i wish it was halloween every weekend - by emily north

i have a lot of rules for myself as it pertains to having fun, one of my favorite is the insistence in securing as much party supplies in-person as possible despite the slippery ease of a*azon (this is also discussed in our fall ins and outs). on friday at 2:30 pm i bounce into the village cigar shop in a mini skirt and t-shirt, the bell above the dirty door dings and i walk up to the counter and ask the sales associate, “may i please have one cigar?” five seconds of silence fills the room until we finally both burst into laughter at the same time. he yells “a princess wants a cigar!” and i explain that i need it because i’m dressing up as tony soprano which is met with more laughter. we proceed to talk for half an hour and he tells me about his daughter who i remind him of (somehow this was not creepy i swear). i leave after he gives me a full tutorial on how to properly smoke a cigar so i don’t get “sick as a puppy” and i think about how i already gained a cigar and a new friend befo

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