always scares *the baby Jesus* out of me (Modern Family anoyone?!)
Enjoy your Monday!
I’m not a huge fan of Halloween either… except for the abundance of candy!
Speaking of Disney Princess costumes…in kindergarten my mom made me wear a turtleneck under my Ariel costume. I was devastated! “But Mom, real mermaids don’t wear shirts with seashells pinned on”…
The smoothie looks great. I love pumpkin pie smoothies too. I drown mine in rum or Cool Whip. Ok, not always but it’s happened.
And over the age of 12, or 21, yes, it becomes a little…hmmm, really? to get all dressed up. Just an excuse to party I think
nothing wrong with that either though!
Your smoothie looks delectable!
Your so lucky you get trick-or-treaters coming to your house! We live on a cul-de-sac and got like half of a person every year. Haha.
You’re*
*I just typed my biggest pet peeve. Had to correct.
I was giggling a little while I read this because I feel the same way. Whoa! When did I get so grown up? Speaking of grown up, I work from 11:30pm Thanksgiving night to 9:30am Black Friday morning. Welcome to the world of retail. Not cool.
I don’t dress up (college ruined it for me too) but will be definitely dressing up the kiddos to take around for some fun. Holidays are seriously so much more fun with kids!
I love Halloween but thanksgiving and christmas is definitely waaayyy better. Halloweens more for the kids. This looks deeelish!
You know, we did not dress up either or go out, we had a relaxing weekend at home!
I am going to dress up a little for fun today, going to my parents house for halloween, and taking Anthony around.
Love the sushi roll costume idea! I have to have my baby be that one day!
Happy Halloween!
xoxo <3
haha, check out my post today, you’ll see me wearing the jasmine headband! There were 4 Jasmines in that same costume (including myself) in my kindergarten class that year! Best. Costume. Ever.
JASMINE! I was totally Jasmine when I was 6 also…although fortunately I was the only Jasmine in my class. Haha all these years I’ve been thinking I was sooo original!
I wish my door bell rang that many times!
I made something super similar to this last year- loooove pumpkin + bananas in smoothies. And I didn’t dress up either. When there’s snow on the ground, you will not see me in a crowded bar in an uncomfortable costume, thankyouverymuch.
OMG my grandma made me a jasmine costume right around 1993 as well! ahahaha
Right now I am dressed as a leprechaun, complete with beard and bowtie, sitting at my desk at work.
I totally had a homemade princess Jasmine costume too!! Hahah I had a wig and everything….which don’t fit anymore….sigh…
I feel exactly the same way about Halloween. I quickly got over it in college, and now I just look forward to having my own kids to dress up some day! And I definitely can’t wait for Thanksgiving, and even better, Christmas!
Hahaha love the baby sushi costume idea
. I’m with ya- can we just skip to Christmas? Or at least the holiday season. I LOVE that time of year! And after getting snow this weekend I secretly wanted to start listening to xmas music haha. I didn’t though, I’m holding out.
This looks really good Chelsey! I think I’m going to make it for my afternoon snack after work and add some spinach to it!
I’m right there with you on the day after thanksgiving shopping! I’m not crazy enough to hit up Best Buy though:) I’m more of a Kohls and mall girl!
I have to admit, I totally dressed up this year – as always. However, I’m right there with ya on the holiday pecking order. Christmas, then Thanksgiving, then maybe even a few more, then Halloween. I even put St. Patty’s above Halloween, but I guess that’s to be expected of a beer chick.
we are going to have an insane amount of trick or treaters as well!!
delicious smoothie… we have the same crate and barrel glasses
Wow! Get this – I was Jasmine in our talent show in elementary school. My sister was Aladdin and we sang A Whole New World. Mom made our outfits and we, of course, had to wear shirts to hide our bellies.
Need to scrounge up a picture – I was awesome, as I’m sure you were too.
Weirdly enough, I didn’t actually get that into halloween until I was in college and my friends were like, “hey, let’s all dress up as inappropriately as possible”.
But before that, my brother and I didn’t get that into it because it’s a holiday my mom HATES. (My parents are teachers, so it wasn’t that weird for us to get toilet papered when I was little.)
So I got a mental image of a chubby cheeked baby dressed as a cute sushi. I’m the last one in my family that can carry on the family legacy. I’m 25, an only child, only grandchild, no cousins on my mothers side and all the family fun rest of my shoulders and timing of kicking out a kid…. I guess they will be waiting a little while longer…
The best cure for the Halloween blues? Curl up on the couch and watch Hocus Pocus!
CURED!!!
I’m with you on Halloween and considering the amount of snow outside right now, it doesn’t even feel like Halloween this year. Bah humbug…
We haven’t dressed up in about three years…we always talk about it, but then our ideas kind of fall by the wayside!
