I ended up having a pretty good time! I carved one more pumpkin, a True Blood pattern I made myself that I haven't taken pictures of yet! I will get some tonight, it's shriveled a little but it should still work. After everything was ready for the Trick-or-Treaters, I took Anna and a friend of hers Trick-or-Treating around my neighborhood. She's six now, and has always loved Halloween. Last year, I was in Orlando and didn't see her for Halloween, so this was the first time we did the Trick-or-Treating thing since the year before. Her mother is somewhat less than stellar, so I don't even know if she got to Trick-or-Treat last year. She was SOOOO excited by it this year! She was charging right up to front doors and making me proud with her candy collecting. Someone told her to have a great night, and she said "I AM having a great night!" as she skipped away in her vampire costume. Cute!
After that was all over, I sat back and ate some dinner and a candy apple, and did my hair and make-up to get ready to go out with the group. My sister and my good friend Lara came over to go out with us. We headed over to my friend's house to take a group picture, but one member of our group was running a little late, so the three of us headed downtown without them, intending to meet them there.
2nd Street was PACKED! Wall to wall costumes, everywhere you looked. Slutty Alice in Wonderland was the most popular theme to be sure. Leg Avenue and its ilk represented a good percentage of costume, but there were some really creative ones too. I really liked a Waitress Sookie from True Blood and a couple from the Matrix. No one really "got" my costume (Athena) but that was fine, people were very impressed to see a "female gladiator!" We headed off to a quieter bar that was more air conditioned, watched a live band, danced, and waited.
About three hours later the rest of the group showed up, and then it was more drinking, more dancing, and more celebrating! At about 4 am I called it a night and took a cab home, and then spent all yesterday feeling rather poorly, and eating my candy.
Pictures!
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The little vampire. This kid has an obsession to rival mine. She LOVES Buffy and likes to pretend that she is the slayer, but for Halloween she joined the other team. She thought my True Blood pumpkin was of Buffy!
My costume as it appeared just before Trick or Treating, before hair and make-up.
Lara, me, and my sister.
The full group minus one person. Unfortunately we never got a full complete group picture that night.
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I'm too observant and nothing scared me.
