Halloween party 2012

Where were you on October 13th, 2012?

My second annual party for Halloween has come and gone and I can say, it was a doozy to get through this year.
I had originally planned on getting home weeks in advance to decorate for it, but I was really sick and had to go into the hospital.  Not only did that slow me down, it completely stopped all party planning for about 2 weeks.  Once I got out and was well enough to go ahead with things, I was grossly behind.
The last two weeks before my party, I really tried to put everything into overdrive, but still failed to get everything I wanted accomplished.
On top of that, some of my props failed right before guests started to arrive, so I wasn't happy with that either.
On the up side, a lot of people came this year.  I had a total of 15 guests and everyone did have a good time.  The music worked, my biggest prop worked and was a hit.  The food was plentiful and tasted good and I got a lot of help from my family and husband to set everything up and clean up afterwards.
I definitely learned some things to keep in mind for next year.

I think I'll make less food and work less hard to make everything perfect.  It's never going to perfect, but I can make it fun without killing myself.

I have to make sure to send out invitations early again and invite as many people as I can think of to guarantee that lots will show up.

And do it late enough in the year that seating outside is available because that was a popular option for guests this year.

Start working on my trivia game early and come up with a wide range of answers for each question.