31 Days of Halloween: Day 15

It's Day No. 15 of our Halloween celebrations!

Beetlejuice Earrings

New earrings! (Since it's been a Beetlejuice-y kinda month!)

Chocolate Ghost

Was out for a work event this morning, and it went well so I celebrated with a chocolate ghost.

Autumn Gnocchi

Out for a work dinner tonight. We were at The Smithfield Social, so in honour of the season I ordered from their Autumn Specials menu... wild mushroom and truffle gnocchi with spinach, pistachio pesto crumb and crispy parmesan!

31 Days of Halloween: Day 14

Another day of celebrating Halloween month... woohoo! And I'm still feeling under the weather... boohoo! Still, I picked myself up and got out of the house for a bit (my cold's gone, but the tiredness is still here).

Autumn Mouse

Little present from my mum - a twin to the one she got me at the Autumn Equinox.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Went to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with my brother this evening, which was a lot of fun (or, not too bad for a legacy sequel).

Beetlejuice Fanta

In honour of the film, my brother got me another bottle of Beetlejuice Fanta. 'Tis the season, apparently.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 7

It's Day No. 7 of our month-long Halloween celebrations this year!

Tea Meditation

Today started with something that maybe wasn't strictly a Halloween activity, but I'm counting it anyway as it happened in October! I attended a Chinese Tea Meditation (Cha Dao) session with TsiaTe. It might not be an explicitly seasonal thing to do, but the sense of connection to nature and lineage, and the encouragement to slow down and be mindful, certainly helps when you're trying to live more seasonally.

Lord of the Rings Walk

And another thing that wasn't actually for Halloween... me and my brother have been doing a Lord of the Rings walking challenge from The Conqueror this year. We've completed The Shire, and now we're about a third of the way through The Fellowship. Today we got together for a walk, which (I think) took us pretty much to Weathertop. We celebrated, not with a knife in the dark, but with Warm Blanket tea and a Halloween cupcake.

Beetlejuice Fanta

Little present from my brother!

Parkin

I had to go to a meeting this evening that I didn't want to go to, as I knew it would be horrible. So I took some parkin with me. Everything's better with parkin.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 15

I submitted my manuscript this morning! Woohoo! Can't believe I got the draft done! So the rest of the day was spent doing other things...

Spooky Season Virtual Writing Retreat

In quite odd timing, I spent today running an online writing retreat. But I'd literally just sent 90,000 words to my publisher and had absolutely no words left.

Halloween Pyjamas

My mum has outdone herself with today's Halloween present. She came round and dropped off matching glow-in-the-dark Halloween pyjamas for me and Rob.

31 Halloween Films: Beetlejuice

The random number generator has spoken... tonight we watched Beetlejuice!

31 Halloween Films: Night of the Living Dead

They're coming to get you, Barbra...