[Mogwai]

Thanks, ooojen I'm definitely seeing more Halloween items around. Certain things are still hard to come by or very expensive here though. We went hunting for more stuff this afternoon and saw quite a lot that we'll likely pick up later in the week. And no, I don't believe we have anything like TJ Maxx here in Australia. In the UK (where I'm originally from) it's called TK Maxx but I haven't been in the UK for around 10 years so I'm not sure what they sell?

 

[ooojen]

I mistyped-- knew it was TK, but must have been anxious to type those x's -- haha! There's a thread on TJ Maxx and associated stores. The whole thread is fun, but I linked to the page where it really starts to warm up in the Halloween decor department
http://www.halloweenforum.com/gener...jmaxx-marshalls-canadian-counterparts-15.html

So you used to have Halloween in autumn, then? I know I'd find the difference quite an adjustment!

 

[ferhiljoe]

spotlight has lots of skeletons roughly $15 each and these are glow in dark
is there Costco in w a ?? the one we have here has lots of Halloween items,especially skeletons,gravestones,etc
for the kids you can get boxes of lolly body parts 100 piece for $8.95
hope this may help

 

[Mogwai]

ooojen: Oh, right, haha. Great, I'll take a look at that thread I never actually celebrated Halloween in England, but Autumn in general is missed. Where I live now, we basically just have summer for 3/4 of the year, haha.

ferhiljoe: We looked in Spotlight a couple of days ago and saw skeletons and other items we'll probably return for this week Unfortunately I don't think we have a Costco in Perth. That's a shame Thanks for your suggestion though.

 

[Mogwai]

Hi again, everyone. Just thought I'd upload a few pictures from last night. Unfortunately I didn't manage to get many photos during the evening so most of them were taken after the guests left, and the photos don't really do justice to how it looked in real life.

My sister and I in our costumes (I'm the one on the left) - she ended up winning the best costume prize!

 

[Jenn&MattFromPA]

You & your sister look great! I love that people really dress up for your party! You created a spooky feel to your rooms with that neat lighting in the lacy fabric. I like that. Thanks for sharing!

 

[ooojen]

Love it! What great decor, and what a great-looking bunch! I agree that it's fun to see people so dressed up. People put some effort into costumes for our party, but nothing like that!

Unfortunately I didn't get my bat mask hung up-side-down looking in the window, but I did get him full of Great Stuff and topping a newel post.

 

[Mogwai]

Thank-you We had a lot of great costumes this year. My sister's partner works in a theatre so he managed to get some great costumes for himself and his friend;

ooojen: we also didn't get him outside as the weather didn't permit, so he went indoors instead;

 

[Mogwai]

Some more photos:

This greeted people at the door...

Our bathroom had a bath full of 'blood', red lighting, bugs and vines everywhere to give it a creepy, rundown look

My false stained glass window over the toilet, with an owl on the sill

My partner and I posing by candlelight, haha

 

[Mogwai]

Sorry for all the pictures, haha. Just a couple more;

This is what the winners got as a prize. Lots of vampire themed candy (chocolate fangs, bloodsucker bubblegum, etc) as well as a blood orange flavoured drink, vampire incense, blood shot glasses and a horror compilation DVD. I wish I got a good picture of the actual gift box I decorated. Maybe one of the guests got one.

This is the only picture I have where you can see it slightly. That's the quiz winner holding his prize on the left, haha.