Just as Jamie Lee Curtis could not escape Michael Meyers for 40 years in the new version of Halloween; Grant and I felt that we could not escape Halloween this year. We started mid-September with a trip to a haunted house and continued the festivities all the way until this past weekend. Considering Halloween is just one day a year— the fact we stretched it over 40 days was a bit of overkill.
This year we decided not to go all out and have a huge party, which was definitely the right call. Instead this year, we went to Holly and Chris’s house in Temecula and then on Sunday we kept it simple for us by hosting a Murder Mystery Dinner Party.
I woke up on Saturday sick as a dog. Holly and Chris are always really great about coming to our parties so I did not want to flake. This meant that since I was out of commission that Grant was required to pick up the slack when it came to choosing costumes. He decided that we should be a couples costume of wine and cheese. It was pretty ridiculous, but definitely fun.
I thought my part was a bit boring so I wanted to spice it up. What costume could I wear that would not require pants? Risky business. Thus, risky cheese business or cheesy business was created. No one got it. Literally no one. Totally okay with that. I am going to chalk this one up to the fever and move on. The party was fun, it was great seeing everyone, and we created some really awesome carved pumpkins. I definitely hope they do this again next year.
The next day was our turn for our small party and so we began setting up for the murder mystery dinner party. The tables went up and I had gotten a few things from the dollar store to use as decorations. The food was catered by Luna Grill and that was a godsend as I definitely was not up to cooking for the party. Everyone came in character and dressed up. The script was funny, but the company made it hysterical. Lara the racist was the murderer and I was the only one to guess it correct.
Another year of Halloween in the books. Looking forward to tweaking next year a bit, but continuing the good times.