before we got to carve him up, we had the costume contest bridge run.  i knew i couldn’t run in my main costume so i was throwing ideas together the night before.  i certainly could have executed better with more time and energy but we were instantly recognized by fellow fans as dexter and his victim.

can’t see much detail in the pic but i was wrapped in saran wrap (including wrists and ankles) and had a “wound” and “blood” spilling from my chest as well as a cut on my cheek.  hubby had a knife, fresh blood slide, and this id badge:

it was great fun but saran wrap is NOT a breathable running material.  i’m known to get hot when i run but i was completely drenched in sweat after that three miles.  thank goodness there was a nice breeze or i probably would have suffocated.  sadly, we didn’t win… shoulda brought a baby! 

friday night was the carving party for which i made a jack-o-lantern cake:

    

shame i didn’t think to take a pic of it before we left with a real camera.  the cell phone really washed it out.  also, he wasn’t my finest punkin cake effort but he still tasted yummy.  the night was filled with friends, food, drinks, guts, seeds, and chunks of massacred punkin and resulted in these:

this is my little guy:

saturday found us going to two parties.  some friends invited us to their big neighborhood party and some other friends invited us to the costume bash at our favorite local club to celebrate halloween and a birthday.  this was the start of my costume prep:

i really do love this costume.  sad that i’ll probably need to retire it now that i’ve worn it in both towns i’m likely to.  i even got asked to be in the costume contest at the club.  sadly, i didn’t make it to the final round but i was proud to get recognized.

we headed to the first party around quarter of 6 and didn’t get home from the second until 02:00. that’s a lot of candy corning around!  sunday afternoon, we got an invitation to a cookout that we couldn’t refuse.  being social is a blast but i need a weekend to recuperate now!