It's Getting Spooky Up In Here

 The second best holiday of the year is less than a week away! 

What are you waiting for?! Start decorating, candy hoarding, movie watching, and best of all, experimenting with monstrously delicious martinis!

A not-so-reliable Hallowe'en History: 

Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain.  It represents the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. The ancient pagans used this time to stock up on supplies and prepare for winter.  The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and dead overlapped.  It's said that the deceased would come back to life and f*#k shit up by causing sickness and damage to their crops.  Creepy...

 20 Faaaantastic Hallowe'en Movies
 
These gems will be on loop all week at our place.

1. Nightmare Before Christmas (also my fav. movie of all time)
2. Hocus Pocus
3.  Beetlejuice
4. The Goonies
5.  Casper
6. It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
7. Edward Scissorhands
   ...and for after the kiddies are in bed... or if you're a scaredy cat...
8.  Night of the Living Dead
9. Poltergeist
10. Halloween
11. Friday the 13th
12. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
13. The Shining
14. A Nightmare on Elm Street
15. The Craft
16.  Pet Semetery
17. The Amityville Horror
18. IT
19. Child's Play
20. Silent Hill (not the best, but partially filmed here in my hometown..represent!)

 On the Menu:

Pumpkin Rice Krispies

Once again..Thanks Pinterest!

Crock Pot Pumpkin Spiced Lattes

Enough said...

Snakebites

1/2 Cider, 1/2 Lager

Corpse Brides

It's Essentially a White Russian with Vanilla Vodka and a spider garnish.
I'll take full credit for this one, thanks very much!
Pics to follow

Oh... and food? I guess we'll just order pizza...food at a time like this?!

In case you were wondering...
for C's First Hallowe'en she chose to be an owl.
She's been practicing her "toowit towhoo's".

Happy Haunting

boo,   Kiara