Congratulations to them. They better have that real wedding next year because I will be damned if I’m gonna be cheated out of my chance to wear a poofy dress and pelt my sister with uncooked rice. I don’t care if their ceremony doesn’t actually include throwing rice, I’ll bring my own box of Uncle Ben’s and ambush her when she’s coming out of the bathroom if I have to. Plus I want to be able to see her in a gown and hug her and all that stuff. But mostly the rice thing, is what I’m looking forward to.

Anyway, where was I, oh yeah, the in-laws. By the end of the week, Andrew’s parents and sister had made it to town. And I considered driving up to meet them. But turns out Dad was sick and I was lazy so I stayed in town.

Which meant I could go to Grace’s Halloween party (link to Flickr set). I re-wore my George Clinton outfit, which I felt kinda lazy about doing, but hell, it’s a good costume and I wanted to show it off. Plus I had the whole “I thought I was gonna be out of town so I didn’t make a new costume” thing going. The party was tons of fun with hilarious, well-conceived, impressive costumes strolling in and out all night.

Our lovely hostess Grace was Joan from Mad Men, and seriously she looked hot as could be. Plus her costume allowed her to pick up drinks and hostess and take care of people’s needs while simultaneously being smoldering, much like Joan herself does on the show. Well played, my dear, well played.

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Leslie was also sizzling hot…BACON. Here’s a totally epic photo of Bacon high-fiving Zombie Jesus. Seriously, I cannot stop laughing at this picture.

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In fact, every photo of Zombie Jesus is fantastic. To wit, here’s the secret of how Courtney Love manages to still be alive.

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If you feel like you need to cleanse yourself after viewing that horror (or reading my jokes, yuk yuk) then feel free to hop in the shower with Andrew. He looks like he wouldn’t mind…

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And I can’t think of a corny segue for this last photo, but I want to end my teaser photos with a detail of a very awesome costume. Click here to see the entire thing and to see many other great costumes. And remember, only 363 days until Halloween!