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Party Post - the 3rd one!

 Okay, campers, got your costume yet for the BIG CONTEST? It’s not too late, you know. Remember, there is NO time limit on creativity!  I stopped by Patty’s office this morning on my way to school. You should see it! LOL I think she’s planning on camping out by her computer until Thanksgiving!

 

I asked her if she’ll be able to come to my party. She said she would try to get away for a few minutes, IF she can get someone to man the computer for her – she’ll be posting pictures, you know!

 

Bets and I are going to see if we can find a Computer-Savvy Angel to help so Patty can take a little party break. :)

 

Now, about MY party - Still trying to guess WHO I’ve been talking about in my last 2 posts? Okay, I’ll give you another clue:

 

It’s NOT Bridget…

And it’s NOT Archie!

 

Keep guessing. Just a few more hours until the fun begins!

 

(((LuvULots)))

Ronnie

Party Post #2

Here’s another clue. No, it’s not Moose. Or Midge…

It’s driving you crazy, isn’t it? LOL

Gotta get a Halloween mani and pedi after school for the party. I’m soooo excited!

(((HalloweenHugs)))

Ron

I’ve Got A Secret

This is SOOOOO much fun!  I got a call from ONE of my friends who needs help with his/her Halloween costume! Nope, I can’t tell you who it is – but this is the most awesome costume idea EVER! I can’t wait to see how everyone reacts at my party Wednesday night!

 

Okay, one hint. This person is NOT blonde. :)

 

(((HalloweenHugs)))

 

Ronnie

I LOVE Costume Parties!

 

Actually, I love any kind of party :) The plans are really coming together for next Wednesday! I have a perfect costume (nope, can’t tell ya!) Gaston and Smithers have pulled out all the stops to help make this place a Halloween showplace! They’ve already started to decorate!

 

On the agenda tonight? Pumpkin carving! Gaston had 20 huge pumpkins delivered today. He’s going to start carving designs into them tonight and I volunteered to help. (I hope it’s not too messy.) Oh, if YOU would like to carve your own pumpkin this year, check out the cool designs here .

They feature US! How scary is that? :)

 

I decided to go with monster-themed music for the party, including some oldies but goodies – like Monster Mash, Purple People Eater, I Put A Spell On You and Little Red Riding Hood. I have NO idea what everyone’s wearing; they’re all keeping really good secrets!  (If you hear, LMK. Okay?)

 

(((SpookyPartyHugs)))

 

Ronnie

Halloween Make-Up Tips

Having trouble figuring out how you are going to do your make-up for Halloween? I have some simple, easy-to-follow tips. If you are going to be a specific character, then just cut out or print out a pic of your character and enlarge it in the face area. You could use a color photocopy machine for this if you got your pic from a book, comic or magazine. If you are going to be something like a fairy or witch, go online and do an image search on your choice. I am sure a bunch of pics will pop up. Pick out your favorite one with a clear shot of the face and print it out.
As for the make-up itself, you can get some great creamy based make-up at Halloween stores, or you can use regular make-up as well. Hold the picture up to your face and try to see where all the highlights and dark areas are. Start off with the base. Is your character very pale? Then use some white creamy makeup, or very light powder or foundations. Those creamy make-ups come out very dark and thick and go on kind of like paints, so they are great if your costume calls for dramatic make-up. But for more subtle looks, eye shadows work great. They can be used for highlights and shady or dark spots, and blend wonderfully. Whichever you are using, start with the lightest areas, then work to the darkest. It is much easier to darken an area with make-up than to lighten it. If you are going to be wearing the make-up for a long time, several make-up lines sell special face sprays that keep your make-up on all day. But these could be pricey, so only get them if you really think you’ll need it. And like I said before, have fun with it! It doesn’t have to be perfect or exact; just do the best you can.

((HUGS))

Veronica

Look What Patty Made!

You gotta check (this) out, BBs! Patty made a scrapbook page featuring MOI – I think she really captured the real me. LOL Seriously, she told me she was making a Halloween themed scrapbook page, so I gave her some pics of me to use taken last Halloween. I think the page turned out FANTASTIC!

 

Thank you Patty!!!

 

I can’t wait to see what sort of pages YOU make, too! Come on – start scrapbooking!

