halloween is no where near as big over here and if people dress up for parties they usually go as something traditionally scary like a vampire, frankenstein etc and its crap. people just buy a cheap cape and mask. but being engaged to Canadian i get the whole fancy dress thing and its so much better. So this year we convinced the pub/bar we go to throw a halloween party and told everyone to get a great costume. no costume, no entry, the more effort the more free drinks you got - that was the clincher. the only problem was we had to throw it a week early. we had it on saturday. me and my mate went as the two gay cowboys from brokeback mountain. easy costume to wear but we arrived ( a bit too early ) on real horses because my sisters friends stables are real close to the pub. we even had one of those plastic childrens tents we put up on the dancefloor. both went in and my mate grunts while i shout "why wont you just let me be" - everyone got who we was after that. we came joint third which was awesome. 2nd prize went to steve irwin complete with stingray barb in heart. first prize went to.. well not a character as such but a man who wore some kind of transparent bubble the sealed around his torso that was completely filled with water. it was an amazing sight to see 'aquaman' as he called himself get more and more wrinkly over the night.
he planned the outift well as all the seals held firm to well after 2am when we had to empty him because he was freezing. the only thing he didnt plan on was... well you figure it out. his fresh h20 filling was decidedly more yellow as time went by.
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