Happy (Belated) Halloween!

So yesterday was a full day...meetings galore in the morning, the office party in the afternoon, dinner out with work peeps, followed by a late showing of Zack and Miri Make A Porno.

Meetings were actually useful (for a change). The party went off without a hitch - as did my costume (I went as Joan from Mad Men...loved my red wig so much I think I'll wear it all the time), dinner was awesome, and the movie was hysterical.

( Zack and Miri do what? )

Oh...and did I mention I also took part in my annual pumpkin carving this week? Always a good time...I was pretty tired on the night so I'm not super happy with how mine turned out (the lines aren't very clean) but none the less, another year's pumpkin carved:

( My Dr. Horrible Pumpkin )

( Friend Pumpkin #1 - Homer Simpson )

( Friend Pumpkin #2 - ET )

So there it is, another Halloween come and gone. Time to stop listening to my Halloween music mix on my iPod, to put away my stack of scary movies (and Buffy episodes), and to bemoan the lack of pumpkin products available to buy at the supermarket (tasty!). Now it's time to roll my eyes at the fact all the Halloween paraphernalia in stores has already been replaced by Santas and mistletoe.

Okay...I am more excited about my Halloween costume than I've ever been before..and I threw it all together in 3 days!!! I'm going as...

INARA!!

Not that I'm obsessed with the 'Verse in the least ;) It looks pretty damn good, if I do say so myself. I have a long burgundy dress, trimmed with gold thread, oriental looking necklace and earrings (gold), and long curly black wig. Oh and a cape like she wore in The Train Job.

Why did I go to so much trouble? I have planned and am hosting a party at work tomorrow for the entire company - including the CEO, etc. So I have to look good.

Guess how much time they gave me to plan this? A week! They came to me last Friday and were like, "Ummm...we kind of forgot, but our department always puts on a big bash for the whole building...it's a big PR thing for our department and since we are the Design/Interactive department, people expect it to be good. So yeah, can you plan something?"

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! *tears hair out*

One of our designers and I managed to throw together an invite on Monday morning and sent it to everyone. ( Party Invite )

After that, it actually all fell together and I think it will be half decent and anyway, my costume kicks ass! And people will know who she is, because one of TV stations plays and promotes Firefly all the time :)

Wish me luck!