HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

It has been hard to really get into the spirit of Halloween and the fall season when the weather is still like summer (although it is getting more bearable) but we still had a really good time this weekend celebrating in spooky style.

Last night we went to a Murder Mystery Dinner at The Club with a large group of Sass' co-workers. Actors were co-mingled amongst the rest of the people there and played out parts of the plot during the night. Then we were supposed to figure out "whodunit?" at the end. We had two characters at our table, Ingrid Bates (mother of Norman Bates) and Winston C. Cup (a newspaper reporter for "The Daily Probe"); pictured below.

Sassafrass was able to deduce who the killer was at the end and I won a gift certificate for a bottle of wine for my costume. It was the first time we have ever gone to anything like that and it was a lot of fun.

Tonight we went to Kin and Barb's place for a Halloween party. She had been planning this party for a few weeks and made a lot of food, but unfortunately the educational "powers that be" in the UAE decided that everyone at the schools has to come to work this Saturday to make up for the extra day that was allowed off at the beginning of Eid al Fitr. So, a lot of people did not show up as it was a "work night." It was still a lot of fun for us though. We spent most of the night chatting with an Australian co-worker and her British husband about the holiday traditions in America and their own countries. We were also able to introduce her 12-year-old son to pumpkin-carving for the first time. I love being able to share stories and experiences cross-culturally. After it all, we ended up having a really good time this Halloween! I have to go now, it's time for siesta... :)