Friday Five (#12)

1. Do you celebrate or observe Halloween? How?
I decorate! cute pumpkins and my spooky women gallery (black and white images of my favourite horror film girls in diy frames). Sometimes I'll watch a spooky (not scary) film, but this year I forgot

2. What is your favorite Halloween candy?
Specifically Halloween candy I'm saying a mars bar because a full size one can be too rich for me but the half size halloween ones are the perfect size

3. Do you get trick-or-treaters on Halloween?
We used to! But now my dog is terrified of strangers at the door so we keep the lights low and people tend not to come. We do invite the small neighbours to come and get some sweeties though

4. Do you enjoy dressing up in costumes?
I prefer to dress my dog up! I even splashed out on a new costume for her this year after making her be a dinosaur for the past 4 in a row:

She quite likes this one because she wears something similar to keep her clean on walks, so she was happy to trot around the street in it yesterday until she got spooked by a black cat

5. What is your favorite Halloween memory?
Me and a group of friends got together to watch Kill Bill. the film wasn't amazing but I haven't seen most of them in almost a decade, so it's more my favourite for nostalgia reasons

October Roundup

An interesting month to say the least. I don't talk about it often on here, but I have OCD which typically flares up around this time of year, and BOY DID IT. Spent a couple of days in bed and a couple of weeks trying to get myself back to normal - still not amazing, but I managed to get stuff done regardless

Fics
Funsize Candy - Ocean's 8 (gen), 200 words, rated G
Project Runway - Ocean's 8 (Debbie/Lou), 200 words, rated G
(plus two currently anonymous fics for Crucio and Cocktails exchange)

Fests
I only had the energy for a week of Spooky Saffics, so I did a week of Bellalily moodboards
I started out with good intentions for NaCraMaMo, but all I managed to complete was one Halloween costume for a Sylvanian Families baby

Reading
The Last of the Haussmans - Stephen Beresford
Jolly Foul Play - Robin Stevens

I also got my diss feedback - 72, which means I graduate with a distinction (!!!) and I've had a couple of job interviews, but nothing further than that