It sucks to live in Florida when all you want to do is see changing leaves and feel a chill in the air. But lately, Alex & I have been trying to channel what autumn and Halloween is all about by recreating it within our home. We have autumn-scented candles and delicious baked goods like my
homemade pumpkin chocolate chip bread. The other day Alex & I stocked up on some Halloween decor and decorated. I even came across bat and pumpkin-shaped cookie cutters!
The Halloween festivities have also begun as well. During the month of October we watch a lot of Halloween-esq movies. Hocus Pocus & Beetlejuice are my all-time-favourite movies during this time of year. Speaking of movies, last Friday Alex & I went over to my parents' house to watch
Dracula, Dead and Loving It. This coming Friday we're also going to watch
Transylvania 6-5,000 with my parents, which is a movie that none of us has seen before.
Another thing Alex & I do to get in the Halloween spirit is construct an awesome jack-o-lantern. Alex did a really awesome one last year (as you can see on the left). This week Alex is finally going to carve our jack-o-lantern. And I plan on making pumpkin spiced cookies with my new cookie cutters.
If you're looking for a festive nail polish idea, be sure to check out my
DIY Ghost Nails that I did last year.
Don't forget to check out our
X-Files Mulder & Scully costumes from last year too!
What do you normally do to get into the Halloween spirit?
Cute nails and great costumes from last year! Love last year's Jack-o-Lantern too. It will be fun to see what this year's looks like!! Have fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Terri. He's a pro at jack-o-lanterns for sure! I'll be posting the one from this year soon.
DeleteI started burning "fall" candles in July. Fall is a state of mind, right!?
ReplyDeleteAlex's jack-o-lantern skills are impressive. Mine always wind up looking like there's just a big piece missing.
What are you guys going as this year!??!?!!? I need ideas.
Oh it's totally a state of mind! Haha.
DeleteI'll let Alex know you like his pumpkin. ;) Mine always look terrible too.
As for costumes, I think I'll be going as Louise from Bob's Burgers and Alex has been talking about going as Ethan/werewolf from Penny Dreadful.