Happy Halloween!

So last week was the end of October and we've knocked off another month. It went by surprisingly fast. To celebrate the all important holiday of Halloween we had a scary movie night where we watched two films: Dead Snow and Nightmare on Elm Street. Dead Snow is a Norwegian comedy horror film. There is no English spoken and there are Arabic subtitles, but its easy to understand. The storyline: Nazi zombies attack a group of friends in a cabin in the woods. Good and terrible times ensue.

The next night we had a costume party at our apartment. Hannah and I were the underrepresented demographic of hot lumberjacks and Elizabeth was a cavewoman. We all made fun little decorations out of construction paper and plan on leaving them up until its time to decorate for Christmas. Other costumes included: two greeks/romans in togas, jonny depp from the 80s, Modanna, a guy and a girl dressed up as Egyptians, MIA, a South Asian frat boy, two tigers, a gypsy, an aviator, and a pirate.

My language partner, Rina, came dressed as the most awesome pirate! It was her first Halloween party because obviously, they don't celebrate Halloween here. Actually, the two people dressed as tigers came in costume and got some crazy looks as they tried to get a cab. However, the guys in the convients stores knew what was up and said happy Halloween to a few of our guests that wandered downstairs for more refreshments.

We all had to be super creative for our costumes since its not like we can just run to a costume store here. I was most impressed with Liz who made her cavewoman dress, which was very cute, from a fleece throw she found at the store. I was also impressed with Tom and Melissa, the tigers, because Melissa drew the stripes on their orange shirts. Sara was an awesome Modanna and managed to combine clothes she already had with a few new additions, and also cutting her hair. And Mona as MIA was great as well, her hair was blue.

You'll notice in the pictures that last week I decided to get my hair cut and colored! I now have short, very blonde hair! and I love it.

I'm looking forward to this week because we are going to Siwa this weekend, leaving on Wednesday on coming back on Saturday. We are spending one night in the desert and two nights in a hotel. I'm super excited to go back to Siwa and run around in the sand and swim in some springs!