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Easy Costume Ideas for Women

Children often rush to choose a Halloween costume each year, but that doesn’t mean adults should miss out on the excitement of the holiday. Women have many options for creative costumes, many of which are created with things around the house. By making your own simple — yet creative — costume, you stand out from the crowd.

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Hot Pockets Recalled Because They Might Have Diseased Animal Meat

Today in the worst news ever, Nestl USAs Prepared Foods Division has announced a recall of my very favorite frozen treat.Why? Because Hot Pockets Philly Steak & Cheese sandwich might, MIGHT be made with the meat of “diseased and unsound animals.” Oh God, I ate one last night. The sandwiches (if that’s what you want to call a frozen hunk of crust, meat and cheese with a hot lava center) were recalled because …

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I’m Going to Disneyland! Without the Kids! (June Cleaver Would Not Approve)

I grew up in Southern California. It was a great place to enjoy childhood, what with easy access to beaches, practically year round sunshine and Disneyland. I have tons of great memories of visiting Disneyland starting when I was five (when, much to my parents horror, I apparently spent most of my time pointing at costumed characters and other features and declaring them fake) and up through when I left for college. I remember often asking to go to Disneyland when I was little and my mom (and other moms) answering that it was a little too far away for more than an annual visit.

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A Treasure Box of Memories and Chicken Bones

Whenever I come home to visit my parents, Mom wants me to help her unload the stuff shes managed to collect in the 37 years theyve lived in their house–stuff that she may need one day. Last Christmas, we tackled her five closets of clothes. It was a cacophony of timeless pieces that Mom couldnt part with; most items Mom would defend by saying, But I never even wore it! That doesn …