Sunday, March 05, 2006
The 13th Hour
When you walk through someone's house is the first thing you think about is how you would decorate it for Halloween? I can't help but think that a couple of tombstones would look good in the corner and a bunch of spiderwebs would go nicely with the drapes. I think I come by my obsession naturally. My dad used to carve gigantic pumpkins that were bigger than I was for our front porch. He also would turn our big maple tree in our front yard in to a Halloween Tree complete with lighted jackolanterns. For some reason we had a tombstone in our back yard and he used to tell me a witch was buried there. I think that freaked out a lot of the neighborhood kids but I thought it was exciting....I love looking around the internet for new ideas. Sometimes after finding a particularly wonderful prop or menu item I want to try out I get so excited that I could literally jump up and down with joy. In February I started thinking that it was time to start planning the Halloween Party. We weren't sure if we were going to have one this year or not due to our upcoming ceremony in August. I managed to convince Virlena that we MUST have one or else my life would not be complete. She is a good sport. I don't think she quite knew what she was getting into when she met me. One of my friends recently asked me if Virlena is as in to Halloween as I am. Virlena enjoys Halloween but what she really likes is the opportunity to be creative. She has come up with some wonderful ideas for our past parties. Her artistic talent is a dream come true for me. I appreciate the fact that she allows our lives to be taken over by Halloween from August - October. If we had a bigger house and our own yard I am sure I would like to start earlier but we just don't have the room for storage for all of the props I would like to make. The downfalls of living in a condo. Virlena is already off and running with our theme for this year. She has found some great things on eBay and it in only March! I am so proud of her. I don't think she was this into it until at least June last year! For all of her enthusiasm she still does not share my obsession....I have found my people! Somehow I stumbled upon www.halloweenforum.com. It is a message board where people even more obsessed than me talk about all things Halloween! Due to a post I read a few days ago I was able to get a huge discount on bones throught the ACC. The good people at Halloween Forum said to get the discount going on right now you have to call the ACC and tell them you are a haunter and give them the name of your haunt. Before I called I decided I would tell them the name of my "haunt" is CLUB DrEAD which is inspired by last year's party. In a few days Virlena and I will get a shipment of assorted bones and three skulls!
# posted by melinda @ 10:27 PM 
