by JoAnn
Rick and I went to a fab party hosted by our friends, Julie and Marvin McLaughlin on Halloween night.
Julie is an artist and spent weeks planning and assembling props and decorations from her garage sale shopping.
She totally outdid herself and the decor was really cool and spooky. There was everything from a full graveyard in the garden complete with wheelbarrow of dirt and shovel to a haunted staircase full of creepy original artwork and paintings. 
Every time I would think I’d seen everything, I’d notice something new like the rat coming out of a hole while I was using the bathroom!!
Costumes were mandatory and it was so much fun dressing up. Rick was Al Capone and I was his “moll”.
Julie was a fortune teller and Marv was “Mad Marvin” the evil scientist.
Julie’s kids had their teenage friends over and their costumes were cute and hilarious. Their daughter Meridith tried to look scary but the girl couldn’t help still looking cute! 
More pictures are posted in my photo gallery under “Halloween 08“.
Rick looked great in his vintage cuffed black wool slacks with suspenders.
He wore shiny black shoes and a black shirt and striped tie. A fedora hat topped off his look.
I was attired in a black and gold beaded dress. Not vintage but vintage looking. I wore my favorite red feathered hat- headdress and was dripping in all the sparkly vintage jewelry I could pile on.
My outfit was topped off by a fabulous old fur stole complete with tails.
We had a great time!
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I love your costumes! Rick & JoAnn you should print that out in black & white to hang in the shop. I can’t wait to see what you come up with next year…
hi, this is one of meredith mclaughlin’s friends, nicole. this party was so much fun! the house looked great! i hope to be in the shop some time soon again, and i can always model some more things if you want - i’ve recently become very interested in the fashion world! (not to mention i’m officially 5′7 - that helps with the whole model thing.)
Nicole - we had a great time at the party! You guys all had such imaginative costumes. Looking forward to the next photo shoot. Y’all are welcome anytime.