At the stroke of midnight on Halloween morning, Brianna and I ran around the apartment giving people celebratory hugs, all the while plastering our faces with some pumpkin and candy corn stickers from home. We were certainly well prepared for the coming of this holiday, complete with spider and skeleton headbands, lots of candy from home, and a witch splat door decoration!
One week past the arrival of our suitcase from home and our immense stash of Halloween candy is seeing it's final days. What can I say? We have an itch for any type of food reminiscent of home, and that includes homemade white chocolate covered pretzels, cinnamon sugar poptarts, lightly salted pumpkin seeds, and what looked like a box of Lucky Charms big enough to satisfy three grown men. I am proud to say that my GIANT jar of peanut butter should be able to last me until December, unless there's a jelly and bread surplus in the apartment that we have to devour before they go bad. I think the biggest things I'm craving now are Taco Bell crunchwrap supremes, Bdubs Parmesan and garlic boneless wings, and a hearty pint of mint and cookies Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
Our festivities were minimal, as any type of party that may have been going on cost big bucks just to enter. Our roommate went out dressed as a jedi from Star Wars and said it was well worth it, but that's just not really my thing to begin with, so I was content staying in. Brianna and I both agreed that the hype before Halloween is more exciting than the event itself, so we settled for curling up on the couch with hot spiced apple cider my mom so graciously sent us, and watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona. (A GREAT movie I would highly recommend!) Around 5pm, screeches of laughter and giggling drifted up from the courtyard as all the children gathered in their costumes to go trick or treating. We really had front row seats to the adorableness as we stood in the window of our room for a good half an hour watching Buzz Lightyear, a princess, Mickey Mouse, and Spiderman race around on little self-propelled scooters.
I may change my mind before this actually happens, but for some reason I really want to go see Paranormal Activity 2 when it comes out here on November 4th. Yes, you heard me correctly. This coming from the girl that ran out screaming after 5 minutes of watching Zodiac with all the senior girls in the sorority freshman year, who had to go to bed early when everyone wanted to watch The Exorcism of Emily Rose during a visit to Ashland last Fall, and who covered her eyes and cried during the final scenes of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Something is seriously compelling me to go buy a ticket on a Tuesday night when going to the movies is half price here, and I may just suck up my childlike behavior when it comes to ghosts and demons just to watch it. Maybe it's like the acquired taste of coffee. It's been a while since I've tried to watch any sort of horror film, this could be my time.
All in all, experiencing Halloween in Peru was nothing terrifically special, but it did make me appreciate the festivities we hold dear back home. I do plan to be in Mexico for the last week in October and beginning of November to experience dia de los muertos at some point in my lifetime. That I'm sure would be a most unforgettable experience!
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