Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween!

Our Jack-o-Lanterns and the Burj. Guess which one is Jared's? He kept giving me a hard time and saying I had bought him a squash to carve..

Happy Dubai Halloween! Although it was a bit of a non-traditional Halloween this year, it was still a really nice day. We rested up in the morning from the impromptu BBQ party we hosted the night before (more on that to follow), and then went on an unsuccessful quest for pumpkin ravioli or tortellini to have a Halloween feast. We were unable to find any pumpkin-related food items, but did actually find REAL pumpkins, gourds, and mini-pumpkins at the Waitrose on Halloween day. The temptation to buy 'real' orange pumpkins (imported from Mexico) was pretty high, but after we looked at the price, we decided that spending approx. $45 on a oddly shaped pumpkin we were going to carve in a couple hours was not worth it. We did get some gourds and a mini-pumpkins though under the guise of keeping them for the next month as a Fall/Thanksgiving decoration. We had a relaxing dinner of grilled corn on the cob and homemade chicken shawarmas (left over from our BBQ) and then carved our ugly pumpkins while listening to the Monster Mash (embarrassing to have on my Ipod 364 days a year) and Thriller. We did our own version of Trick-or-Treat by giving each other candy and cards (Jared got me the most amazing peanut butter cookies in a Halloween box from Candylicious, this is why I love the boy.) and then relaxed for the evening with our lit jack-o-lanterns. No dressing up this year, but we made the most of our Dubai Halloween...

1 comment:

  1. ahhh, I think these are just adorable.....
    It is a very cool photo with the burj behind it...great entry- you two have so much fun !!!

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