 

(((Hugs)))

 

Ronnie

Mystery Brewing

Reggie stopped me in the hall at school today and asked if I was having any trouble putting posts on my blog. “Never,” I said. “I just send them to Patty and she takes care of it. Why?” He just frowned and walked away. Bets said he asked her the same question.  I have NO idea what that’s about…

 

In other, more exciting news, I’m going to host the Party of the Year at my place this Halloween. I know it’s a school night, so I told everyone the party will be from 6 to 10. (That’ll make all our parents happy.) Gaston is coming up with some fun Halloween food – I hope it’s not too creepy. And I don’t know what to do about entertainment. I thought about having us (The Archies) play, but that’s a lot of work, especially in costume. If you have any ideas, LMK!

 

Story Contest Update: Bets did come over Sunday and we DID start reading your stories. We read for three hours, as a matter of fact. Then, this old scary movie, The Birds came on – it’s an Alfred Hitchcock classic – and we started watching it. I’ve never seen the film. WOW! The special effects are dated, but that didn’t matter; I was totally into the fashion! Tippy Hedron (isn’t that a cool name?) wore this one green suit through the entire picture! And her hair was impeccable - right up until the birds attacked. Gotta see it!

 

Oops, Bets is calling.

 

(((HalloweenHugs)))

 

Ronnie

Costume Contest - To: Bloggy Buddies Old and New -

We interrupt our regularly scheduled posts for this very important newsflash!

 

Patty here with an announcement:

The gang here in Riverdale has noticed you’ve been talking a lot about your Halloween costumes, and we really want to see how creative you are! So, we’ve decided to hold a -

 

Halloween Costume Contest

 

(Some of you figured it out!)

 

Here’s what you need to do to join in the fun:

 

• Get your costume together (for you and/or your pet)

• Take a picture. Yes, you can enter more than once!

• Email it in to the address below. Be sure to put the words “Costume Contest” in the subject line!

 

You can begin submitting your photos right now – BUT, I won’t put them online until Halloween. Then on Thursday, November 1, VOTING will commence.

 

Bloggy Buddies, their families, friends and visitors to our blogs will vote for their favorite photo. I’ll keep you updated on how the voting goes.

 

The Prize

 

Our Costume Contest Winner will receive this very special prize:

 

An original drawing of the Winner, IN COSTUME, (taken from the photo submitted) together with Archie Comics Characters. This one-of-a-kind collectible will be drawn by artists here at AC Headquarters.

 

We’ve never offered a prize like this before, so get your friends and neighbors together and tell them to vote for YOU! Voting will end at midnight, Saturday, November 17^th.

 

REMEMBER: put “COSTUME CONTEST” in the subject line of your email so I know it’s an entry, and submit it to

As always, I only accept photos suitable for viewing by a family audience. :)

 

Good Luck!

 

Your Fairy Blogmother,

Patty

Tomorrow…

… The Archies play at the Riverdale Fall Festival! I’ve been looking forward to this for weeks; the whole town’s gonna be there! I think we’re gonna be a hit… especially in the skinny jeans and fall blazers I found for everyone. Thanks again for the wardrobe tip!

 

Sunday afternoon, Bets and I are going to get together and begin reading the Author’s Choice entries. Bets is making her famous popcorn balls just for the occasion. Should be fun! :)

 

Whatever YOU do this weekend, make sure you have FUN!

 

Love,

Ronnie

 

P.S. I almost forgot! On behalf of Patty and the whole gang here in Riverdale, I want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Caitlin, Sarah and anyone else having a birthday this weekend!

