Because I was meeting Gary directly after work, I had to make sure my outfit could go from a day of client meetings to an evening that included dinner, the role of ticket taker and a movie. I knew that I wanted to wear my new red boots from Fluevog that I recently snagged on a 50% off sale. I love these boots and am trying to wear them in enough for me to bring them along to a conference in Vegas in a couple of weeks. With these as the starting point, I decided to pair it with black tights, and layered my customized black surplice shirtdress from eShakti over a very old stripped top from MXM and I threw my hair in a black beret from H&M.  In order to tie the red from the boots into the top half of the outfit, I added the red sparrow earrings, and a black PVC rose with a red feather that my good friend made me for a birthday gift.  The belt was added as the finishing touch, and I liked how the patent leather echoes the black PVC rose.

I thought I would mention that I have quite a few dresses from eShakti, and this is by far my favourite dress. I decided to customize the dress and it sleeveless because I felt it would give me the greatest versatility. I could easily pair it with long sleeve shirts, cardigans, or just wear it sleeveless. I love this dress so much I actually just ordered it in purple with the same customization. I can not wait to receive it.

Outfit Details:
Hat: H&M
Stripped Shirt: MXM a few years ago
Black dress: eShakti
Boots: Fluevog
Earrings: Frilly Lizard in London ON
Belt: Addition-Elle
PVC Rose: Gift
Bracelet: Vendor in the Eaton’s Centre
Glasses: Zenni Optical

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If you know me at all you know that I love Halloween.   Even before I met Gary, Halloween was always a huge deal for my sisters and I.  Every year we would have to think of a costume to outdo the one we had last year. I’ve been everything from a gyspsy, to a witch, a doll, a faery, a Fraggle inspired alien, and…well you get the idea.

When I met Gary and dazzled him with stories of my haunted house in Hamilton, I think he fell in love with me a little bit that night when he discovered I loved Halloween almost as much as him.  As you can suspect once Gary and I started dating and later became engaged, surrounding ourselves with all things Halloween is no longer a yearly delight.  We surround ourselves with the macabre all year long.  It has infused every part of our home from art, to bedding, knick knacks, toys, tattoos, you name it and we have it.

Despite our mutual love for Halloween, we’ve never really been a couple costume in the past years that we have attended the Rue Morgue Halloween Parties.  Instead we both kind of just do our own thing.  Except for this past Halloween.  This was the first year we dressed up as a couple and went as demons.  I think the costumes turned out quite well.  Ok I’ll admit it, I think we look awesome!

Now I know I’ve been kind of neglecting the site in the last year and half.  Photos are no longer being posted, hell posts aren’t even being posted so this is me, trying to work at changing that habit.  So, for your enjoyment I’ve uploaded my photos from Rue Morgue’s Halloween Party: The Curse of the Pharoahs.

Now I just need to figure out what I’m going to be next year…

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I have several deadlines looming at work, Gary’s website to finish, my Halloween costume to finish, planning for our trip to New York, plus the usual laundry and friends and family to call that I’ve been neglecting. These are all due before the end of the month or sooner.

I find when I feel this overwhelmed the first thing I tend to do is remove myself from everyone. I don’t call family or friends because honestly I’m so wrapped up in my own crap that I can’t really focus on other people and I don’t want to burden them with what is going on with me. Then I tend to feel selfish and the guilt starts to weigh so heavily on me that I don’t contact them for even longer because I feel like a shitty friend/sister/daughter. It’s a downward spiral and it’s all I can do to claw my way out of it.

Last night Gary listened to me have a mini meltdown at 2:00 am because of all this pressure I feel. It was nice to have him just listen and hold me. We had a snit earlier because I was being a bitch and he called me on it. Frankly he was absolutely right. I love that we can tell each other when we are being a bitch/ass/whatever and then work our way through it so that two minutes later we are forgiven. That was one of my major problems in my earlier relationships was that I never felt secure enough to express my anger. I never wanted to cause any conflict or upset the waters. I can say, without a doubt, that that is no longer the case. I don’t let things sit and fester. If something is wrong I say something and so does Gary. We talk it out and we never go to bed without resolving an issue or telling the other person that you love them. You never know what might happen.

In other news I’m debating if I should go to a Tenacious D concert with Gary at the end of November. I don’t like Jack Black but I’ve never really given Tenacious D a real chance. We’ll see, if I bail he has someone else that wants to go. I do want to go and see Blue October on November 9th, they are playing a show at the Opera House. There is just enough vulnerability in his voice and his lyrics to touch me. I was going to say it makes me want to comfort him but I’m sure there are about a million 15 year old angst ridden girls in Texas that want to do the same thing and I didn’t want to be lumped into *that* category.

I should get back to work. The pile is getting larger and every minute I waste is another minute I have to stay later tonight. At least Gary won’t be waiting for me tonight, he’s going to be hanging out with Thor and the Rue Crew after Cinemacabre tonight. I’m not kidding.

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Checklist to prepare for tonight:

• Dress for tonight, skirt for tomorrow and pants for Sunday all ironed
• Nap taken so I won’t be snarly tonight
• Beer is in the fridge, some in the freezer for the boys
• Litter box cleaned
• Dishes done
• Hair mostly defrizzed
• Makeup done (did something different that actually looks good!)
• Extra batteries charged for the camera
• Beer in hand.

All I have left to do is actually get dressed. I’m waiting so I don’t get all wrinkled. I’m actually quite proud of myself.

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