Festive Fall/Halloweekend

Last weekend husband and I decided to forgo the costumery of Halloween and celebrated instead with a weekend revolving around food, trail runs, football, food, and pumpkin carving. It was gloriously relaxing and just what I needed after a hectic week.

{Eggplant Parmesan}

{Apple Walnut Cinnamon Rolls}

{A werewolf & a hoot owl}


This weekend will include more new recipes {I've been dying to try some from this book!}, trail runs, and probably a fire or two in the fireplace. What are your weekend plans?
xoxo

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Happy Halloween

Wishing you a weekend filled with treats, tricks, and spooky (but pleasant) surprises.
xoxo


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halloween 2009

this year husband and i spent halloween with two of our faves:
my girl kindredly and her husband JG.

husband, JG, and i know each other from high school,
and kindredly and i are like two peas in a pod,
{as my grandmother would say}
so it's always a good time when the four of us are together.

JG smoked a pork loin and made bbq sauce from scratch.
it was heavenly!

then they handed out candy to very few trick-or-treaters.
i think their doorbell rang a total of seven times.
it was a weak showing this year, i have to say.
{don't worry, that's not JG's real hair}

i tried on the creepy mask, but i wasn't too convincing,
so i left the majority of the spooking to JG.

it was a really fun night,
although, i wouldn't recommend watching the strangers
at midnight on halloween.
it tends to make ones imagination run wild....

i hope you all had a spooky but fun halloween!



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happy happy halloween!

Boo!, originally uploaded by Dimpleicious.

husband and i are spending halloween
with some of our favorite friends...
watching the ga/fla football massacre,
grilling out some delicious food,
and handing out candy, of course.

what are you doing on this haunted holiday?



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creepy couture

i was never a fan of halloween as a kid.

i loved dressing up {ballerinas and pippi longstocking were my favorite},

but i was always scared of the creepy masks and clowns parading down the street.

even as an adult, i just don't get excited over halloween.

last year was the first in quite a while

that i actually dressed up and went to a party.

{we were the twelve months, and i was miss april. april showers!}

that being said, i really can't explain my fascination with tim burton.

i loved edward scissorhands and beetlejuice growing up,

and the nightmare before christmas is among my favorite movies.

so when i saw the new harper's bazaar,

i was ecstatic.

some of the images are a bit creepy for my inner clown-fearing adolescent,

but i love dark, ominous quality of the shoot.

images courtesy of harper's bazaar

the images with the oversized skeleton are my very favorites;

i love the juxtaposition of vibrant flowers and the ominous skeleton.

it almost makes me rethink my aversion to halloween.

i wouldn't mind walking around in a couture red dress and stilettos.

i just have to talk husband into being the skeleton....

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Happy Halloween!

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Hope you have a wonderful trick or treat!