Halloween Costume Tips

So, it’s almost Halloween, and finding the perfect costume can be grueling. You can always go with the classics like vampires, witches, and black cats. Or dress up like your favorite movie or comic character. Halloween stores have plenty of ready-made character costumes all prepackaged; all you would need are some accessories. But honestly, it is more fun to create your own costume. This can work with whatever you choose to be. If you have a movie character that you just adore, print out a picture of her/him and go hit up the stores and see what you can find. Thrift stores come in really handy here – they are affordable and have so many hidden treasures when it comes to costumes. Just the other day, Midge was at a local thrift store and found this oh-so-funky, way-old wedding dress for really cheap. She was thinking of getting that, a black wig, throwing on some ghoulish make-up and being the Bride of Frankenstein. And then there are always the super cutesy girly costumes, like fairies, French maids, genies, and cowgirls. And that classic rule I always stress: accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. The little things can improve your costumes soooo much. They give it that authentic look. And most importantly, have fun! Halloween is a time to be daring, and a little kooky. It’s a time to be someone else for a day. Are you usually the tomboy type? Then glitz it up for Halloween and get dressed way fancy like a pop star diva. Are you usually a glam girl? Then dress all spooky like a zombie. You can look like yourself any other day. Don’t dress in a way that will make you feel uncomfortable of course; just try something different.

Happy Haunting!!

((HUGS))
Veronica

What An Exciting Week!

Wow! There’s all sorts of excitement going on in Riverdale this week! Patty’s Big Surprise, the Riverdale Fall Festival… and THIS!

 

Wendy Weatherbee asked me (actually, the entire RHS Varsity Cheerleading Squad) to help her choose the winner for Week 18’s Story Starter: Show Your Riverdale Spirit.

 

So, we met her in the gym after school yesterday. She gave us the cheers submitted (sorry, she covered all the names, so I don’t know who they belonged to) and we performed them. Gotta tell ya – they were really GOOD!

 

Who did Wendy choose? I don’t know!!! She just thanked us and left. BUT, I talked to her this morning and she said she sent her results to Patty. So, watch for Wendy’s post!

 

(((GoodLuckHugs)))

 

Veronica

More Story Contest News

I hope you’re all having fun with the Halloween Story Starter Bets and I gave you yesterday. I have more contest news; this is about the Author’s Choice story for Week 19.

 

Things were a little crazy around here last week and we forgot to pick a Contest Judge for Author’s Choice. Yeah, that’s not good. So, Bets and I talked and decided that since WE started the contest, one of us should be the judge.  We were going to play Rock/Paper/Scissors for it, but Bets always wins and then I pout, so that doesn’t really work for us.

 

Anyway, what we finally came up with was this: We’re BOTH going to judge Week 19: Author’s Choice. Since there are like a gazillion entries, Bets took half and I took half.  We are each going to pick 3 favorites from our halves. Then we’ll get together, read the 6 finalists’ stories and pick one winner from those six - TOGETHER.

 

We hope to accomplish this in the next week or so. THEN it’ll be time to send ALL the Weekly Winning Stories for last quarter over to Archie Comics Headquarters. There, the Artists and Writers will choose another Grand Prize Winner!

 

Whew! I got tired just explaining all that! I hope you understood what I just said. Anyway, LMK  what you think of our plan. :)

 

Oh, and best of luck on the new Story Starter!

 

(((StoryContestHugs)))

 

Ronnie

Title: Winner of week 16 - The New Kid

By Chuck Clayton

 

Hi Everyone

 

This is my very first blog post and I want to thank Ronnie for letting me post to her blog.  It’s been a fast year at Riverdale High.  As you may know, I play football with Reg and Moose.  I’m the team Quarterback. I wanted to let you all know that we dedicated last night’s win to Mr. Goldwater. 

Now back to the contest…

 

There were 50+ stories to read.  It took me a while to get through them all but it was worth it.  I had a hard time picking my own criteria for what made a winning story.  I finally decided that the story that depicted Riverdale High the best would be the one I’d choose.

 

As good as they all were, I have to say that Katie L’s story captured the true Riverdale High. Congrats Katie!  You really did a great job of making my school come to life.

 

It was an honor,

 

Chuck

 

 

I’m Sad Today

This is a not a fun post to write. I do not like to be sad, and I am very sad today. Richard Goldwater passed away. He had been ill a long time, but I didn’t expect him to be gone so suddenly. 

 

As you can imagine things are not normal here. There are a lot of tears and sad faces around town and in the halls at school.  Folks have been calling from all over just to check on us. I heard from Josie and Sabrina last night. Mr. Goldwater was instrumental in adding them to the Archie Comics family. That’s what Archie Comics is, you know, a family – one that Richard Goldwater helped build and I am glad to be part of. 

 

I know that smiles will return to Riverdale soon… but not today.

