trick or treat!

halloween came by not so long ago, and while it's not really a big thing here in oz, as compared to the US, we at alphageek HQ do so enjoy any opportunity to dress up, so we got cracking on our costumes (happy coincidental visitors from interstate were told to bring it, or be unwelcome on our couch; they brought it)

kudos for the extra preparation by bloody claire...

...and kat, kat, the pumpkin king (who was immensely frustrated at the party when she realised she'd forgotten to bring her straw)







feeling rather proud, we then drove to the party, hoping that claire's bloody appearance would catch the eye of any passing police. 'twas not to be. we did get attention from several pedestrians as well as small children in adjacent cars at some traffic lights "...but halloween's on tuesday," protested the children (this was a saturday) "oh, we just wanted to get ready early" replied jess, which is probably a better answer than my "boozing up isn't so good mid-week" explanation

there were some gorgeous outfits at the party (though i secretly thought: pah! hired costumes! where's the fun in that?!), which you can see on claire's blog.

i also got to carve my first pumpkin -very exciting!- and was gloatful to win a box of choccies for my efforts (my jack-o-lantern is the one on the left)