silver linings

Our Halloween was very quiet. We had plans to get window seats at our local brewpub and watch the massive community trick-or-treat event, but the skies opened up around 3pm with a torrential downpour. We stayed at home and watched movies.

The other reason our Halloween was so low-key is because of a Fri-Sun Magic: the Gathering tournament at the local convention center, and the Stroppy One was in attendance to do the World Famous M:tG Artist thing and sign people's cards in exchange for money. These shows are great and yet exhausting for him; on Saturday there was never a break in his line, he was there for over 9 hours, was the last artist to leave, and came home with three commissioned sketches to do. This has become the norm for shows for him, in part because he only goes to ones that have a specific tournament format that focuses on the expansions that he has the most art in, but also because he's one of the most prolific artists in the game.

I went to a friends' low-key party last night, which was wonderful. Costumes were optional, so I just pulled out my fancy witch hat and covered my under eye circles with glitter. Did you know that there are now glitter temporary tattoos?! That you can cut apart and layer for the coverage you want?! And the glitter does not budge, to the point that it took several rounds of jojoba oil to remove.



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I did some last-minute gothy impulse shopping thanks to mailing list discount codes: this belt from Videnoir, and this over-the-top ruffled collar from Devil Fashion. And then an Etsy seller I follow sent me a massive discount code, so this giant onyx pendant is headed my way. (It's the store that I purchased my massive labradorite pendant from, so I know the quality is good.)