Halloween!

I am not big on Halloween, but this year, I’ve been invited to both a Halloween party, and then next week, a Day of the Dead party. For tomorrow night’s Halloween party in a friend’s barn, I am reprising a costume from 2007 and am going as Kitchen Nightmares. Here, my late friend, John Gutierrez and I are cooking up some of his famous goulash at a Halloween party. I borrowed a chef’s jacket from a chef friend, complete with set-in kitchen stains, and then am decorating it with iron-on bugs and rats. I have a chef’s toque that will also be decorated. I will be carrying a huge chef’s knife, but will probably ditch it in a corner at the first opportunity.

For the Day of the Dead party, I ordered a dress on Amazon and then risked life and limb and went to Party City to pick up a flowered head-band and some make up.

I did have to go on a bit of a rant and wonder why every.single.costume for women is marketed as “sexy”. Who wants to be a sexy meter maid or a sexy minion? Ugh!

There will be a little place at this party to acknowledge those who have died in the past year, so I thought I’d take one of Connor’s old toys. I am sad that this year I don’t have a dog to decorate,

but I managed to dress up our office ghost, as I do every holiday.

No wonder she plays tricks on me!

Have a safe and happy Halloween.