September and the Costume Party Prep

I feel that it is very appropriate to have my first blog post as we enter the month of September. This is the time every year that gets me the most excited about all things that make me excited. There, I've just begun my first post with atrocious English. September to me means, (in no preferred order), college football, decorating the house and table for fall, crafting holiday wreaths, making the first grapevine trees of the year, making butternut squash soup, Bath and Body Works pumpkin-ish soap, and picking the letter for our annual Halloween costume party. It's around this time that Phil (husband soon to be introduced) and I pick out 5 or 6 letters, write them on pieces of junk mail, put them into a hat and pick the most important letter that will consume our minds for the next 6-8 weeks. From now until our party, we will intersperse a little bit of regular conversation with constant brainstorming about the best costume that starts with said letter.This past week the letter was picked...(2012 drum roll please)... and it is the letter C. 

The reason this is a good time for the blog to begin is because everything I am passionate about happens this time of the year --- decorating, entertaining, crafting, travel and food --- which in bulk is what this blog is about. Throw in some shopping, cocktails and boring updates on my life and there you have it. I hope to provide helpful and fun advice on all things listed above. I am blessed to live a very fun life and thought I should share it with the masses:)

Now back to the Hooks' Crazy "C" Halloween Costume Party.

The general set up will be the same; decorate house all haunted-y, procure scary music mix to play from my outdated boombox on the front porch, buy prizes for the costume winners and help Phil pick out a recipe for this year's Witch's Brew. This is an alcoholic mixture put into a punch bowl with dry ice and floating eyes and jelly legs and arms. It's a hit every year. 

As for our costumes, I usually pick mine weeks in advance and spend countless hours creating it. Phil will inevitably decide among two options the morning of the party, and expect me to create it in a matter of hours. If you haven't gotten the gist...we don't buy costumes. 

So, to introduce you to the Hooks at our best, here are our costumes from the last two years. 

"H" Halloween party - Hammerhead Shark and Hermoine

"F" Halloween Party - Facebook and Flight Attendant

-Til next time:)