You know the big holiday every year that gets everyone piled into the costume rental stores. Oh, man the stores can get really packed full of people. One can find themselves standing in long lines trying on costumes or frustrated because the last Ironman costume in their size is missing the belt.

There are easier ways to get a costume rental to show up at your front door with no lines and no missing pieces. If you are sneaky enough you could even order it from work while everyone is on lunch break. You won’t even have to spend any of your “me time” looking for a great costume.

The hard part is what to be when you head out to the Halloween party. Some people have this figured out early because they live for Halloween and they always have to make a statement  when they hit the clubs. Others have to really spend some time thinking about out it as the clock is ticking to party time.

Don’t be one of those last minute people scrambling through the left overs at the store in the mall. Be one of those smart people who thinks ahead and orders it on line. In fact, while your looking for a costume, get inspired by downloading some great spooky music

Thanksgiving is always a huge event at our house. Way too huge if you ask me. Dozens of family and friends, kids and co workers. It is so much work for everyone cleaning the house, preparing for the guests, cooking food for weeks in preparation. This year we are going to do something different! This Thanksgiving we are off to Colonial Williamsburg!

What fun it will be to celebrate Thanksgiving in the colonial museum village of Williamsburg, VA and not have to prepare for all those guests invading our house. We are looking forward to experiencing the colonial way of life and connecting to our past history. The wife and the kids are really looking forward to this, the kids are so excited to have Thanksgiving like the pilgrims did. We have our rooms booked in hotels Williamsburg now to arrange for the plane tickets and rental car and we should be all set to go.

Everyone that usually comes here for Thanksgiving has been notified that we are not hosting this year. They do no sound too happy, but they have plenty of time to make other arrangements for themselves.

Visiting Colonial Williamburg will bring back a lot of old memories of my grandparents. They use to visit Colonial Williamsburg frequently when I was growing up in New York state. They would stop there nearly every November on their way south to have Thanksgiving with the family in Georgia. I also remember them being there for the Forth of July one year and another time I remember them showing us pictures of Williamsburg with blooming flowers all over, they must have been visiting in the spring that year. I have always wanted to visit Williamsburg since I was a small boy and saw my grandparents photographs and heard their stories.

Thanksgiving will be different this year not being at home, but I am sure we will enjoy it greatly and be more relaxed when it is over.