Halloween Party 2009, Part 3, More Decorations

Just a quick post tonight, with a couple of pictures, because, to put it mildly, I'm wiped out. I spent the majority of the day getting ready for another Halloween Party - this time for the Golden Retriever group I organize. We've got a meetup coming up on Saturday and have over 100 people coming! Yikes! And here I thought all of my Halloween party planning was done for the year! I guess not!

Today I had several of my assistant organizers come over and we got all of the stuff together for the prizes we'll be giving out Saturday. We made a total of 22 gift baskets! We also got our menu planned, food ordered, and a game plan ready for the meetup. I'm made my list of things "not to forget" on Saturday (only 23 items - so far!) and am getting everything together. Enough about that for now, on to the other party fun.

The kitchen (aka the "general store"), the family room (aka the "haunted lodge"), and my desk area (aka the "taxidermy shop").
On the back wall of the general store I had made personalized "wanted" posters for several past guests and my production crew.
Food included homemade pulled pork (25lbs. of it!) homemade chili, homemade BBQ beans, homemade pigs in a blanket, homemade corn salad, homemade cornbread, homemade green beans with potatoes and bacon, (are you seeing a trend here?) meat balls, mac and potato salad, short bread cookies, veggies, chips, dips, artichoke dip, and stuff I can't even remember right now!
Part of our haunted lodge....

more of the lodge...

every lodge needs a fireplace with dead stuff hanging over it....

and a trophy wall...
heading towards the backyard and saloon area (Shirley made custom saloon doors for our french door - they were AWESOME!)

the taxidermy shop...

what a bargain!

Tomorrow is another busy day for me, a funeral in the morning for my dear friend Sylvia's Grandmother, a visit to the hospital to see my Dad who is having a major test done on his pace maker, a visit with friends in the late afternoon if I can squeeze it in, and an alumni get together for our Homecoming football game in the evening. Whew! I'm tired just thinking about it! I'll try to post more pictures tomorrow, but no promises. They are worth waiting for though, I promise....and I haven't even started on the guests yet!