Do you have a problem each Halloween deciding on a costume to wear?  Perhaps you fall back on an old standby, like pirate, vampire, hobo or soldier?  Many of us do not have the money to buy or rent a costume and putting a constume together at thrift shops can be a daunting experience.

The slide show above illustrates how some very talented individuals solved their costume question by making costumes out of balloons!  I cannot imagine the creativity and the patience (and the lung-power) needed to design and make one of these constumes.

So, the next time you need a costume, buy some balloons and put your design skills to work.  If you are truly talented, you could be making wedding dresses next!  Think about it.  This is no stranger than clothes made out of feathers, plastic wrap, latex bubbles or any of the strange attire that walks down the runway at the fashion shoes.

Enter a contest to win the grand prize of a new LG Bliss phone with all the bells and whistles. The secondary prize is a gift card so you may buy your own bliss. In total, there will be five grand prize winners and fifty secondary winners.

How to Enter to Win!

• You must be 18 years or older,
• You should have a Facebook page,
• You need a blog to which you can upload a widget for the sidebar,
• The contest runs through November 6, 2009,
• One (1) entry per Facebook account,
• No pictures of people, violence, indecency or  illegal activities.

Therefore, this is a perfect time to do a little purging.  Clean out the closets, tackle that garden shed, look under the beds. I usually find something to give away if I look at my husband’s clothes.  Finally, a chance to get rid of the ghastly gimme cap with the beer holders and long straws!  Or, what about entering that god awful coat or cape with the moth eatern  fur collar. Wait!  I have it.  The motorcyle leathers that fit someone at some time, but now just take up space and smell up the coat closet.

When you have found something truly ugly that you wish to lose, upload the photograph or the video clip of the truly ugly item to the LG Bliss Facebook Fan Page.  The Gallery of the Utterly Ugly is where you can lose  your  ugly stuff so that you have room for Bliss.  You may want to browse the galleries at people’s ugly leave-behinds. Find a treasure in the mess.  That is a form of bliss (if you are overly-medicated).

Subcategories in the Gallery of the Utterly Ugly

• Trashy Trends (ugly fashion),
• Mutant machines (get rid of the pasta maker your mother-in-law gave you or the Commodore 64 computer)
• Ugly wonders of nature (part of nature that has been beat with an ugly stick)
• Uglymobiles (cars, RVs, motorcycles and “parts” that are never going to run again)

The Houston Art Car Parade

Saturday, May 9 at 1 PM

Both sides of Allen Parkway

Between Taft and Downtown

for information, please see the website of

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

Houston, Texas, the Art Car Capital of the World, is scene of the 22nd Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people witness and participate in a rolling display of art on wheels. The Parade has become a nationwide phenomenon and continues to bring out the artist in everyone.

In 2008, more than 250,000 people joined the party and watched as a 30 foot tall dragon, a mobile disco, a giant opera-singing Viking woman, as well as almost 250 other Art Cars motored along Allen Parkway in downtown Houston.

Area RV Campgrounds

Almost Heaven RV Resort is located south of Houston in a rural setting, with convenient access to the Houston Medical Center, as well as all the Sporting and Convention facilities. The resort has a fishing lake, shady spots and all amenities.
4202 Del Bello Road
Houston, TX 77578
(281) 489-8561

Lake View RV Resort has a fishing lake, cabins and park models, swimming pool, jacuzzi, fitness and recreation rooms, all concrete pads with full hookups: 15-50 AMP/water/phone, propane, BBQ and picnic areas, free DSL.
11991 South Main Street
Houston, TX 77035
(800) 385-9122 / 713-723-0973

South Main RV Park has large shaded lots, concrete patios, full hookups, laundry, 20/30/50 amps, paved streets, free wireless Internet, free cable TV, computer room, access control gates, on-site management, clean laundry facilities, free local calls and transportation to Medical Center and shopping.
10100 South Main
Houston, TX 77025
(713) 667-0120

Rivers Inn RV Park is situated on 16 acres and has fish ponds and horseback riding. Golf and activities are closeby.
3602 Rivers Rd. CR 905
Pearland/Manvel, TX 77578
(866) 989-2600 / (281) 489-2600