January 31st

Does anyone else spend the winter wondering what to do with their leftover pumpkins?

Since there are thirty-one days in January (like October), Burt and Kib rationalized that carving a pumpkin today, in honor of it being the 31st of the month, was an excellent idea. Plus, there would be one less pumpkin to shuffle around under the kitchen table. 

 

Ivy decided this was an excellent time to leave (and let them clean up their own mess). 

Actually, she decided to go shopping for Valoween decor in order to put off packing up the Christmas decorations for one more day. Also, she just wanted to get out of the house and didn't care whether she found anything or not.

After perusing the selection at Home Goods, she found the prospect of facing a holiday without any decorations to be not as bad as she had imagined. In fact, she was looking forward to it.

Still, she kept looking. You have to give Target points for trying a different angle, or is this a combo Valentine/Spring display? Were there chocolate bunnies on the lower shelves?

Eventually, she found something to bring home.  

The grocery store was the winner, supplying a bunch of semi-spooky striped roses and a bottle of wine. Neither of which will have to be packed up when the holiday is over. Not that they will even make it to Valentine's Day.

Happy January 31th everyone!

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon.