the lords of salem

Hi loves!

I'm sorry for the long hiatus, that was definitely not planned! I caught a really bad flu twice in four weeks and that totally knocked me out. Furthermore I was busy travelling between the two flus..

So I still owe you the photos of my Prague and Rome trips - but first I'm squeezing in Halloween now!

I didn't really have time to put much effort into a costume, so I went for a rather simple but still spooky one: Heidi Hawthorne from Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem movie.

That's actually a horror nerd costume because almost no one I know has seen the movie. Most people probably just thought I'm dressed up as "skull something".

One of my mates was Hollow Man - really cool huh?

How do you like our costumes?

What were you dressed up as?

I'll be back with the promised city trip photos very soon!

  

now playing: maybeshewill - take this to heart

happy halloween

Hi guys!

Happy belated Halloween to all of you!
I hope everyone had a spooky night?!
We were invited to a Halloween party at a friend's apartment and damn was it cool! he and his friends had put so much effort in the decoration, it was really creepy: spiderwebs everywhere, fake spiders, skulls, cardboard tombstones, blood stains on the walls, horror movies on TV and even spooky food like this or this.
My costume was a very simple improvised witch. I bought the broom, hat and spiderweb tights at a costume shop and the dress and boots were already in my closet. I also borrowed some of Patrick's ghost make up for my face and that's it.


Mrs. Witch


Mr. Ghost


the bathroom


the coffee table


Resemblance?!

How did you spend your Halloween night?


- All photos except for the second one are borrowed from our friends Wolf R. and René R.!!! -
Thanks guys!

the belated Halloween post

Hi guys!

So here it is - finally- the Halloween post. I went to a theme park called "Movie Park" with two friends (poor Patrick wasn't able to join us, he had to work).

First of all I have to say: I was SO disappointed! You were not allowed to wear a costume in the park because there were costumed actors and the park management wanted to prevent a mix-up of visitors and employees :-(
No zombie nurse costume for me this year...well, I'll safe it up for carnival or Halloween next year.




Alright, first we got us a map and checked out the attractions and rides. There were promising names like "Deathspital", "Panic Zone" or "Paranormal Activity" and furthermore the broschure said something about 200 live-actors that would run around in the "Horror Village".




The Horror Village was what normally is the gift shop street, only with some Halloween decoration - woohoo... It looked cute though because under the huge cobwebs the buildings still were painted in bright colours :)




Then it got dark and they managed to get this cool atmospheric fog hanging in the air around the whole park, it completed the perfect Halloween weather we had that day (drizzle, cold air and a nasty dampness). And then the haunting began...




...well, at least it seemed like. There was a zombie parade that marched through the whole park and their costumes were really good, but what bothered me was that they didn't play their roles at all...



... They only marched along. For me zombies have a slow walk and they grunt or moan or something (because I'm a fan of the oldschool zombies, I hate the new generation of zombies that can run and jump and shoot a weapon). Anyway, the zombie parade was a bit lame.



When the parade was over the zombies and monsters spread and walked around on the streets. Unfortunately there were so many people that the actors were busy posing for photos instead of spooking someone.



In front of the special horror attractions there were endless queues with waiting times of up to two hours. As we didn't know if it would be worth waiting, we pushed in somewhere (nasty I admit, but effective).



Well, what can I say? In the end all the fantastically advertised horror attractions turned out as little walk-through parcours with costumed guys jumping out of corners to shock you - it really was even below funfair ghost train niveau.
This "super-special super-spooky horror programme" wasn't worth the 30 Euro entrance fee.

But we made the best of it and had fun anyway, so it wasn't all that bad. At least there was this zombie guy with a fake chainsaw with authentic sound effects who scared the hell out of teenage girls all of the time :)

However, next year I'll invest the 30 Euro in good a old Halloween party with friends and beer and candy.


I hope you enjoyed the few photos and that your Halloween was fantastic!

Happy Tuesday!

pastels and polkadots

Hi guys!

I haven't shown you this jacket before, somehow there wasn't a chance to take a photo of it yet. So today I thought it's about time. I bought it at H&M online a few months ago, they had it in the shops as well and I had a crush on it :) But somehow I knew they would move it to the sale section at the end of summer and voilà I got it in their summer sale for 30% off.
It really actually is a summer jacket but with a cozy cardi or sweater underneith it works as a transition jacket too. Plus the lovely lavender shade rather spreads spring feelings than autumn vibes, so it maybe even makes you feel warmer?! No unfortunately it doesn't, I'm just kidding ;)



jacket + scarf + jeans: h&m, shoes: head, beanie: accessorize






What do you think about pastel colours for fall? I don't think it really fits but I like it anyway. I even happened to choose a matching nail polish two days ago eventhough I didn't know what I'd wear today :)



flower brooch (on the beanie): claire's, ring: six, nail polish: P2 "rich 'n royal" (some kinda taupe)





Hey you know what? Halloween is drawing nearer and I actually didn't plan something special. As you might know the Halloween celebrations here in Germany are not cherished as much as in the USA and so all of my friends feel to grown-up to dress up and party (dorks...). Anyway, Patrick will be at work on Halloween, so I thought I'd spend my evening on the sofa with lots of horror movies.
BUT now it looks as if I'll get my dressing up and celebrating Halloween after all! If everything goes well I'll spend Halloween dressed up as a zombie nurse at the Warner Brothers Movie World (a theme park)! How cool is that?! :)

By the way there is a Halloween costume contest on Photobucket at the moment and I tell you they have absolutely awesome photos!
I died laughing when I saw these:



(via germanpacer)



(via averyreppel)



(via cmrojas_2006)

There are many more awesome costumes, you should really go take a look, it's great fun :)



Have a nice Thursday!




now playing: the kooks - shine on