Halloween 2011

The grim reaper ,and a scary witch haunted MY house on Halloween. They were ready for Candy,and pumpkin watching and all the fun things that spark halloween imagination . My fiance and I didn't dress up, I was dressed in something i would wear everyday,but other people probably thought I was dressed as a hippie. I blended In for once! haha.I told my kids to look their scariest,and these photos of them is them showing just that. I made candy apples a day before halloween ,and they were demolished by the next day. They were so good! BUT i had to make the batch twice because my first batch didn't turn out :( . Second times the charm? All photos were taken by me. Thankyou ,and hope everyone had a great Hallows eve

Big dinners and halloween house

Our house has been decorated for halloween for a couple weeks now,and since the time is almost here I will share some photos of what it looks like around the house. I usually go way more crazy for halloween,but I didn't for some reason. Next year will be grand,and I also want to have a big christmas party too. Something i've been wanting to do for the last couple years ,but things just don't pan out the way I want them too. I've been cooking up a storm ,and making large dinners. I usually make big meals when Aaron is home and not working In camp. The photo of the dinner is as follows: Ham with cranberry and clove crust with mustard squirted on top, Potatoes,and butternut squash. The bread is banana peppers and cheese foccacia that my fiance mostly ate to himself.haha.

I recently found this awesome book from the thrift store. Its Better Home and gardens Decorating Ideas under $100 . There is some awesome cheesey kitschy things in there ,and I love this book and i scored it for $1! Im probably going to be adding a few other photos from the book in other posts,but these are the ones for now that I'm digging. Hope you all have a Happy Halloween! The kids are waiting for me so we can go uptown and pick out our jack o lantern pumpkins, So have a great weekend!!

It's hard to look you in the face when we are talking- so it helps to have a mirror in the room

Guess what? I not only found a vintage long velvet skirt,but a metallic belt that looks like a cresent moon ,and looks absolutely celestial!!!!!Or spiritual... spooky, and mysterious. The moon to me means the spiritual and shape shifting energies that we can not explain. I also found a mini purse that kind of looks like it should be a mini back pack ,but its not its on a strap. I made a little charm to go on it to dress it up a bit and added a scarf from the 1960s. I love it and I am happy that i actually found a purse for once that I really want to take with my uptown.

When I wore this outfit I started thinking of my childhood,and by that I mean what I watched as a child..and the overall feeling of impending Halloween... I started thinking of all the rad 90s shows that were always on at this time and how everything was styled back than. Afraid of the dark,goosebumps,halloween town even Barney for fudge sakes. ( I only know this because i had a 4 year old brother at the time who was obsessed,and also because my kids watched the old episodes of barney and I was mesmerized by the styling of everyones costumes and the over set. Anyways Hope you enjoy my double faces ,and my shifting in between the worlds.

Shoes: Wal-mart
shirt- wal-mart
skirt- thrifted
bag- thrifted
tights- claires