Hallowe'en
Nov. 2nd, 2021 06:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nnyI had a truly wonderful Hallowe'en.
On Friday I carved pumpkins with my housemate and watched Coco; I made a haunted house that turned out way better than I expected.
On Saturday I visited the Coffin Works in Birmingham, which was a wonderful experience - a tour given by a really knowledgeable tour guide, loads of personal touches about workers at the museum, and an entirely too tempting gift shop. :D That was followed by a nice brunch at the Button Factory and a walk around a cemetery, and then we played board games and went out drinking. I wore my ridiculous Hallowe'en dress, with pumpkins and ghosts and bats and haunted houses, and got many compliments. I chose not to take my wallet - 'cos I've been drinking a bit too much since lockdown eased - which meant I was up early and excited for actual Hallowe'en.
This started with a fantastic brunch at Feed Me Fully Loaded, local vegan junk food cafe that I adore. It was a Tim Burton themed brunch, and I had Alice's Apple Pie pancakes, which were incredible and so filling. Somehow managed to take full advantage of the unlimited potato tots, too, but could only manage one really tasty vegan milkshake. There was also a Tim Burton quiz, which our table naturally won, and a chocolate apple to take away. After lying around groaning for a while - and finishing my book, the house in the cerulean sea by T J Klune by which I was THHOROUGHLY CHARMED - I watched Hocus Pocus with my housemate, then the rest of our bubble came over again and we watched Mars Attacks and Sleepy Hollow.
All in all a great weekend - Hallowe'en still isn't a huge thing over here, although it's got massively more so since I was a kid, but it's definitely my favourite holiday. :D
On Friday I carved pumpkins with my housemate and watched Coco; I made a haunted house that turned out way better than I expected.
On Saturday I visited the Coffin Works in Birmingham, which was a wonderful experience - a tour given by a really knowledgeable tour guide, loads of personal touches about workers at the museum, and an entirely too tempting gift shop. :D That was followed by a nice brunch at the Button Factory and a walk around a cemetery, and then we played board games and went out drinking. I wore my ridiculous Hallowe'en dress, with pumpkins and ghosts and bats and haunted houses, and got many compliments. I chose not to take my wallet - 'cos I've been drinking a bit too much since lockdown eased - which meant I was up early and excited for actual Hallowe'en.
This started with a fantastic brunch at Feed Me Fully Loaded, local vegan junk food cafe that I adore. It was a Tim Burton themed brunch, and I had Alice's Apple Pie pancakes, which were incredible and so filling. Somehow managed to take full advantage of the unlimited potato tots, too, but could only manage one really tasty vegan milkshake. There was also a Tim Burton quiz, which our table naturally won, and a chocolate apple to take away. After lying around groaning for a while - and finishing my book, the house in the cerulean sea by T J Klune by which I was THHOROUGHLY CHARMED - I watched Hocus Pocus with my housemate, then the rest of our bubble came over again and we watched Mars Attacks and Sleepy Hollow.
All in all a great weekend - Hallowe'en still isn't a huge thing over here, although it's got massively more so since I was a kid, but it's definitely my favourite holiday. :D
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Date: 2021-11-02 10:29 am (UTC)Ugh, vegan junk food is the best. Vegan cupcakes is what got me to try it out initially, heh. I think once my kitchenette is installed (in early 2022, fingers crossed) I will go back to vegetarian + vegan cooking. I miss it.
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Date: 2021-11-02 05:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-11-02 06:16 pm (UTC)Ha! That sounds like a great idea.