Anyway... Soon. Pumpkin time!
Christmas... meh 
Easter... worrever 
Halloween.... I flippin LOVE it!!! 
Have you anything planned Hitch, celebration or food wise?
Been picking at the halloween sweeties. Got my pumpkin to carve. Got stripey halloween tights (not sure why actually. I live in trousers.)... and world cup final that day.
You got plans? Get many guisers?
Just planning the usual... spooky films, stories + music to get in the mood and getting a Halloween shop on Monday. Its hard to get sparklers here though Tesco don't stock them. Asda seem to [hopefully]. Do people light sparklers up in Scotland?
No guisers/kids however... bliss! . I live by the Marina [ which makes it sound posher than it is ]. Not really a family area, mostly small apartments. And my building intercom is broken anyway Not that I'm a skinflint about giving 
*coff*
Are you getting guisers at the door... what do you give them?
Sparklers is more a Guy Fawkes thing... Not keen on fireworks in general to be honest.
Spooky movies are always a good plan. 
Yeah... we get a couple. Avon lady brings her kids and a bunch of their friends. Got three kids in our close... and the junkies that moved away's kids'll probably turn up too... I hope we have enough sweets. (Need to stop picking at them.)
Ahhh...The optimum amount of guisers /kids? 
Sparklers remind me of childhood Halloweens. Err...Guy Fawkes wasn't celebrated much here 
Sparklers were all we had because fireworks were banned in NI [ only the big organised display things were allowed ].
The BEST things though were these special leaves my Nana had in her garden - she'd throw them in her bonfire and they'd go off like firecrackers
Optimum, yes... although, if they don't show I get sweeties.
Fireworks should be banned everywhere (outside the big displays). 
Yet bonfires are still a big thing I see... *ahem*
What sort of leaves were they?
They do like a bonfire up that way, yes. 
Umm.. they were magic leaves? Not sure of the name, but they were dark green, shiny and leaf shaped!
Just finished my pumpkin and its lit now, looking at me - made a papier mache one this year. Probably less time and effort went into completing the Sistine Chapel lol.
Paper mache? How'd it turn out? Got a spooky face?
Thursday for mine. Pumpkin 2: Son of Bartholomew.
Its rubbish in daylight - but excellent lit up Its the iconic Halloween [1978] pumpkin, same as last year. That's the only type of pumpkin face I really like / find scary. Maybe its cos that was the first scary film I ever saw as a child so that primitive pumpkin face terrifies me?
Son of Bartholomew eh? Who's that...
Bartholomew was last year's pumpkin. Yes. Not only did I name my pumpkin, I remember said name a year later.
I'm thinking of branching out with a my pumpkin style this year... with not entirely cut through bits, and what not.
Oh 
... good luck as those would be fairly fiddly to carve?
Here's mine:
As you can see its an absolute work of art The grooved effect was created with string and orange post it notes were used for the top layer. Slight bit of shading with orange felt pen for that realistic touch
Ok... it looks like Gordon the Gopher by day... but its surprisingly scary by night
Brava! He is splendid. I was all "He looks familiar." and then you said Gordon... Yes! Nice work.
I chickened out with the major shading work I had planned (forked tongue coming over the lower jaw.), but did do a wee bit to define the brow/angry eyes.
Tada!
Oh my! EEEEeeeep! 
*peeps out from behind the sofa*
Hitch...That is excellent! must have been hard to do, well done 
Thank you. I lost a few teeth (his, not mine), and one eye is better than the other. (The "other eye" was created to pain us. Cyclops have it right... Ooh! There's an idea for next year.) The teeth have shrunk away to nothing already.
Awww shame about the teeth... pumpkins disintegrate quickly I like how he's scary but makes you smile too... is that the definition of spoopy?
What have you planned for tonight?
Tonight'll be Hallowe'en Strictly and jumping up excitedly for guisers... followed by spooky movies. Maybe see if it'll let me past the fourth night on FNAF. Yourself?
Spoopy I think came from a badly designed Hallowe'en decoration Tumblr found... No idea if it has taken on a meaning all of it's own. Unlike "cinnamon roll", which has evolved rapidly.
Missed Strictly, was it good?...
Halloween and Christmas are the only times I drink... tend to go a bit wayward, sorry 
Woke up a bit worse for wear but just made myself a sweet old fashioned... [ Don Draper's favourite cocktail ] and have a bottle of Jameson's [ yep his other favourite drink ] and will watch an assortment of favourite MM episodes through today...
See you on the other side 
Strictly was alright. Worst charleston ever. To be expected.
Bit of MM theme night then? Nice. I Worgened on World of Warcraft quite a lot too. That was fun... found the Pandaria flight trainer... having to walk everywhere was a pain.
