In Halloween world, the best thing that could possibly happen is that Halloween falls on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. Personally, I like when it falls on a Monday. People are festive all weekend long and bring it on in for Monday. Good stuff. Last night, I went to a Halloween party where there were great costumes, tons of booze, good music, good times.
The house itself was amazing. That makes a huge difference right there. When you go to a party, any party, you want the space to be nice, clean, and have good energy. This house was all of those things, complete with a really open floor plan, tons of space and a back yard! It's not often you get to hang out in a back yard in Brooklyn. So, I was quite pleased when I realized that if I started to feel crowded or hot, I could simply step into a very cute and well-taken-care-of back yard.
A really important (and potentially dreadful) aspect of a party is the company. You've got to figure out who you will know there. Sometimes, you go to a party where you know tons of people and so it's a non-issue. I was invited by one of the party-throwers/ house-dwellers and a good friend of mine would be there, but that was it. You know that feeling where you know the party will be fun and you want to go but you also don't want to hang on your friend too much and you can never rely on the person who's throwing the party because they're busy shmoozing. This was not any type of issue here. First-off, within twenty minutes of getting there, in walked two other friends of mine, so that was wonderful. Second-off, everyone was really easy-going and open. It was fun; not at all cliquey. That's not always the case. And it could lead to an uncomfortable, low-level-stressful situation if it IS cliquey and not fun and inclusive. So, I was very relieved that everyone was cool.
I walked in bearing a six-pack of Smuttynose Pumpkin beer. I was told by a skeleton that there was a bucket in the backyard and I could put my beers in there. I walked out back and saw that it was a nice metal bucket and right next to it was a bin for recycling. When I realized that my beer was not a twist off, my friend pointed at the bar, and there was everything you might need for drinking- bottle opener for your beers, cork screw for your wine, they had all types of cups, liquor, mixers, ice... everything was right there for you.
And the snack table!!! You know this is what I was most excited about, right? People who know me or, maybe don't know me but have read a few of my posts, would know that when my eyes rested upon this fully-stocked snack table, they would light up like a jack o'lantern. They had salty snacks over on the left side, potato chips, cheese puffs, peanuts, and olives and on the right side, cupcakes (my weakness), candy, etc. A good party has a good variety of snacks.
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And lastly, the costumes. I really liked the costumes that people came in. I think one of the simplest and cutest costumes for me was the girl who dressed as a voodoo doll. There was also a barbie doll who came in a box, which was funny and won the contest but you're in a box all night. There was an owl, a siamese cat, a man from the press, Dexter, Day of the Dead skeletons, a sexy nurse (he was a guy) and my one friend had a costume that I don't know how to describe. He had a Nasa shirt and laser guns? I think. I don't know what I was, other than I got to wear my wig with a lace dress. It wasn't my most awesome work, but I got to have long, luscious, curls for an evening, and that's all I really care about.
When it comes to throwing a party, these people know what they're doing. Good people, good food, good drinks, good time!
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