Last night, the night before Halloween, to thoughtfully accommodate our guests busy schedules Darrell and I decided to host a bit of a Halloween “do”! 
We invited a few carefully selected list of guests, known for their considered bon viveur-acity for a “sophisticated” Come Dine With Me meets Hello Magazine type evening ….. but we didn’t tell Nigel what was occurring until he got home …..
…… so when he saw the door mat ….. his little face was a picture!
Everything looked soooooo seasonally festive and romantic …… Darrell had done us proud raiding the Poundshops of Wolverhampton, Kristy Allsop or Martha Stewart could not have done a better job!
As Nigel looked round his eyes just got bigger and bigger ….
…… and before we had even started …… 
…… I will admit it all got a touch emotional …… 
….. which also felt a little strange when dressed as two pumpkins and a skeleton, but then …….. we had honoured guests to welcome ……
…… while Nigel bagsed his seat at the table!
The food was truly phenomenal, kindly cooked by one of our guests, Mr C with an Asian twist …..
…… which was well off the scale on our spicy Halloween Richter Scale of noms! 
And then, after afters pudding desert dessert ……. someone got out the glow sticks …….
Oh Mon Dieu ….. Nigel who was already beside himself with joyous excitement, was catapulted to another level of “beside himself”, saying that they were the most wondrously spooky things he had ever seen in his life ……
……. and while the adults sat round the table enjoying amusing Halloween banter and gossip of the day ….. Nigel went off in the dark to glow ……
It was a very, very happy night for everyone, but especially Nigel …..
…. who insisted on going to bed ….. though robustly fatigued ….. surrounded not only by his own glow sticks but also by the ones our guests had left behind ….. 
…… sweet dreams Nigel!
What a wonderful evening.
ReplyDeleteHorses sweat.
Men perspire.
Nigel simply glows.
Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteo what fun BUT TONIGHT ONE BEST COVER YOUR MIRRORS PUT SALT ACROSS THE DOORS AND ON THE WINDOW SEALS HANG MISTLETOE UP THE CHIMNEY TURN AROUND 3 TIMES AND SPIT FIND A WHITE HORSE TO STROKE DONT LOOK A THE MOON THROW GLASS WITH OUT TURNING SILVER in your pockets also if you have any of these phobias you best just look your doors and hide Samhainophobia - Fear of Halloween
ReplyDeleteCucurbit phobia - Fear of Pumpkins
Pedophobia- Fear of children.
Sciophobia Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows.
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.
Arachnophobia - Fear of Spiders
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Wicaphobia - Fear of Witches
Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars. (or trick or treaters?)
Dysmorphophobia- Fear of deformity.
Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets.
Phasmophobia - Fear of Ghosts
Pneumatiphobia- Fear of spirits.
Demophobia - Fear of Demons or Evil Spirits
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.
Hemotophobia - Fear of Blood
Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Gatophobia, Ailurophobia, or Elurophobia- Fear of cats
Sciophobia - Fear of Shadows
Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog. (Homichlophobia)
Catoptrophobia - Fear of Mirrors in General...
but..
Eisoptrophobia - Is the Fear of Seeing Yourself in a Mirror!
Paphophobia - Fear of Graves
Taphephobia - Fear of being buried alive.
Coimetrophobia - Fear of Cemeteries
Cleisiophobia - Fear of being locked in.
Claustrophobia - Fear of being in a small or confined space.
Alliumphobia - Fear of Garlic
Necrophobia - Fear of Corpses or Dead People
Achluophobia - Fear of the Dark
Ceraunophobia - Fear of Thunder
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues
Ochlophobia - Fear of Crowds
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.
Toxiphobia - Fear of Poison
Blennophobia- Fear of slime.
Autodysomophobia- Fear of someone that has a vile odor.
Nyktosophobia - Fear of the Night or Dark
Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything
so trick or treat trick or treat give me something sweet to eat big love marc
Spooky pictures! Is there a ghost I can see on one of those pics - quick send it onto the One Show - there def is an aurora of a something in the glow. JantheFan x
ReplyDeleteOh mon Dieu for sure! What a terrific attractive Halloween do with fab decor by Darrell.....perfect Night Before Halloween get together in every way....I can see a wonderful time was had by all with many extra special spooky things and topped off with Nigel glowing in the dark! another night to remember.....Happy Halloween!....Dianne
ReplyDeleteMarc,
ReplyDeleteWhat a comprehensive list of phobias.
Philophobia is not fear of someone called Phil, but fear of horses.