Word of advice
Don't try and carry 2 big pumpkins by yourself. The next day everything will hurt. I need to work out I think. Ouch.
Caroline, Jen and I carved pumpkins last night while drinking pumpkin pie martinis and watching Ghost Hunters. Here's the martini recipe:
http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/mixed-drink-recipes/pumpkin-pie-martinis/article.html
but we used bailey's instead of creme de caoco because we couldn't find it at dominicks, so ours were white, not brown. Caroline bought little disposable wine glasses and the bottoms kept falling off and we all kept spilling it everywhere. I was laughing so hard I was crying. I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard.
We cleaned out the pumpkins and baked the seeds, but since caroline bought one of those crappy carving kits from the drugstore and doesnt own regular knives (who doesn't own a fucking knife?! weirdo.) we accidentally broke them and then gave up. Caroline currently has 2 cleaned out pumpkins sitting on her counter. Way to follow through, ladies.
I'm getting into the fall spirit. I forgot how much I love this time of year. Julienne, Michelle, Catherine and I are going apple picking in Woodstock on Saturday at this orchard that also has a hay ride and petting zoo. Too bad it's going to be almost 80 degrees and not sweater weather. I wish I'd done more things like this in the last 4 years I've been here, but there's no time like the present, right? I mean, going to the bar with friends is fun and all, but I kind of want something more than that, it's getting a bit old. Or I am, ha.
Oh, and when it starts actually cooling down, I'm going to whip out the crock pot I got for Christmas last year that I have yet to use. If you have good crock pot recipes, send them my way.