Frightful Friday Five...

[magnetic_pole]

1. With Halloween coming this next week, do you have any seasonal activities you're planning on doing for the holiday? The better half and I had a Halloween happy hour last night, costumes encouraged. Fun, fun, fun, plus lots of food and pumpkin bread, which is my absolute favorite. (Hm. I should pass on the recipe, it's that good. Will come back to this.) Due to school, I'm unfortunately missing out on Friend A's invitation to hand out candy on Wednesday (she has an actual house with a door, where we live in an apartment). ETA: I'll also be reading hp_halloween ficlets! How could I forget those bite-size treats?

2. What is your favorite Halloween or dress up party costume you've had? R adores Halloween, so we do something every year. Last year we were Amazon Prime--R in an Amazon warrior costume with headband and sword, and me in all black with prime numbers all over. Apart from the inadvertent advertising for a corporation that does not deserve it, it was fun to watch people guess. The best costume yesterday involved a sateen sash and a loaf of bread (breadwinner--clever, clever).

3. Which do you like better, apple cider or pumpkin spice flavoring? Pumpkin spice! Although having had unpasteurized cider in northern New England, I can understand why people like apple cider so much. It's so subtle and delicious it makes the supermarket stuff taste like apple juice.

4. What is your favorite scary movie and why? *sheepish* I can't watch any scary movies. They're all bad to me. The last one I watched was Poltergeist in, oh, 1982. I couldn't sleep for months.

5. What traditionally "scary" monster or fear do you think is the most overrated and why? Again, they're all scary! (I have a low tolerance for scary things.) Although I do have to say I love cemeteries. There's something lovely about seeing so many individual lives honored in one place. They've never struck me as scary. ETA: Plus I love black cats. Surely they've never brought anyone bad luck?

As always, I'd love to see you complete thefridayfive yourself (and thanks to the good folks over there for keep us chatting). But if you're only up for chatting in comments and not a full post, tell me: what's the best Halloween costume that you've created or that you've seen?

Comments

[secretsolitaire]

I love pumpkin bread and would definitely be up for trying a new recipe!

I can't watch any scary movies. They're all bad to me.

SAME. I don't understand the desire to be frightened by movies, haha.

[magnetic_pole]

. I don't understand the desire to be frightened by movies, haha.

I know! I have terrifying dreams most nights, and I wake up grateful that I my day is always calmer and more comforting. Why subject yourself to more fear? :(

I will post the pumpkin bread soon! Tomorrow? It's really lovely. (I can brag about it because it's not really a family recipe and I'm never the one who makes it, so it's only nominally mine. It's more like one I consume joyfully on a yearly basis.)

Are you getting all this rain we're getting? So soggy out there! M.

[secretsolitaire]

Are you getting all this rain we're getting? So soggy out there!

Yep, looks pretty gray out. I was hoping to walk to my polling place this morning, but we'll see.

SO and I just got back from Japan, where we had 2+ weeks of nearly perfect weather -- barely a drop of rain the whole time, and just a couple of gray days. I've never had a non-desert vacation with such good weather! But once back home, back to the endless rain...

[magnetic_pole]

I'd forgotten about your Japan trip! I'd love to hear more about that. It's on my long-term short list--I definitely want to go but when we have more money. Taking note of your perfect weather in late October!

Ugh, rain. Hope it dried out for you today! M.

[secretsolitaire]

I have been meaning for weeks (months? /o\) to make a post about a bunch of trips I've taken over the past year. Someday. Japan was a really interesting mix of high-tech efficiency (heated toilets everywhere! ♥) and overwhelming consumerism (vending machines everywhere!) and carefully maintained traditions (temples and shrines and gardens everywhere!). We paid a lot for hotels and airfare and rail passes, but one surprisingly cheap aspect of the trip was the food. Most nights we had dinner for two for less than $35. (We ate a lot of ramen. *g*)