Orange is the New Black

My post is two-fold

Firstly, I'm soopa bummed that South Africa doesn't celebrate this holiday in a big way, actually in any way. 

South Africa have a piddly diluted version with half-arsed celebrations. Probably because they are adverse to the meaning behind Halloween.  The calling of spirits and negative energies and all that.

If you don't get invited to a private Halloween party, or have one of your own, pretty much fuck all happens. No scary decorations, no trick or treating, no carved pumpkins, no apple bobbing, no treacle scones...its fucking depressing...

Oh you Pretty Plonkers know how I LOVE to dress up and I adore wearing all types of creative costumes, so this is almost the PERFECT holiday for someone like me. However, I still have to sit back and let the rest of the world enjoy the festivities. Hook a sista up why don't you?

What are all the Halloween Parties at?

Secondly, Orange is the New Black is one of my top shows.  It has a bit of everything.  Drama, Excitement, Romance, Comedy, Crime...what more could a girl want?  The story of Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a woman in her thirties who is sentenced to 15 months in prison after she is convicted of a decade old crime of transporting money for her drug dealing girlfriend (Laura Prepon).

Fancy something new and fresh to watch?  Give it a go.  Just remember its not really family friendly, so make sure its watched after the kids are put to bed.

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Hoppy Halloween

The 31st of October is Halloween.

The day is often associated with orange (my favourite colour) and black and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack o' lantern, which is usually carved out of a massive pumpkin and a candle put inside.  It looks really creepy and its fun to make.

Halloween was one of my favourite holidays, growing up in Scotland.  But unfortunately South Africa is not big on celebrating this holiday. Fucking Killjoys!

Yeah, it's very unfortunate, because I love dressing up. Anything to get behind a mask and costume to play a creepy character.  It's a great excuse to get away with being bit loony and dippy.

As a young girl, my mum always made us wicked home-made costumes and we traipsed around the neighbourhood trick-or-treating singing silly wee songs

Trick or treat,
smell my feet,
give me something 

good to eat! 

At oor wee hoose, mum always hung up triangle-shaped scone covered in treacle, suspended  on a string from our kitchen doorway.

Everyone who came trick-or-treating got a turn to try to take a huge bite out of the treacle-covered scone.  It was always very messy, getting a face full of treacle, but great fun!

After the Treacle Scone, it was then time for apple bobbing.  This involved my mum hauling out her largest plastic basin and filling it with water and soor apples.  We get doon on all fours next to the basin, put our hands behind our backs and stick our faces in the water and bite into an apple.  Score!

I detested this activity (never did like water up my nose) but at least thre was one concilation, it washed the treacle off yer face.  I've never been that fond of granny smith soor apples either. 

Only toffee apples...scrummy...

Our schools used to have cool costume parties and some enjoyed ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, playing scarey pranks on each other, reading scary stories or watching horror films.

You really don't know what you're missing, South Africa.

Dressing up is truck-loads of fun and the best is, you can be someone totally different for a day.

Incognito.

What are your Halloween Traditions? 

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