Our Halloween Party

Saturday was our Halloween party at the house and we had such a wonderful time. Ian was Patrick Bateman from American Psycho and I was a groupie. So no, we did not have an adorable matching couples costume. Gotta work on that for next year :)

The above photos are cute, right? Well, please be assured that wrangling your husband for photos is not always the easiest task.

We kept the munchies really simple -- we ordered four pizzas and had chips & dip and homemade Rice Krispie treats. My motto -- keep it simple. I've hosted the parties before where I was tied to the kitchen, sweating in front of a hot oven. No thanks!

I used some black and white striped fabric I had for a makeshift runner and then some Halloween decorations and paper plates and napkins from Dollar Tree (again ... simple!). Lots of candles and low lights gave a fun and spooky feel and of course we had Pandora's Halloween station going on throughout the house. 

Around the house, we swapped out a few lightbulbs for green ones. This makes SUCH an impact! We also have a green outside entry light at our front door. Ian also hooked up a strobe light and an iPod playing scary music and hid them behind the planters at the front door, creating a really fun entrance to our house.

We put fake body parts and rubber rats in old jars and emptied out glow sticks into the water. We shone a blacklight on the jars so they glowed neon.

We had candles lit all over the house and even our cute little bust got a not-so-cute makeover.

Our dining room chandelier was cobwebbed out once again.

We had some homemade gravestones in the front yard and backyard. Please don't mind my husband's not-so-subtle political statement. ;)

Everyone's costumes were on point!

And because this is just entirely too funny not to post ... Ian picked up one of our friends for the party at his house and sent me a text upon arriving back at home saying "You gotta come outside with your camera!" and this is what I saw. Oh my word. These guys. They drove all through Charlotte traffic like this, not acting at all like it was out of the ordinary.

So Happy Halloween you guys and I can't wait to see how you celebrate the big day!