it's halloween?

After two weekends of getting out and seeing something of the area (last week we headed North to Napier; the weekend before that Kirsten and I headed out to the east side of Wellington bay for an afternoon hike) this weekend was spent almost entirely indoors.
Friday night became the night to celebrate the quiz night win, by spending the quiz night bar tab. Saturday was spent recovering, as well as preparing for a Halloween party Kirsten was determined to throw, to teach the Kiwis about Halloween, a holiday they don't really celebrate, although a few people here do use it as an excuse to get dressed up.

Along with all that, the flat went through a major upheaveal this week. We had been sharing a three-bedroom apartment with a couple - Swedish guy and Australian girl - and a Kiwi student. The couple was traveling and left Saturday, and last week the student announced she was moving out as well, to go to a cheaper flat.
So now we have a whole new set of flatmates. One German couple, and another couple of Australian guy/English girl. Everyone and everything seems like it will work out well, but it took some time this past week to sort everything out.

The party, and the weekend, were a success. Kirsten went through some trouble to dress up as Velma from Scooby-Doo, and I went to less trouble to look marginally like Shaggy. There were schoolgirls, a sheep, and, thanks to some $2.50 "chest hair" from the local all-in-one store, Magnum P.I.

The Australian/English couple moved to Wellington from the South Island Friday night, had taken a room in our flat Saturday around noon, and were at the party Saturday night. At one point, the girl remarked: "I had hoped we'd find a flat soon in Wellington, and I'd thought about eventually meeting people and having house parties - I haven't been here a full day, and we've got a flat, and thrown a party."