Halloween (the great Edinburgh pumpkin search)...

So, Thursday was the veterinary school Halloween party. Myself and three other guys in class decided to go as Men In Black since it was the cheapest thing to buy a costume for. We all had suits already and just needed black glasses. So we set out after class in search of black sunglasses and found a shop that had loads of costumes. There was a top gun costume that was just great (Maverick all the way!) but then I saw the price of the costume and was about $90, which is crazy! I found the sunglasses, however, when I made my way towards the register to pay for them I stumbled across a chinese straw hat. The first thing that came to my mind was a Chinese rice paddy worker. I thought to myself that it would be quite the unique costume and that I would probably be the only one in the UK dressed as a rice paddy worker. I thought it would be fun. So I put the glasses back, picked up the chinese hat along with a chinaman mustache. This was going to be a legendary costume! After I made my purchase at the costume store, I then needed to head to a chinese market where I could buy a chinese rice bowl and some chopsticks. Barb (asian girl from class) volunteered to take me to this chinese supermarket. I found the perfect bowl and chopsticks for my costume. Once I had everything for the Chinese rice paddy worker costume, I made my way home and got ready for the party. I quickly cooked some sticky rice to put in my bowl. I wore an old torn T shirt and tan shorts along with my leather sandals. I walked to Eddie's flat in the rain in sandals (was not very comfortable). Apparently my costume was quite the hit at the party as I caused many heads to turn when I walked in. The first thing that happened when I walked through the doors was get a picture with two asian couples from the program. They walked up to me and wanted a photo with me so bad because I was a Chinaman. I was laughing, was very funny. I then preceded to mingle and have a good time looking at everyone else's costumes. Here are a few photos from the party (granted, there are more, but I need to get them from everyone).

So, the weekend approached and Kristen and I had planned a pumpkin-carving night over a glass of wine with her flat mates. So, when I got to Kristen's, we set out in search of our pumpkins. We were planning on going across the street where there had been many pumpkins on display near the street. Apparently everyone goes last-minute pumpkin shopping because there was ONE pumpkin left (but was damaged and was being sold for 1 pound). We left it there and said we would get it on the way back if we could not find any. So, we then checked 6 or 7 more places...yep, you guessed it, completely sold out of pumpkins. So, we decided to go back and get our 1 pound pumpkin and guess what? Someone had taken it!! Can you believe that? The nerve! We went to Pizza Hut and ordered a pizza and watched some movies back at the flat. We then dressed up in our costumes so that we could all see what we were going to wear to the party that we were going to go to but decided not to. So here are some pictures of me as the Chinese rice paddy worker. Hope everyone is doing well and can't wait to see you all VERY soon!