Back at the start of summer, at our Office Space Party, I had a sign up out for future murder mystery parties, one of which was Archeology. When my mom first bought this one for me, I was none too excited about it. It felt boring, but as we she collected things like crates and tools, I got more and more excited!
Once I found the free curbside tables, I started getting proper excited.
Watching Poirot had me shaping my party to feel like one of her portrayed digs. And since we were due for a murder, it was even more apropos.
The party was at noon on Saturday, so Friday night we went out and set up the difficult and large items. Anything electronic or delicate spent the night in my car.
It was magical the night before.
Adding the final touches the next morning, we were sadly in direct sunlight! I couldn't believe it; we needed to be 180 degrees in the other direction!!! I was trying to avoid the afternoon sun, but didn't consider that the morning sun would not yet be directly overhead at noon! = (
I found an inflatable snake the day before the party to hide in my perfect basket!!!
Since four of my five children were out doing fun things, and Alice was in and out driving people around, she was our photographer in between trips.
She took a lot of pictures for us!
Kim was the daughter of the deceased.
Billy was the Major, but we weren't ever really sure why he was there.
Michael was An American railroader trying to win a contract.
Tabitha was a titled adventuress stopping in for fun.
Natalie was a protégée of the deceased.
Steve was an actor whose benefactor just happened to be the deceased.
I was travelling with my bff, Tabitha.
Mark was the right hand man of the deceased.
In this paragraph I'm going to reveal the murderer. I am going to pad it with lots and lots of sentences, so that you would have to really want to read who it was to see it, and can't accidentally spoil it, just in case you decide to play this game at another time. Surprisingly, it was not claimed from the curb, so it might still be available to purchase at the VOA on Cedar. The murderer was Kim. She did not like being the murder, which is sad, because it is so fun to be the murderer and try to get people to not pick you. So now the murder sentence has been padded, and I think I've said all I'll say about that.
In any case, the next picture is the curb, after we moved all the party stuff to the curb, and then I added all of my boxes and boxes of get rid of stuff.
It was a fun party, and I'm glad we did it. I loved the theme after all, and I'm a little sad that it is over, but glad to have all those big containers out of my mudroom!
I only had to take one box and a rug to the thrift store. I did have to trash the three matching chairs, because they were in rough shape, and no one took them. They worked for me, it's a shame no one else needed them.
later days
edit 10-15-26: backdated for continuity.
