Monster Mash 2009

I have not gone to a Halloween party in a long long time. For the last 8 years all I did for Halloween was order a pizza and hand candy out to Trick-or-Treaters. Not very fun at all. So when I heard that my friends were going to throw a Halloween party, I was very excited.

Going to the Halloween store with my friend I saw almost right away what I wanted to be. It was a cheerleading outfit that said U University on it. Across that was the work "Suck". It was perfect for how I felt lately. I wanted to be something dark and Gothic so this was perfect.

The costume was a tad too short for me so I bought some silver and black material and made it longer. I also bought some black leggings, striped socks, goth jewelry and wore my hair in pigtails. Much cuter in real life.

Me and my friend, Azad, who was a magicians assistant. You can see I made my skin pale and went really heavy on the eye liner. I tried to make my bangs all cute but they looked weird like this after a few hours. I also bought some fake piercings and had a lip ring and nose ring. Extremely uncomfortable to wear.

On a side note: I noticed in almost all the pictures I smiled like this. I thought it looked better to smile with my mouth closed but I look much better smiling and showing my teeth. I look like I am in pain here!

Dressed up fancy and gambled at Mohegan Sun

We thought it would be fun if we dressed up all fancy and went to Mohegan Sun for some gambling fun. I have never been there and was shocked by how huge it is there.

Here we are dressed to impress. We were the only ones in the casino dressed up like we were. But we didn't care, we looked good.

Here I am at the slots machines wondering where all my money went...

The best part of the night was heading up to the Star Bar aka The Bar in the Sky, ALL the way upstairs from the casino. It was so nice there. The ceiling was a giant sky which changed. One minute you would see a blue sky with clouds and a airplane and the next minute you would see stairs and the moon.

The drinks were good there too. They were so strong.

Here is our bartender at the star bar, Ben. He was awesome!

After a few drinks it was time to win big! I was determined to bring home big money.

But instead this is all I won at the end of the night! Yay me!



Details

Mohegan Sun - Nice place, don't expect to bring home big money. The casino lets you smoke EVERYWHERE so if smoking bothers you, you will need to find the crappy smoke free section.

Place to hang out: Star Bar- Fantastic place to get a drink and hang out

Tip: Wear comfy shoes. You do a LOT of walking

Got Divorced

Its official! I am now a divorced woman! Yay!!!!! I have to say that its a huge relief to get my old last name back and to really be able to move on with my life.

As hard as this day was, I was really proud of the way I handled this day. I was going to walk in there with my head held high and do what I needed to do. I was determined to not cry or show my ex an sign of weakness. While I was sitting there in the court room waiting for them to call our names, I realized the date. We were just 3 weeks shy of our 3 year wedding anniversary. It made me feel alittle sad thinking of that. But then I realized that for the last year, I have done more and experienced more then I ever did when I was with him. This was the best thing that could have happened to me.

In less then 15 minutes, my 2 year marriage and 8 year relationship with my ex was over. It was a little too easy if you ask me. But I walked out of that court feeling like a new person.

I said goodbye to my ex and got in my car to drive away. It was finally done and I couldn't be happier.