HalloweenBlog1- Sarah's Costumes

Halloween Post 1 of 4(?)

The Many Halloween Costumes of Sarah

If everyday could be Halloween- Sarah would be the happiest person in the world. Here are a few quick shots of some (yes.."some" there were more!) of her costumes used this October!

This was thrown together quickly for Trick-or-Treating night to give out candy. We call it the "voodoo princess" look... but it was honestly "some of this, some of that" last minute!

This zombie getup (before the blood was added) was actually a joke at first because we picked up a package of Tshirts for a project and didn't realize until we opened them that they were for young boys. Sarah was just goofing around pretending to be the hulk ("hulk smash!") but it ended up being zombie-riffic!

More Zombie fun! This ratted hair and makeup just made Sarah look like she was hungover or something. But only a zombie would eat brains. Mmm.. braaaaiiinnnnssss!

This one was done especially for the Murder Mystery. Sarah was Little Red Riding Hood. Later a mask of a be-headed wolf was added for the terror-factor, and if you could have seen the shoes you would have known this was RED-HOT Riding Hood! :-)

Obsession...

I rarely blog about products because who wants to read my personal commercials? But honestly... I have an obsession with this scent from Bath andBody works. I got the candle LAST winter and light it sparingly because after winter they took the scent away. Well its back so I stocked up and can enjoy it to my hearts delight. And I do. Thats right, I'm obsessed with a candle...

Halloween Hauntings

Halloween is a mega deal for us, its more than a holiday- its a... well...very cool holiday that we overly celebrate. (maybe because we ignore so many other holidays?)

Last year we went to see Wicked the musical in Denver and ate at the melting pot which had a special where your server tells ghost stories and your menu is all spooky (like giant fake spiders on your salad and eyeballs in the cheese fondue). It was great fun, bu

t when we heard they had an over-night haunting tour we were a little sad we weren't a part of it.

SO THIS YEAR:

Hubby just informed me he made the reservations for TOUR OF TERROR at the Melting Pot. We, together with other Halloween and Ghost enthusiasts, enjoy a grand dinner at the Denver Melting Pot (our resteraunt of choice for our fancier dates) and enjoy a tour with real paranormal investigator Kevin Sampron who is President of Spirit Paranormal Investigations. You see, Denver has some great haunting "hot spots" and one of those happens to be the very building that Melting Pot now occupies. It used to be an old city jail way back in the days... you can tell where some of the individual jail cells were and where the new additions to the building start and the old building remains. We took a quick peak into their meeting last year and they all kinds of fun gizmos and gadgets being set up to take paranormal

readings. I don't know what I do and don't believe about it but I've always wanted to be in one of those "exploring the paranormal" shoes they do on TV. And as long as there are gizmos and gadgets (and lots of fondu cheese!) Vince will also be a very happy person.

To further our Halloween fun we will be participating in Petrie's Halloween Lockdown... where we are all locked in overnight for some fun. I don't have many details on that yet but 1) It's Petries and 2) ...wait, do I even need a #2? Hahaha. There's also a mid-October Murder Mystery Party that we're eager to get all costumed up for. We will also be going to Elitch's FrightFest at least once since we still have season tickets. LOVE this time of year!!!

And another off-topic thought for the day. I often wonder how people can stand to NOT be us. Not to be all self-loving anf vain here but really... we're just so much fun.

We Are The Champions....!

This photo pretty much says it all. We AWESOME!

On Saturday Benjamin, Vince, James, and I went to our (second home and) favorite local game store/hang out to play in their first annual game show. When we had to originally chose a team name we maybe should have said "Team Berryman". But no. When asked Vince, Ben, and I all said "team...AWESOME" automatically and frighteningly in sync. Perhaps we spend too much time together..? Maybe great minds DO think alike... except Ben was there, so out the window goes THAT theory. Haha.

Knowing that the best way to beat out any competition is to intimidate them off the bat, I decided we needed matching game-day outfits. We found some cheap shirts at Walmart that said "I'm sorry... I can't hear you over the sound of how AWESOME I am". Perfect-o! Also it just so happened that the shirts were bright yellow- which everyone knows in nature is the WATCH OUT color (like a school crossing sign) ... and WATCH OUT other teams cause we're gonna wipe the floor with you.

The board was set up in an almost jeapordy like fashion where you select catergories of play. First up was Taboo- the one game our team has the least amount of experience with. We selected Ben to be our clue-giver because none of us really wanted the pressure of doing it right off the bat. The blue team flew through there cards at an incredible speed, and they didn't loose steam for most of the whole game show! The pink team was also doing really well after a stumble on their first card. Then it was our turn... Ben looked at the first card got a confused look on his face and said "...wow". To which I replied "World of Warcraft" and therefor earned the highest badge in geek-scouts-of-america. After the first round we knew Blue was going to stomp the floor with us and Pink was was going to be one of those quiet but ends victorious teams.

Sadly, in the first round we were in last place. That blue team was serving out no mercy! But maybe, just maybe, it was our plan along to let them get a little comfortable and cocky before we slammed them in points. Um, yeah, that's our story and we're sticking to it. Suddenly- a challenge was announced. We weren't allowed to know what the challenge would be, only that one member of our team needed to be chosen and that teammate would be out for the next round. We sacraficed...I mean volunteered... James. We told him if he screwed up we were disowning him. Pressure was on! Once teammates from each team were chosen the challenge was revealed: they needed to complete a 3-D apple puzzle before the other team's chosen members did. Thank the BoardGame Gods that I wasn't chosen for this one- I can't even put together the simple puzzles in my preschool classroom sometimes. The game continued on without the three puzzle goers, and our team was still very much behind.

I made the mistake of over-bidding how far we could get on an OUTBURST card. The subject was "Nursery Rythme Characters"... how could someone whose life is dedicated to children aged 2-10 not be overly confident in this one? Our team pulled out 5/10 when I had predicted we would get all 10. I forgot "cat and the fiddle" and even "Mother Goose" herself. Does this mean they'll take my degree back from me?

_to be finished shortly vince needs me attention_