Hello new and old friends!

[thenerdygirl]

So I added and was added by a bunch of new people thanks to the latest friending frenzy and I meant to post a hello/about me post back on Friday. It's been super busy the past two days so that got put on the back burner. Apologies and welcome to my journal! I'm not going to do a whole post about me because I did a bunch of posts/surveys very recently so if you're really curious, please check out this About me survey or this People I post about post, or just ask away if you have any questions ^_^

Now for a little rundown of the weekend:

Friday - Went to Yuk Yuks comedy club Friday night thanks to lady_green_bat winning tickets again. We had a fantastic time, especially since all three comics and the MC were great. Normally whenever we go to comic shows there's always one comic or two who aren't that funny so it's pretty rare to have all three be so good.

Saturday - My little cousin got married so it quite eventful! The morning we were rushing around to make it to the wedding or, in my case, hobbling because I stupidly wore heels. John and I were almost late but luckily no wedding ever starts on time. It was held outside and not a traditional church wedding which was fantastic, even though it was foggy and drizzly all yesterday. They lucked out and the rain held off until the evening. Another great thing is that the dinner and dance were happening several hours later so John & I got to go off and do a bunch of stuff instead of having to wait around after the ceremony. We went to Smittys for lunch, hit the gym for an hour, grabbed a coffee and then checked out the Spirit of Halloween store.

Of course I forgot my wallet and could only look at the fun Halloween stuff but that was probably for the best. I would have undoubtedly spent way too much. I looooooove Halloween. So much so that if I had the money, the space, and enough trick-or-treaters to justify it, I would totally do a haunted house. Sadly I have none of these things but there was a bunch of Halloween paraphernalia that I would have purchased had I brought my wallet.

The only downside of Halloween here on the island is that there aren't a lot of activities for adults outside of Mardi Gras, which is the big street party on George Street where all the bars are. I've done Mardi Gras a few times but the fun always wore off pretty quickly because a couple of my friends always get shit faced fall down drunk. Then we're stuck babysitting them the rest of the evening, trying to make sure they don't run off or drink more. I wish there were more adult Halloween parties that didn't revolve solely around drinking. I'm hoping to have a horror movie night on October 30 so that'll be one thing but haven't figured out what to do on the 31st.

Anyway, enough of my musing about Halloween, I hope everyone's having a good weekend!

Comments

[thenerdygirl.livejournal.com]

I'd be very curious to see what Halloween would be like in Ireland or in London. Maybe one day I'll travel during that time of the year and get to see for myself.

I like to do both, although my costumes and decorations tend to be on the simple side. For home it's mostly just a banner, a couple of window & table decorations, candles, caution tape, and occasionally a pumpkin. If I can be arsed to carve one. For costumes I usually have one for work that's made up of everyday clothes and one for going out, if I go out. Last year I went to work as the cookie monster which just meant dressing in blue with a blue wig and a headband with Styrofoam eyes on it.

How about you? Do you dress up for Halloween?

[firefish.livejournal.com]

Until I was about 25 years old, I had never carved pumpkin. The Irish tradition is to cars turnip which – if you've ever had turnip – is pretty damn hard! We didn't carve a pumpkin last year but I think I will do one this year. I also didn't get the opportunity to dress up last year either. My sister was over and she doesn't like dressing up so we just went out for a normal evening. This year we are going to spa hotel to celebrate my 30th birthday (months in advance) so there might be something suitable for the children and that would be fun. Normally however if I do dress up, I just wear a normal outfit and back comb my hair so it's huge and then draw eyeliner and make up all over my face!

[thenerdygirl.livejournal.com]

I've heard of that tradition, although I don't know if carving was common with the Irish descendants in Newfoundland but eating turnip certainly is. It's a component of Jiggs Dinner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiggs_dinner), which is considered traditional for eating on Sunday's in Newfoundland. I like turnips butI don't think I'd ever try carving it though.