Guys – it’s the spooky season, and as most of you know I am a self confessed lover of the spooky season, in fact it may just well be up there with Christmas for me. I love the fact the all horror movies are perfectly acceptable to watch, even the ones that may have had their time, and are a little cheesy. But who doesn’t love a little cheesy slasher film during the spooky October month? I also love the fact the shops are stocked with cheap chocolate in the shapes of eyeballs, and jelly sweets that look like worms. Seriously the spooky season is just a vibe!
I’ve always celebrated Halloween, dressing up as a witch when I was a little girl, to thinking more outside the box the older I got. Halloween party’s were super high on my priority list, although it’s now been years since I’ve been to a good fancy dress party – okay that nostalgia has just hit hard! Throw back to Halloween 2013 where I dressed up as a doll!Well whilst there may not have been a good Halloween fancy dress party in years, I still like to embrace all hallows Eve. A selection of horror movies (old and new) and a couple of fright night events, and you’ve got yourself one happy and content girl.
This year I dedicated an entire weekend to spooky shenanigans, because why not right?! Why not go all out and do a whole weekend of spooky things, and have a frightfully good time?
It all kicked off Friday night when it was off to the cinema to watch the original Nightmare on elm street. Super old, super cheesy, and not the slightest bit scary. But it’s an absolute classic in the horror genre and watching it on the big screen was far better than watching it on tv. Yes it was very laughable but honestly I enjoyed it, Luke maybe not so much!! But sometimes Halloween is all about keeping it classic. I decided to wear one of my favourite sweaters for my cinema date night and kept it super casual with a messy bun and a good old pair of jeans.
Saturday night Luke and I headed off to Colchester zoo for their trail of terror. It’s a fright night I have done before back in 2022, and whilst it isn’t scary at all it’s just plan fun and very well organised. I mean I say it isn’t scary, but I am that girl who really doesn’t scare easily so whilst I did hear lots of screaming and saw quite a few people running form different scare zones I just throughly enjoyed the whole experience. And especially loved how all the staff of Colchester zoo really got into there characters.
It’s always difficult to know what to wear on the fright night events especially with this October being so annoyingly mild! Fright nights always work best when it’s cold outside. But nevertheless I planned my outfit accordingly, deciding on jeans, sturdy boots, autumnal jumper (it’s a must right) and a gilet. I also decided on wearing my hair down and adding a hat to finish the outfit off. Okay I did loose the hat and tied my hair up. The hair down and hat combo was definitely giving me more Christmas hallmark channel vibes than fright night vibes.
Sunday night I finished off my spooky weekend by heading off with Luke to the kelvedon hatch secret bunker for there fright night “The bunker below” Again it’s a fright night I have done before and have throughly enjoyed it so was quite excited to be heading to go it again. To be perfectly honest fright nights are a little difficult for me purely because I just don’t scare easily. I mean I’m a girl who puts on a horror movie as background noise, I think I’ve seen so many horror films and done so many fright nights in the past that I’m immune to the jump scares! The bunker below although pretty creepy and jumpy back in 2022, this year unfortunately failed to make me jump at all. I think that was purely down to the group that Luke and I was paired with. They just kind of spoilt it with constant talking and swearing and not committing to the task in hand. Very very frustrating, when you’ve paid money to have some spooky fun. However it won’t put me off of returning next year, and after speaking with one of the organisers from the event, I am pretty confident that next year will be a total blast.
And yes I wore another autumnal sweater, another favourite of mine.
And that’s a wrap on my perfectly spooky weekend, spent with my favourite person.