I’m ready for Christmas too
I have a handmade Cinderella costume that my Mom made me when I was 5, then another one when I was 7, and 9, and well, you get the idea. Loved that thing. I’m with you on dressing up. We did it last year for the kids that came to the door… but we only had 5 kids come visit us soooo this year I said to heck with it!
I didn’t dress up this year either. I don’t have any desire to dress up in a skimpy costume and hang out in the frigid cold weather. lol.
If you don’t want to hear the doorbell you could just leave the bowl of candy out on the porch with a sign! I like to see the costumes though!
Lol, call me lame, we didn’t go out this weekend. We stayed in, watched movies and ate our faces off! This is what happens when your 30 and run businesses!! You have other crap to do! LOL!
This smoothie looks FAB!!!
xxoo
That smoothie sounds deliciously healthy. Perhaps I will make it as soon as today is over. I am a HUGE fan of all things Halloween (except for the skimpy costumes) and have included way to much pumpkin in our menu for the day as it is already. Pumpkin chili, pumpkin cornbread muffins, gf pumpkin muffins, plus a bunch of other non-pumpkin foods just to tone it down a bit. Happy Halloween!
I did dress up this year. I went to a house party, only to find that even though I’m not in college anymore, everyone still dresses very skimpily. Not this girl! Never have and never will! I’m so excited to hand out candy tonight! I recently moved and have no idea how many trick or treaters to expect. I hope its a million! Not really because I only bought one bag of candy.
Love the pumpkin smoothie! It looks amazing, perfect for the season
I typically don’t dress up either. The reason I love Halloween so much is see all the little kids dressed up and ringing the door bell! They are always so stinking cute and so proud to show off their costumes! I’m also a sucker for carving pumpkins too though!
I really don’t love Halloween either. I actually forgot it was today until I went on Twitter this morning haha…hope you have a fun night!
So excited about this recipe! I have been thinking all weekend that I wanted to make a Pumpkin Pie smoothie and then I woke up this morning to this recipe! How perfect! Can’t wait to make it tonight
I’m so with you on Halloween. I’m over it. This was the first year I didn’t dress up, and it’s the best Halloween ever!
I am another vote pro-Halloween! It is one of my favorites. I still like dressing up, but like the rest of the ladies have never been much for the slutty costumes that are apparently the only option in the stores these days! I much prefer to make our own. Plus, I am a huge candy hound, so this holiday is a fav of mine for this. I live in the northeast, and the temps and weather this time of yr are the best (I live on the coast on NJ and escaped the nor’easter). I also love Turkey Day, but Christmas? Not so much anymore. I just find it overwhelming and hate that we have to celebrate it so long (there is already a radio station around here playing 24/7 xmas music. really?). By the time the holiday comes around, I am sick of it! So I’ll enjoy Halloween today for the rest of you and you can enjoy xmas for me
I was just blogging about how uncreative I am with Halloween costumes, but I went to a party Saturday night and my friend was sushi – it was genius! – so I’d love to see the baby version of that costume! haha
hahaha. I totally wore a turtle neck under every single costume for 10 years straight. Even my full body suit jasmine costume that had tan fabrics over the stomach lol. I had 3 nights of halloween dressing up this weekend but I figured its my last year of college might as well milk it for all its worth!
I’ve never been that into Halloween either. But I’m big into smoothies!
I’ve always loved Halloween, but whose idea was it to let kids take candy from strangers? Our trick-or-treating got postponed to Thursday thanks to a snowstorm. I’ve been making pumpkin pie smoothies as a post-gym treat! It keeps me motivated
Cute pumpkin smoothie pic!
Bah humbug to you too, dear blogger! That’s OK. I dressed up, not sure *WHY* but secretly loved every moment of it. What the heck. HA.
That smoothie looks delicious!
Ahh–you just made me want Christmas now…love baking Christmas cookies, decorating the house, and of course-the Christmas music!!
your kid will be the cutest sushi roll ever.
i want to get trick or treaters!! (one of these days when i have a house….sigh…)
I haven’t really been into Halloween lately either because every year I seem to always a midterm the day after Halloween! Oh well, it’s not *that* great of a holiday… I’m way more excited for Christmas too.
Hahaha dressing your kid up as a sushi roll totally sounds like something I would do. I need to keep that idea in mind for the uhh, very far off future when I have kids.
I’m with you! I’m a total Halloween Scrooge too….. Dressing up is silly and I’m not the biggest candy fan. I love Fall though and I’m a pumpkin junkie so will definitely be giving the smoothie a try!
Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. I love everything about it.
Though it is kind of fun being able to dress up and pretend to be someone else for a few hours on Halloween.
it is ok, we did not dress up for Halloween as well. though it has been fun seeing other blog friends costumes, so many are so creative with their outfits.
and love pumpkin pie protein smoothie, sounds delicious!
I’m totally making this smoothie!! It looks delicious!!!! Thanks
Gorgeous pictures!
I must must must try that smoothie!!! Yumms!
I am eating this right now! It’s delicious!!! Thank you!!
Yum! Great idea…
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