It's My Party

After a month of preparation (i needed to plan something now that i've run out of weddings...), we had our 1st annual Halloween Bash on Saturday night and it all came to a pretty damn fabulous, if exhausting, culmination.

The party was a bit smaller than i thought it was gonna be, and i was just a little bummed 'cuz a couple of people told me they were gonna come and then didn’t and that other people were otherwise engaged or had new babies to attend to; there were also a few people who couldn't have made it, even if they wanted to, because of geography.

Those who did made it looked absolutely fantastic and everyone (except my husband) came in costume**, which really made me happy! I made way too much food ("Halloweenies", various dips with chips, canape with tapanade, and catered sandwich-wraps), way too much booze (i'll say it again, You were right Justin; 1 case of beer woulda been enough), way too many desserts (MS made the most fabulous heart and brain cupcakes, Nil made a totally adorable Graveyard Pudding, rice krispie treats, and lots of candy). I can honestly say that i think i spent more money on decorations and food for this party than i did on my 1st car, and everyone really seemed to appreciate the effort. Games were played (Find Damien's mark of evil, Collect all the Spiders) and a good time seemed to be had by all.

my camera was MIA for most of the night, but i know MS and Nil got some, so i'll either link to them or post them here. next year's party will be better than this years, now that i've got some experience on the hows and whens.

* he'd been anti-costume until the Friday morning when he said, Hmmm maybe i will dress up, but wound up wearing the t-shirt i got him when he said that he "didn't do" costumes.
**best costumes: Nil's Alice, MS' Queen of Hearts and Justin's Redneck Crazy Christer.