Corporate Halloween Happenings

This flyer first appeared in a corridor of Unnamed Largish Company about a day after Carly announced her husband Alan's idea for this week's Round Robin Photo Challenge:  Halloween Happenings!  Spooky, huh? 

At the risk of giving away company secrets, I'm going to admit to you here and now that the company that employs me has Halloween decorations up.  Since I make a point of never naming the firm in my blogs, or mentioning what kind of business it is, or revealing exactly what I do all day at work, I think I can get away with telling you this. 

Maybe not, though.  When these balloons arrived in our department a week ago, I waited until nearly everyone had left for the day, and then took some pictures of the balloons. I say nearly everyone, because at the sound of the first photo being taken (my digital camera has a sound effect turned on so I know it took a picture), one of my co-workers popped up to jokingly ask whether I was photographing company secrets.  I said that I was photographing the company balloons. I went on to reveal for the first time that I have "a significant online presence."  My co-worker went home that night, Googled the word "mavarin" and found this blog.  He was disappointed, though, because I hadn't posted any balloon pictures.  Well, here's one of them, D.!

As you can probably guess, there are definite drawbacks to filling a room with helium balloons nearly two weeks before the holiday you're celebrating.  Within two days, a couple of the black balloons, including mine, were hanging instead of floating.  It was so sad!  I felt as though I had a defective balloon.  By now, of course, all the balloons are like that. At least they were, until people started taping them to the tops of cubicles, as I soon did, or removed them entirely.

It doesn't really matter, though.  The balloons (the orange ones, anyway) still add color to the drab, cubicle-filled room, and the fact that they're "hanging" like that adds a macabre touch.  One side of the room got cobwebs, too, which I like a lot.  We didn't get them on our side, probably because our part of the room isn't visible from the door.  But I brought in my own little rubber spider web, and strung it between my black balloon and my hanging baskets.

The Halloween Happenings flyer is for a different department, I'm sorry to say, but it looks as though we'll have a pot luck anyway.  I'm bringing the apples.  Should I bring caramel for them or leave the appled au naturel?

Meanwhile, I get to enjoy the decorations throughout the building.  My favorite is this display in the break room.  I admire it every day, almost.  It was really hard to get a good picture of it, though, because of the contrast between the lit jack-o'-lantern and the dark figure.  This photo was about the fifth attempt.

I'll be writing more about Halloween at home as we get closer to the day, but don't expect to see "the reveal" of my costume for this year until October 31st.  I've been very busy at home and around town, shopping for Halloween Happenings of a personal nature. I initially put this year's costume together without spending a penny, but I find myself enhancing it with new accessories and additional items of clothing. John has accused me of purchasing "my stylish yet affordable boots" (Quick! What's that quote from?) just for the sake of the costume.  Well, yeah, I will wear them on Halloween. But I fully intend to wear them on other occasions, too.  Like Rodeo Days (a local holiday here).  Or when it rains.  And when it snows here, any year now, I'll be ready!

Karen

All photos by KFB

Please visit the journals of all of this week's Round Robin Participants:

Alan...F-Stop

http://journals.aol.com/botdotdotdot/F-Stop

Karen...Musings from Mavarin

http://journals.aol.com/mavarin/MusingsfromMavarin/

Carly...Ellipsis

http://journals.aol.com/ondinemonet/Ellipsis/

Mary...Alphawoman's Blog

http://journals.aol.com/alphawoman1/Alphawomansblog/

Sara...Photographic Memories

http://journals.aol.com/shedrawsanime/PhotographicMemories

Dorn...Through the Eyes of the Beholder

http://journals.aol.com/dornbrau/ThroughtheEyesoftheBeholder/

rRose...WAIT NOTYET

http://journals.aol.com/rrveh1/WAIT-NOTYET-/

Steven...sometimes photoblog

http://journals.aol.com/sepintx/sometimesphotoblog/

Renee...wwwTimelessCalligraphyStudiocom

http://journals.aol.com/acyrlicstains/publish/

Kat...From Every Angle

http://journals.aol.com/mskatdabrat/FromEveryAngle/

Robin...These are the days of our lives POSTED EARLY!

http://journals.aol.com/robinngabster/Thesearethedaysofourlives/entries/1155

Tess...First Digital Photos

http://journals.aol.com/tc01hm/FirstDigitalPhotos/

Gem...Journally Yours

http://journals.aol.com/libragem007/JournallyYours/

Marie...Photographs & Memories

http://journals.aol.com/mariebm56/PhotographsMemories

Maryanne...My feelings are real

http://journals.aol.com/globetrotter2u/Myfeelingsarereal/

AND

Sassy...Sassy'sEYE - ADDED!  POSTED!

http://journals.aol.com/sassydee50/SassysEYE/entries/732/

Cosette... Pandora's Bazaar - POSTED EARLY (sort of)! Just as well, because she's in Florida without power now.

http://journals.aol.com/pandorasbazaar/PandorasJournal/entries/520

"Plant" your journal in the Journal Graveyard, courtesy of (sometimes) photoblog's Steven

From last year:  Cauldron of Plenty