Swinging In the Fall Sunshine

Began the morning with breakfast and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Adora hires "Huntara" to guide her, Bow, and Glimmer across the Crimson Waste. Huntara initially traps them and steals Adora's sword, but when Adora admits she's She-Ra, Huntara tells them she's also a Horde deserter and agrees to join their group. Meanwhile, we learn more about Hordak when Entraptra creates better armor for him, and he tells her he's a clone of Horde Prime who fell into Etheria through a portal from another world.

Began the morning with a quick stop at WaWa for money. Their ATM machine was down, so I moved on to Westmont Party. Bought a bag of Halloween novelty toys, plastic vampire teeth, and temporary tattoos for the trick-or-treat bags I make. Chatted with the pleasant young woman at the counter about the bags I make every year. 

Samaritan Thrift was bustling when I arrived. Most of the women were working on displays and were too busy for talk. I had just enough money to buy Christmas presents for Lauren's parents and for Mom. 

Did even better across Haddon Avenue at Phildelity Records. I dug the original casts of Ballroom and Leader of the Pack and a studio recording of Lady In the Dark with Rise Stevens out of the $2 bin. Plucked the original cast of Merrily We Roll Along out of the New Arrivals bin. This one was $8, but that's the cheapest I've ever seen it. Even the recent cast recording with Daniel Ratcliffe tends to be expensive. And yes, I did talk to the owner about my purchases.

Did grocery shopping next. Acme was my first stop, since it's closer to Phidelity Records. I mostly needed grapes, apples, soda, and yogurt here. Grabbed granola on sale with an online coupon and granola bars. Treated myself to two slices of pumpkin cake roll for dessert tonight. Hurried down to Sprouts next. I restocked soda, golden raisins (the cheapest bulk dried fruit), coconut milk, and granola bars here. Found white chocolate-macadamia nut cookies on clearance and got to try samples of sea-salt potato chips and apple cider.

When I got home, I put everything away, then ate a turkey multi-grain sandwich I picked up from Sprouts for lunch while watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. "Mickey's Treat" is taking everyone in costume to Pete's party at Halloween Tower. They have to get through the giant candy corn, pass around the frogs jumping, and help Pete find a costume before the wall around the tower closes and they miss the party!

Checked my schedule at this point, too. In good news, only four hours next Saturday. Trouble is, I work next Friday, too. Just four hours, but still. I would give anything for two consistent schedules! At least I don't work until 2 on Sunday. I'll be able to attend the Town Picnic that was postponed from last week.

Headed to Thomas Sharp School next. The kids were so eager to go outside, they could barely sit through Llama Llama Loose Tooth Drama. Once we got out, I had to argue with several of them over how long they were on the swings. There's only two, and a couple of the kids would be on the entire hour if allowed. Plus, I don't want them twisting the swings around and twirling them. I'm afraid they're going to knock into each other. I don't mind them laying on the swings (it's probably good for their stomachs), just not going side to side.

The weather was too beautiful for anyone to be angry for long anyway. It couldn't have been a nicer fall day. The sun beamed down through the trees around the playground. It was warm but not hot, windy but not too cool. One of the teachers helped the kids find ladybugs on a tree in the playground area and reminded them that ladybugs are good luck. 

When I got home, I went straight into Match Game '76. We had a charming gentleman contestant here, a tall former teacher with a crush on Brett. He did some of the most amazing bell kicks I've ever seen in my life when he won! We also got long-time Price Is Right model Janice Pennington, along with Fannie Flagg and original Price Is Right host Bill Cullen.

Finished the night with The Love Boat. Gopher is eager to help "Cindy" snare the Prince of Pop (Frank Sinatra Jr.) and show him what a wonderful singer she is. He snitches a Cinderella costume so she can attend the Halloween costume ball under the nose of her obnoxious stepmother (Carolyn Jones). Male and female sportscasters learn the "Play By Play" isn't as important as their feelings about each other when they play each other in a series of contests to see who gets to keep their jobs. "What's a Brother For?" asks a devoted brother and his disabled sibling when one falls for a sweet girl, and the other gets resentful.