Over the past couple of days we've really been getting into the spirit of Halloween. Having never spent a Halloween in a country that actually embraces the spooky day, we (read: Robyn and I) are going all out, getting costumes and candy and we've even carved Jack-O-Lanterns. Now we just need a Halloween party to go to... They do a bit of a do down at the pub and there's prizes and whatnot so we might mosey on down there.

The only problem is, having grown up in Australia, somewhat sheltered from all the money-making commerciality of the day itself, we just don't know what to go as. We thought we'd go as something actually scary but it seems that you just don't do that. In fact it seems the main reason for any girls over the age of 12 to dress up is so they can wear the smallest items of clothing they own and add a hat or a broomstick and call themselves a witch. This would of course be fine, but the average temperatures overnight in Fernie have been hovering around the -3 mark. Not so great for Naughty Nurses and Wicked Witches and the like. Robyn and I scoured the op shops and the $1 stores (girls on a budget) and we came up a little short (pun intended). Man I wouldn't be able to bend over in some of those costumes, and if I did, THAT would be scary.

I really wanted to go as butchered brides but the thrift store wedding dresses were still pretty expensive. So in the end, Robyn got a cute little devils tail, horns and some sweet red and black striped stockings and she's borrowed one of my dresses and she's going as a devil. I'm sure she'll be batting off questions about her horns and if she's horny all night but what can you do. I'm going as a pumpkin. I think it was an idea that, once in my mind, I just ran with, and maybe I shouldn't have. And now I have an orange shirt and a glowing pumpkin cut-out to stick to my back, and the top of my jack-o-lantern to wear as a hat (depending on the extent of mould growth) so I'm really all in. I even got a cute little pumpkin bag! And orange nailpolish! So I'm a pumpkin.

It's quite funny how we've all got into the groove of living together. We've all intuitively chosen places to sit at the dinner table, we all help out and cook dinner in turns, we don't argue about the cleaning chores, everyone lets me watch Glee on Tuesday nights. Mostly Zane and Adam have been playing online poker and Robyn and I have been reading the Charlaine Harris True Blood series non-stop. We're home bunnies but it's nice. Robyn and Adam are getting snow tyres for Crystal over the weekend, in anticipation of the MASSSIVE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT IS GOING TO FALL SOON!!! We had our first at-home snowfall yesterday, so we all ran out onto the balcony and caught snowflakes on our tongues. It was exciting. It's been snowing heaps up on the hill but it's still too warm in town for any snow to gather.

So the Halloween party is tomorrow night, look out Fernie, you are about to be outpartied by a devil and a pumpkin and two guys who refuse to dress-up OH YEAHHHH

I'll try and get lots of photos to put up :)

Lots of spooky love, T and Z