October was a busy month for me. Halloween is basically my favorite holiday, it's also my favorite month with the cooler temperatures, and turning leaves. On a random side note, Christmas is a close second as my favorite, but it actually really bothers me how Christmas seems to show up earlier and earlier each year. I've decided the main reason I don't like it is because I still want to enjoy the fall weather before jumping into Christmas. But I digress.
It would seem that this October I set out with the goal to dress up as many different things as I could! This was aided by the fact that I basically had some type of Halloween-related activity going on every weekend.
October 4th was the Run or Dye, which was also Conference Weekend. I was up by 6 am on a Saturday morning so I could drive into downtown Salt Lake, which is completely unheard of for me. I'll count this as a dress-up, because I did wear a rainbow-colored tutu for the run, and it took me most of the rest of the day to clean all the chalk off myself, my personal effects, and my poor car! Later that night I got to have a ladies night with some old college friends, including my friend Catherine who was visiting from medical school.
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| My hair. Don't worry, I had permanent stain on my forehead and scalp for at least 24 hours after! |
Tuesday, October 7th I went with some friends to the Castle of Chaos, a haunted house in Taylorsville. In most haunted houses, there are actors dressed up as zombies, etc, to harass event-goers. At this particular place you could do different levels of interaction with these actors, and my friend and I decided to try out the "Hands on Horror" level where the actors could actually touch and harass you. It was pretty intense, especially when Freddy Krueger and Jack the Ripper got all up in my personal bubble. This was probably one of the best haunted house experiences I've had, as far as scariness. Hooray!
October 11th I thought it would be a good idea to go get my nails done for the holiday. I went in wanting Nightmare Before Christmas nails, but instead received some fabulous Batman nails!
I loved my Bat nails, but they didn't hold up for very long. I ended up getting my Jack Skellington nails like a week before Halloween!
October 18th I had the Haunted Half up at the State Capitol. This saw me once again up at the crack of dawn on a Saturday. This was a fantastic run because I got to dress up for this activity. Also, I got a kick out of seeing everyone else in costume - while running! The race was started off by the headless horseman on an actual horse (creepy).
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| I dressed up as Ariel with fun makeup, scales, and bright red hair! |
Later that day I had a party with my friends Rachel and Shane, and a bunch of their friends. I wore my actual Halloween costume to this party. It wasn't quite finished yet, but people could pretty much figure out who I was. I was pretty proud of this day, because I was basically in costume for almost the entire day. If you're uncertain, I was dressed as Link from the Nintendo game Zelda.
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| Link has three different colored tunics. He's usually in green, but I decided to go with blue. |
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| Just in case you didn't know what I was going for. |
It was a "brinner" party (breakfast for dinner) with a costume contest, and fun games. I also brought along this massive red velvet cake from Costco. (Just for future reference, red velvet is my favorite.)
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| Just a little blast from the past with Scrubs! |
Rachel's family dressed up as Utes, including their cute little girl as a cheerleader. I stuck around for a little while, then ended up meeting some other friends to go to the Haunted Forest in American Fork. The funny part was I ended up going directly from my costume party to meet up with my friends, meaning I didn't change out of my costume. I showed up at my friend's house and there were about ten of them that shouted "surprise!" when I walked in the door. It was pretty entertaining because it scared the crap out of me, and of course I was the only one in costume. We had a fun time going through the haunted forest, except for the rando guys with chainsaws that kept harassing me. I guess I was an obvious target with my pointy "elf" ears, and the fact that I tend to freak out when chainsaws are nearby. Haha.
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| This is the only picture I took. This creepy pumpkin creature in front of the "forest." |
Sunday I drove down to Cedar City to hang out with my family while my brothers were on Fall Break. I got to take off a couple of days of work, and I stayed in Southern Utah until Wednesday. More on this later.
October 24th we did Witches Night Out at Gardner Village. I went with my friend Rachel, and we both wore our fancy witch hats we got last year when we went. Basically Gardner Village is a bunch of cute little novelly shops, and on these particular nights it's a ladies night where everyone dresses up as their interpretation of a witch!
Hooray, another reason to wear a costume
and bust out my crazy boots! We basically just wandered around, enjoying other people's costumes, and the live DJ. We didn't stay long because we were both pretty pooped from working all day. Saturday I did the Hero Dash. I
finally got to dress up as Batgirl, but I really didn't take very good pictures. After some stalking on the Facebook page, I found this beauty!
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| Me at the start line. You can't tell, but I've got a cape, and Batman socks. |
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| This is why I love Comic Con. It brings out awesome people like this! (These aren't paid actors. They just like to cosplay!) |
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| If you really wanted to know, you can see my elbow on the far left. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure this guy made his armor himself. Just like the real Tony Stark! |
Seriously. Later that night I got together with my friend Dave, and we carved a couple of pumpkins with his niece and nephew. So before we even got to Halloween, I had already worn a grand total of five different costumes. Hooray!
Yes, I have a problem. I admit it. Haha.
