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| I love spending Halloween with my friends |
Hi guys ahead of my first Halloween activity of the year (pumpkin picking on Saturday) I thought it might be fun to revisit the 'ghosts of Halloween's past' and share some of my favourite Halloween memories.
Believe it or not, I didn't go to my first Halloween party until I went to a work friend's in 2007.
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Gem (left) and I still like to do Halloween things to this day (especially visiting Halloween displays!)
The first Halloween party that I had a hand in hosting was 2008 when my ex and I threw a party. |
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| Chris and I used an entire bottle of red nail polish on his costume inspired by Shaun Of The Dead |
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| It looked pretty effective! |
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| Cringey late 00s goth pose - I did love that corset though *nostalgic sigh* |
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| Nat and me |
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| Luke and me |
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| Lydia, Nat & Alli |
In 2009 we were in Wetherspoons.
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| Lydia and me |
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| Not my most exciting look |
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| 2010 featured hats, bats, cupcakes and blue contact lenses |
In 2014 Luke, Barry and I went to our first 'Fright Night' when we went to Blackstock Farm.
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| Luke and I don't look too convinced ..... |
Luke and Barry also held a fantastic party that year!
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| I used my 'split personality' as inspiration for my costume. |
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| The boys are the best pumpkin carvers! |
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Eyeball punch anyone?
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L-R Lydia, Hilary, Luke & Barry
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I'm not sure anyone will ever forgive Barry for his 'mystery boxes' ...
We did it again in 2015 -
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| My make-up routine |
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| I went as a 1920s 'Day Of The Dead' Flapper |
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| Luke and me |
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Hilary and me
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| Barry and me |
2016 was the year I FINALLY hosted my own Halloween party!
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| My hobby of Halloween cross-stitch was born! |
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| I went for a Steampunkish look |
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| Helen and me |
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| Vana, Chris & me |
Outfit of the night had to go to Amanda with her costume inspired by The Purge successfully creeping everyone out with her mask.  |
| Amanda, Helen and me |
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| L-R Amanda, Barry, Luke, Me, Vana & Chris |
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| L-R Amanda, Barry, Luke, Helen, Vana & Chris |
2017 saw me taking Halloween into the office with a Wednesday Addams dress and hair. Most importantly it marked the debut of Dad's super-effective t-shirt ghost decorations.
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| Helen believes in the Great Pumpkin and so should you! |
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| Halloween family - Helen, Vana, Me, Mum and Chris |
In 2018 Luke, Barry and I upped our fright night game with a trip to Tulley's Farm's Shocktober Fest which was utterly epic.
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| L-R Matt, Barry, Luke, Me, Daisy & Laura |
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| Luke & Barry awaiting the 'Circus Of Horrors' |
2019 it was back round to mine!
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| Corney wearing his ghost costume. |
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| Everyone needs a Halloween Hound |
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| One of the ghost shirts |
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| The stairs always lend themselves well to drapes and skeleton lights |
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| Helen & Amanda (no scary mask thankfully) |
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| L-R Barry, Luke, Helen, Jamie, Hilary & Amanda |
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| L-R Me, Barry, Luke, Jamie & Hilary |
2020, as we all know, was a crazy year which restricted so many things including Halloween festivities. But most importantly I went to my first ever pumpkin patch with Lydia and Hilary at Poynings Pumpkin Patch.
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| Naturally we started off with breakfast, pumpkin picking is a strenuous activity! |
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| Pancakes, tea and a cocktail - what's not to like? |
The countryside near Poynings is absolutely beautiful and I'd never seen so many pumpkins in my life!
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| There's something familiar about this pumpkin .... |
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| Making their selections |
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| Polka dots and pumpkins |
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| I love this photo |
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| Our haul |
I managed to have a small Halloween gathering with Helen & Amanda with all the decorations up.
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| Covidween |
Some decoration spam -
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| It's the ghost shirts again! |
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| Halloween Cocktail |
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| Amanda, Helen & me 'in the graveyard' |
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Selfie time!
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I'm really excited to be hosting a proper Halloween party this year with loads of decorations naturally and this Saturday we're heading to Tulley's Farm for pumpkin picking so I shall report back with plenty of photos!
Love Jen
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