Wednesday 4 November 2009

Hallowe'en

So we had a bit of a hallowe'en party over the weekend. We called it a party, but in reality, it was the same group of people who go round to my friend Tom's each week to get drunk, but we made lots of effort with decorations and drank punch which was completely lethal - there were lots of variations of it when the cartons of fruit juice ran out. I believe that at one stage, wine was being used as a mixer for vodka - so not a good idea.

After loading my tiny boot up with pumpkins, we headed back to carve them which took us a lot longer than expected - fortunately the boyf and his friend came down for the weekend so they were able to help.

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Here's my attempt at a pumpkin Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas...

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I chose to dress as Lady Gaga - I felt like I'd stolen the idea from Style Porn because I'd thought of the costume a couple of weeks ago and then she did a post saying who she was going to be and it looked like I was copying. I over think things way too much. Anyway check hers version out - her thighs are far less offensive than mine and she was able to get away with a thong leotard - jealous!

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The boyfriend dressed as a general murderer type - I'm surprised at any effort he makes because last year I had to buy him a very last minute vampire costume from a supermarket so he wouldn't feel left out - and looked pretty comical sipping his punch through a straw fed through the gaps in his mask.

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Star of the show! We dressed Tom's dog Alfie up as a burglar - swag bag and all! He hated it.

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We were all instructed to do an "action shot"...

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Tom dressed as a "Zombie Hunter". He went to the garden and covered his face in dirt, then realised he'd actually bought some brown and khaki makeup and should have used that instead.

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We also hired a smoke machine - for future hallowe'en parties I would definately recommend getting one and a red light bulb. The two combined completely change the atmosphere. We did however go a bit crazy with the smoke effects and set the fire alarm off...

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Which we 'had' to rip off the ceiling because it couldn't be silenced. Now there is just a hole in the paintwork where it should be. Ooops!

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So that's it! The day after we had to battle with hangovers and tidy up all the decorations - they didn't seem like such a good idea then!

20 comments:

  1. Awww your costume turned out so cute. You looked great. I love the shirt you are wearing.


    I am so going to have to buy a bunch of red light bulbs and smog machine for inside the house next year.


    ♥ Darla

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  2. Love the Lady Gaga costume!!!!!!

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  3. Wicked costume!!! Sounds like a pretty fun party, although wine and vodka does sound unadvisable.

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  4. What fab costumes ~ Gaga rocks!!

    xoxox,
    CC

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  5. Looks like you had a fab time! I wouldn't worry about having 'stolen' the Lady Gaga look... I think half the people on this planet chose to dress like her that night! You look terrific and your dog is adorable!

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  6. Best Lady Gaga Halloween look I've seen.

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  7. You looked amazing! My thighs wouldn't have looked half as awesome as yours!

    Love that you had to rip out your smoke detector! I've had to do that before. Not fun when it's screaming in your ear.

    lululetty.blogspot.com

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  8. Oh wow, I've seen a lot of Lady Gaga costumes around blogs I've visited and yours is definitely one of the best!!

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  9. your costume is awesome!! love the night before xmas pumpkin!! :)
    magpie-girl.blogspot.com xx

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  10. Well, no one told me my boyfriend covered his face in garden dirt!!! I wish I could have come, it looked so funnnnnn and I love punch, but I suppose Dubai was slightly better ;) !! xx

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  11. Your Lady Gaga costume is awesome!

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  12. Wow this looks awesome! Your costume is brilliant and the pumpkins are amazing. Your boot really is tiny, that picture is so funny!

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  13. Looks like sooo much fun! Loving the Jack Skellington pumpkin and your costume looks amazing. Hope you're having a gorgeous weekend :)

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  14. This looks like fun. Halloween is the best :)

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  15. Your Lady gaga is awesome you look so cute!! also I love you Jack pumpkin I'm a big tim burton fan

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  16. Oh snap! This looks like exactly the type of Halloween party I'd love. The idea of using the smoke machine and a red lightbulb totally rocks. Your Lady Gaga costume is hilarious and so cool. Your thighs look amazing, you sexy thing!!!

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  17. Thanks for visiting my blog. Its nice to meet another law student. How long is your degree and how far through it are you? Anyway, I like your costume in this post, very creative. Even though I have only just started reading your blog I have decided to pass on an award to you because I love your blog. See my last post.

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  18. Girl get OUT of here. You look smashing. Too bad we weren't on the same continent Halloween night, or we could have had a Gaga-off.

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