Welcome November!

11月ようこそ! Bem-vindo Novembro! Welcome November! It's time for preparing for the first snow for many of us (even though ours came early this year), donning our coats and warm cozy gloves, eating pie... lots of pie and planning for a joyful Yule. Are you excited, everyone?! I hope so! 

I haven't blogged much because I was planning something reallyyyy big and that kind of fell through. 😅 You see, I've been using Blogger since... 2009? I wanted to try something else, thinking my blog would be bigger and better if I did, but in the end, I realized it's not so much where you are as what you do... At least in my case! So I'll be sticking to blogger but I will have a new domain soon. My blog will be called "Angela Kawada" because even though I love everything Sukeban related, it's not my "niche" and my niche is my little family and I, our daily life, my hobbies, interests and beliefs. So I feel like my name is fitting!

I created an extremely cute header, too. 😄

How was everyone's Halloween?! We relaxed, had good food, played Conan (Koji even made Halloween kits for everyone!) and I designed a lot. I'm already preparing for next Halloween! 😋 We also honored our babies who've passed on. <3

Now I'm going to catch up on some blog reading before advertising our Conan server and working on my new design. I can't wait to show you! Take care, everyone!  

Hallotober Tag

Tag created by @Ofaglasgowgirl

こんにちは! Oi! Hello! Today I am bringing you a very fun and Halloween-y post. 🎃 I was tagged by Jordanne of The Life Of A Glasgow Girl to take part in her Hallotober Tag. I'm so excited! Thank you, Jordanne. 😁 Let's get started!

1. What's your favourite thing about October? My favorite thing about October is the magick in the air and celebrating the season with my little family. I love how everything is just more magickal, from the sound of Autumn leaves skittering in the breeze to the moon glowing in the sky while walking through the local corn maze. As for celebrating, I love all of the warm food and drink, seeing spooky cute decor for sale in the store and of course, horror movies on TV! Plus planning for Halloween and Samhain as a whole. 

2. Are you a big celebrator of Halloween? Yes! It's my favorite holiday after birthdays and anniversaries and Samhain is on the same day, which is my favorite sabbat. We decorate, dress up if possible and have lots of delicious foods! I also love all seeing Halloween events in my favorite MMOs and just Halloween being celebrated in entertainment in general. 

3. What's your favourite horror movie? Easily Ju-On! I love Asian horror movies because they're more about the story than hack and slash or shock. They feel more realistic and just scarier because of that. I firmly think poor Kayako deserved better. 😤

4. Would you rather a cosy night in watching horrors or a big night out in a costume? Definitely a cosy night in. ❤️ I love relaxing in the comfort of my own home and thinking of laying under a bunch of blankets with a warm cup of pumpkin spice coffee and my little family nearby while watching horrors is so perfect. 

5. Which has been your most favourite costume to date? I would say my Jack-o-Lantern costume. I've gotten SO many compliments on this and it's so fun to walk around in. I've had this costume since... 2008? 2009? In fact, this picture is very old, but the costume itself is still in perfect condition!

6. Bobbing for apples or pin the hat on the witch? Ahhhh, pin the hat on the Witch sounds like so much fun. I'll definitely be the champion of that! 

7. How do you celebrate Halloween? With LOTS of food! My favorite is a Jack-o-Lantern cheese ball. We also normally have a delicious rum drink. We give candy out to trick-or-treaters and often go all out in our outside decoration for them. It's so much fun! I'm not sure if that will be possible this year, though! 

8. What's your least favourite horror? I don't have any certain title in mind, but I dislike most hack and slash and horror that depends on jump scare tactics. 

9. Do you have a favourite trick or treating memory? I don't have any from growing up, so I'll go with one that happened while I was on the other end of trick-or-treating. Ástrid and I set up a huge haunted tent for the neighborhood and sat inside with all sorts of spooky decor and we had everyone coming in to tell us they loved what we did. One neighbor even brought us some warm homemade desserts because the weather was chilly!

10. What's your favourite thing about Halloween? I love scary and creepy cute stuff so it's the PERFECT time to see my interests on display in the store. I can go anywhere and find black cats, Witches, bats, rats, candy corn and all sorts of interesting stuff. I also love Samhain, the sabbat that falls on October 31st. It's a time where we remember those who've passed on, let go of the old and welcome the new. It's called the Witch's New Year. 

a beautiful Samhain (Halloween) Poster by KatherinLeee

11. Scary costume or Silly costume? SCARY! I love a good scary costume, though I am a fan of sexy costumes as well. I've thought of the perfect trio costume for Ástrid, Koji and I. Ástrid and I would each be Persephone, one of us being her Goddess of Spring side and the other her Goddess of the Underworld side and Koji would be Hades. 

12. What's your favourite Halloween candy? Twixxxx! Whenever I see Twix in the candy bowl, I pick them out. >.> I'm also really addicted to candy corn.

13. Ghost decorations or skeleton decorations? Oh, definitely ghosts. I do love skellies, but ghosts are so cute. Well, spooky or cute! Whether it's Boosheen or a haunted mirror. 

The totally kawaii Limited Edition Boosheen Light-Up Plush

Wheeee, that was fun! Thank you again, Jordanne! Now I need to tag 13 other bloggers to do this (I know some people feel pressure about this, so please don't. If I tag you but it's not your thing, feel free to skip and just know I want you to celebrate a happy Hallotober! Also, I don't know 13 bloggers to do this, so I'll just list who I think would enjoy!) The only other rule is that I delete question 13 and add my own, soooo... I tag:

1. Michelle of MooeyAndFriends

2. Alisha-Valerie of Alisha Valerie

3. Michelle of A Geek Girl's Guide

4. Meg of A Geeky Gal

5. Angela Louise of Weird Louise

6. Cate of Cateaclysmic

7. Michelle of Daisybutter 

8. Eleanor of mxrshmallowqueen

9. Sarah of Raiin Monkey

10. Lizzie of Hello Lizzie Bee

And the Qs:

1. What's your favourite thing about October? 

2. Are you a big celebrator of Halloween? 

3. What's your favourite horror movie?

4. Would you rather a cosy night in watching horrors or a big night out in a costume?

5. Which has been your most favourite costume to date? 

6. Bobbing for apples or pin the hat on the witch? 

7. How do you celebrate Halloween? 

8. What's your least favourite horror? 

9. Do you have a favourite trick or treating memory? 

10. What's your favourite thing about Halloween? 

11. Scary costume or Silly costume? 

12. What's your favourite Halloween candy? 

13. Who is your favourite black cat, real or fictional?

HAVE FUN and HAPPY HALLOTOBER!