 

Love,

 

Veronica

 

Link to Website Memorial

Problem Solved

While I was out shopping for blazers yesterday, I went by the doggie boutique to get a new toy for Cookie – she’s the sweetest doggie ever!  Do you know what I found there? A dog sweater EXACTLY like the one I got Jughead! Sadly, the original sweater I got for him is now being held hostage by Ethel, who is sure Jughead will want it back badly enough to ask her out on a date.

 

Earth to Ethel: Not gonna happen!

 

So, I bought the sweater I found to replace the other one. I’m taking it to rehearsal this afternoon. He’ll be so surprised!

 

(((SundayHugs)))

 

Ronnie

U Spoke. I Heard.

 

Thanks for all the input on what The Archies should wear to play at the Riverdale Fall Festival!  You’re right. The flannel shirts are out. I was aiming for a vintage outdoor look, but I missed.

 

Blazers and skinny jeans it is!  Now all I have to do is find some intensely awesome fall blazers. I LOVED the pumpkin color idea; that would look great on me. One problem: Archie is very sensitive about wearing orange with that red hair of his. (It’s all those years of hearing Reggie’s Carrot Top jokes.)

 

I think I’ll buy a different color for everybody, so we’ll look kind of like “fall leaves” on stage.

 

Look out mall… here I come!

 

Love,

 

Ronnie

Prepster Chic

The preppy boarding school look is hot right now! This style mainly consists of plaid or pleaded skirts, button down shirts, thick tights, and those blazers I already gave you the scoop about. This look works great with flat shoes or even sneakers for comfort. And throw on a funky scarf to top it all off. Now, normally I leave the thrift stores to Betty, but they are a great way to find perfect pieces for this look. You may actually score a real deal vintage prep school blazer or shirt (wearing your own school’s uniform out does NOT count). Or you can sew emblem patches on your blazers to fake the real deal look. And, an eternal fashion tip – layers always give appearance of great fashion sense. So as an added touch, choose a short-sleeved button down shirt so that you can wear a fitted solid or striped long sleeved shirt beneath it. Put on your pleaded wool skirt, top it off with a blazer and scarf, some penny loafer flats, and you have a complete look. And with this style, you can mix and match patterns; that’s the fun of it. And for all of you who have small shopping budgets, you can just alternate scarves, tights and undershirts, and the outfit will always appear new!

((HUGS))

Veronica

Time To Hit The Mall

You all know I love to shop. Okay, that’s the UNDERSTATEMENT of the century! I really don’t need a reason to shop, but if I have one it makes it that much more fun.  So, I’m really glad The Archies have several appearances booked this fall.

 

We CAN’T wear the same clothes to every event! Right? New appearance = new clothes. End of discussion. So, next on our calendar is an appearance at the Riverdale Fall Festival in about 10 days. I’m so excited. Everyone will be there.

 

So, last week we wore doggy sweaters. (The guys weren’t too thrilled about it, but we got LOTS of compliments.) This time, the theme is fall, so I’m thinking we should go casual-fallish. Kinda traditional, yet outdoorsy. Maybe flannel shirts and jeans. What do you think? LMK.

 

Keeping the band outfitted is hard work – but somebody’s got to do it! Who better than me? Right?

 

Have a spectacular day!

 

Love,

 

Veronica

Thanks For Noticing!

You are sooooooo right – my new background ROCKS!  I wondered how long it would take you to catch it ;)

 

Patty did an AMAZING job! I sent her a TY note and a gift certificate to the Doggie Boutique so she can buy something special for Katie and Codie. I heard Codie is getting really good at rolling over!

 

About your question, Shea: I don’t know HOW she made it; she’s just sooooo talented!  You know, this morning, Ms. Grundy complimented me on my new background too, then she asked me if Patty ever taught computer design. I don’t know if she does or not, but Ms. Grundy looked very interested.

 

I wonder what she has up her sleeve?

 

Gotta run. Cookie needs to go outside and I have TWO tests to study for. :( Speaking of Cookie, Smithers said she was a perfect little dog while I was at school. She didn’t chew anything up and there were no “accidents.” Whew!

 

Hope your first week of October is THE BEST!

 

(((Hugs)))

 

Ronnie