Spooky Season

 

Well, Spooky Season has come & gone for another year & this time, it was bigger than ever in Australia! For me, it was a time to read some schlocky books, watch some of my all-time favourite horror movies, listen to some creepy tunes (Monster Mash, anyone?) & head to a couple of events celebrating the occasion, which you can see from the pictures below...

All hyped up for the Nicholas Street Halloween Fair (the Saturday before All Hallows Eve) with my cousin & her two rambunctious munchkins wearing a funky specimen jar printed organza puff mini dress with embroidered trim from Dangerfield, a pair of tan vegan leather sandals with oversized buckles & rubber tread soles from Obsession Shoes & a circular black woven straw crossbody bag with tan leather strap from a little bohemian boutique (that used to be beside my hairdresser) to carry all the essentials while keeping my hands free. 

While everyone seemed to be having an amazing time, I was a little bit disappointed with the organization of the event as the placement of market stalls meant that the entire crowd was being funnelled through two tiny spaces (at one point, we couldn't even move as there were so many people & it was extremely claustrophobic) despite a significant amount of unused space elsewhere. Also, there were only minimal food trucks & there were only a few stations with Halloween themed activities for children - trick or treat doors, slime making, face masks, face painting - that each had lines of more than 45 mintues! Not sure if the organizers weren't expecting such a large turn out but perhaps next year needs to be tweaked a little to accomodate bigger crowd numbers. Regardless, we got into the "spirit" & did as many activities as we could before heading off to have dinner elsewhere.

Scroll down to see how it unfolded...

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"Mostly Ghostly" (if you know, you know) for dinner at the local Leagues Club in this gorgeous white linen maxi dress that I picked up from Swop (a secondhand clothing retailer) at West End, antique French late 1800s cream silk bow that I found at one of the stalls at the Collectorville Markets & retro-inspired black vegan leather strappy heels with buttons from Kitten D'Amour for a modicum of height & that Victorian spirit child vibe...

Delicious Meals & Spooky Decor