Last year we were in Mexico for Halloween and the year before that I was working so much I didn't participate so it was this year, the third year that V and I have been together, that I finally got a glimpse at how much he truly loves this celebration. We threw a Halloween/house warming party and V spent days researching different DIY ideas for our apartment. He had been gathering his costume since April (possibly my first clue to how important October 31st is to him) but I had been resisting the upcoming night so the day before our party I left V to cut out 100 paper bats and made a trip to the dollar store to assemble my costume. I went as 'night' which was not as effective as I would have hoped (mental note: pretending like Halloween isn't going to happen does not equal the worlds best costume) but it did, after leveraging a mask I bought in New Orleans, cost me approx. $5.
V did an AMAZING job with the house - we had giant spiders, hanging bats, a dead body, bloody walls, a vodka infused watermelon 'brain' with 'zombie lips' (apple slices, peanut butter and white chocolate chips) and many a vomiting pumpkin. All in all - a good night.
Hope your Halloween was as memorable.
