My Wicked Weekend

B Positive - my type and my mantra

Well, hello there blog!  Much has happened since I last wrote in you.  I've been quite a busy girl hence my absence.  I donated blood and had the absolute BEST phlebotomist I've ever encoutered at Central Blood Bank.  I can't tell you how many times they've dug a needle around in my arm because they lost the vein.  But this girl was in and out, wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am style.  It was awesome.  Plus I got a ten dollar gift card to the mall.  Shazam!

Not at all cheesy

Then my wonderful weekend was sprinkled with all sort of fun fall activities.  I'd like to think I'm a sort of connoisseur of Halloween-type adventures especially those of the haunted nature - fear is, after all, my catharsis of choice.  Friday mum and I ventured up north to Cheeseman Farm in Portersville - by far my favorite haunted house around.  It starts you off with a haunted hayride that takes you to a haunted corn maze.  Is there anything better than that?! (Well, maybe if they'd thrown in an old mansion or an asylum, but let's not get too picky now :)  The actors on the hayride were so slick though.  Half the time you didn't even know that anyone had jump on the wagon until you felt them breathing down your neck!  It was wicked cool. 

The infamous Pumpking beer

I also got to try Southern Tier's Pumpking Ale which sadly was not my favorite beer ever as I had hoped it would be.  It was very fragrant.  My mum said she thought it tasted like a Yankee candle and I'd have to agree with her on that one.  It was a lot like potpourri for your palate, which didn't sit well with either of us.

It was so badass even lions

& storm troopers showed up

On Saturday, my friend Carrie and I took a trip out to Janoski's farm to pick up some pumpkins.  I chose a medium sized one that I have yet to carve as well as a small white one.  We also stopped in their farmer's market and got some apple cidar and pumpkin butter.  Carrie also made me try hot pickled cauliflower which was surprisingly good.  After Janoski's, we ventured out to Zelienople for their Fall Festival which was adorable.  They had bunches of delicous fair food, craft booths galore, and even representatives of the PA Mountain Men society (it's okay, I didn't know they existed either ;).  Not to mention the (very cute) acoustic guitarist they had set up in a gazebo who's 90's/early 00's tunes drifted throughout the town via emergency broadcast speaker system. (How did he know I love 90's/early 00's acoustic music?  That's what I want to know.)  Anyway, we decided to live the festival to the fullest but buying some Halloween themed princess crowns and scarfing down some gyros while listening to his intoxicating versions of "Wonderwall" and "Swing Life Away" and even "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" (my personal karaoke favorite).  Our crowns ended up on the heads of some lucky little girls and we both agreed that the festival was well worth the drive up there.  Later that night I carved my white pumpking into the pumpkin king himself - Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas (which I have always wanted to do since the moment I found out albino pumpkins existed!)  I did this while watching Pet Sematary which I DVRed.  Actually I DVRed the entire Stephen King marathon that AMC had that day so that I'd have more Halloween movies at my disposal. :)  I also bought this electric carver a couple of weeks ago which was a Godsend!  It only took me about ten minutes to carve my pumpkin!  TEN MINUTES!  It took longer to gut it than to carve it!  I was so impressed.  I can't wait to carve the other one.

Look at all of that haze!

Sunday, I went with my mum and her two friends to Kennywood's Phantom Fright Nights which I have been excited for since Kennywood closed for their regular season.  Oddly enough, it seemed like we were the only people there over the age of fifteen. (Do adults not do fun Halloween things anymore?  If that's the case, I have absolutely no interest in being an adult).  Anyway it was so much fun!  We made it to all of the haunted houses (I think there are seven total) except for one which luckily was the one that I went to every time I've been to Fright Nights.  We also went on the Jack Rabbit and (my favorite ride in the entire park) The Exterminator! :)  Sadly, we didn't get to ride the new coaster the Skyrocket (Afternoon Delight, anyone?) but perhaps another time.

I'll have to write about Monday and Tuesday later today or tomorrow because I have to get going.  But if you can believe it, they were even MORE epic than my wicked weekend. :D  Stay tuned.

Forever and ever et Halloween,
Cara

Halloween Movie of the Weekend: Pet Sematary
My (newly ;) Traditional Halloween Playlist (created last year):
1. Bad Things (True Blood Theme) - Jace Everett
2. Time Warp (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
3. Moondance - Michael Buble cover
4. Magic Dance (Labyrinth) - David Bowie
5. This Is Halloween (Nightmare Before Christmas) - Marilyn Manson cover
6. Haunted - Evanescence
7. Sally's Song (Nightmare Before Christmas) - Danny Elfman
8. Beetlejuice Theme - Danny Elfman
9. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.
10. Halloween - Dead Kennedys
11. Monsters - Matchbook Romance
12. The Bird & The Worm - The Used
13. Black Magic Woman - Carlos Santana
14. Thriller - Michael Jackson
15. Exploration (Coraline) - Bruno Coulais
16. I Put A Spell On You (Hocus Pocus) - Bette Midler
17. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
18. This Is Halloween - Danny Elfman
19. Moondance - Van Morrison
20. End Credits (Coraline) - Bruno Coulais
21. Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
22. Shewolf - Shakira (What?  She howls in it.  That totally makes it Halloween worthy.)