London Halloween 2012

Sorry it's been a while since the last post, things have been pretty crazy 'round these parts. The weeks before Halloween were so busy and I barely had time to even consider a costume.  Those of you who know me will know how much I LOVE Halloween and its definitely high up on my fav holidays list.  I had heard rumblings that the Brit's didn't pay much attention to Halloween but I was hoping it wasn't true.  There were some decorations in storefronts but no mega haunted houses (oh how I miss Cutting Edge...).  Some adverts and candy in the shops but nothing too overwhelming.   As it got closer to time I was feeling pretty sorry for myself since not many of our friends had anything booked or costumes created, but what really pushed me over the edge was the care package that my sister, Jamie, sent me.  It was filled with my favorite Halloween goodies!  Candy Corn (a new treat for the Australians & Saffas), roasted and salted pumpkin seeds, halloween magnets, decorations, letters from my family, oh it was glorious.  But it also made me gloriously homesick!!  Lloyd came home from work to find me in bed under the covers and eating said candy corns, wallowing in my Halloween deficiency.  After hugs and plenty of 'there there's', Lloyd tried to cheer me up in whatever way possible, including committing to dressing up with me for Halloween.  We decided that the only way to ensure the decorations and candy didn't go to waste was to have some people over to enjoy them!

Luckily Sharon & Andrew were free that weekend so they headed down to Clapham Junction for dinner, drinks & Halloween mayhem.  Our costumes came together fairly quickly - I found some good ideas for a Wonder Woman costume and decided I would attempt to make it myself.  I ended up finding an awesome Spider Man costume for Lloyd at the Cancer Research shop down the road (UK equivalent of Goodwill) for only £12!! I was ecstatic but for some reason he didn't quite match my enthusiasm since it seemed he compared his costume-wearing obligation to a form of indentured servitude.  Either way, I thought he looked great.  Sharon & Andrew had a wardrobe malfunction but they took it in stride and managed to turn themselves into scary looking Zombies.  After dinner and a videochat with the Solomons in Texas we wandered down to the Revolution Bar near the station who had advertised a Halloween party.  After fighting a packed crowd and with no place to sit we ended up going home and having a better time anyways.
We really  had a great time and are contemplating hosting a Halloween Party for next year!