Halloween ~ Where did it begin?

Halloween is coming soon and I must admit that I really did not know why we celebrated this holiday every year. Probably because I'm not a child dressing up anymore, this is going to be my first year giving candy instead of receiving it. So I thought maybe, I should investigate what holiday I am really celebrating. 

I heard many stories about how Halloween started; from my research, it looks like Halloween is an old Celtic celebration, and somewhat mixed with Christian celebration. The Celts celebrated the last day of October as the end of summer. They believed it was on that day, the dead would be able to come back to life. The Christian religion has a day for all dead people on the 1st November; All Saints Day. This is where we pray for all the people who have died before us. So the mixing of the two different celebrations, but both around the theme of death must've merged in together to create Halloween.

I remember hearing a story about why we give out chocolates and candy to kids. Back in the middle-ages, beggars would come to the door and beg for food in exchange for praying for the homes dead ones. The beggars were usually given sweet bread and that's how we came to this day to give out sweet things and candies to the dressed up kids!

Here are some links for further reading:

More reading on History

How it stared in Ireland

Great pranks

Whip my hair - Willow Smith

Masters Games and Hollie's Birthday

Saturday night was a busy one for me! Hollie was having her 21st Birthday again and I had to support the family by watching dad go through the Masters Games opening Parade! We had to look hard for a parking lot at 5:05, the meeting time was at 5:30 for a parade start at 6:00. But the parade started on time! Alice Springs on time that is 6:10. So there was plenty of time for me to take pictures of the wonderful outfits and get-ups teams wore! 

 I was hanging mostly with the basketball group of the parade; because that's what dad was competing in. The Polar Bears basketball team all wore pink! Pink suits, hats, noses etc! I found out that they got all their great clothing off of e-bay! 

Lunch at Oscar's

 Today, I went to lunch with my gals whom I haven't seen in absolutely ages! Sabrina wore a light blue shirt with a short high-waisted black skirt while Caitlin wore a cute tiny floral print dress with a zip up the front. Ellen had pale shorts matched with a loose flowing pastel shirt

Rowie had a groovy white print top with lace at the back. Melissa wore a great black halter neck top with 3 gold chains as the support for the shirt. I do like both styles because you can be sexy in a very casual way.

Masquerade Ball by L.A.S.S. ~ 2 Oct 2010

I was so happy and excited to be a apart of the L.A.S.S. first event: The Masquerade Ball! All on Saturday night! All the L.A.S.S. ladies and their men helped set up and transform the local basketball courts into a party arena! Here was some of our friends before we headed off home! You can see Annabelle's getting sleepy

oh! and do you wanna see the shoes? Check them out HERE!

The weekend gone by...25-26 Sept 2010

Here's the fashion that I adored from the last weekend of last month. Don't quote me on that tho!

First was Piwi's 18th Birthday party.

 I  wore 3/4 blue denim pants with a black kimono-inspired top. It was a pretty sheer top so I had to wear a bra that would blend in nicely into the shirt - a black one!