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

[twodottedlines.livejournal.com]

Are there any wedding pictures?! I am not a fan of attending weddings, but I really enjoy looking at pictures of them!!

[lyssa027.livejournal.com]

Halloween is my favorite holiday ;) i love it so much

[dreamchaser.livejournal.com]

I need to go to the Spirit of Halloween store myself (every year, I like to get a couple new decorations for each holiday). I did see a couple of cool Halloween wreaths at Michaels yesterday, but they were too expensive for me :/

[zhelana.livejournal.com]

forget halloween, I wish there were more adult socializing that didn't involve drinking the other 364 days a year!

[viciousladybug.livejournal.com]

Ha, I've totally won Yuk Yuk's tickets before! I love that place. I was just thinking that I haven't been to a comedy club in two years. I saw Jon Lovitz and that was a real treat. He had such a great show.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

*waves* Hello there!

Halloween is my favorite holiday as well, it comes closely right after Christmas. I just love everything about it, from the atmosphere and aesthetics, and being able to watch scary/Halloween-themed movies nearly all month (not that I couldn't do that any day of the year, but it seems more appropriate to do it in October, lol).

[place-to-hide.livejournal.com]

I use to really like Halloween as a kid. Now? not as much.

[twissie.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever been to a proper Halloween party. Halloween is one of those celebrations that we've imported to Norway and bastardised into something slightly different, I think. Like, kids grew up watching these celebrations on TV, and now they want to participate - but there is no proper tradition for it, so we're still scrambling to make our own.

I usually prefer horror film nights to parties anyway ;)

[firefish.livejournal.com]

Halloween is fun but I enjoyed it more in Ireland than in London. I never feel that they truly get it over here but in saying that I've been to some great Halloween parties. Were I not going on a trip over this Halloween, I'd love to experience one of the big parties they do here with various themed rooms etc.

Do you like to dress up or simply decorate your house? My flatmate did our house last year; it was pretty cool!

[papertea.livejournal.com]

My bf's favourite holiday is also Halloween. He goes crazy for it! Now that we live together, we have a standing agreement to watch 1 horror movie every day of October. Last year we went to a big indoor haunted house type dealy called Screemers that I hated (I literally cried, lol, I'm a baby) so I doubt we'll be doing anything like that again :P But I agree, there is a lack of adult-things to do on Halloween that isn't "drink yourself to death" :( Disappointing.

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Hi new friend! *waves* I checked out both of your intro posts!
My very favorite part about Halloween is getting to do a horror movie marathon with the kids :D I'm really hoping I get to do it again this year!
The wedding sounds lovely! I like outdoor weddings!