125 days (but who's counting?)

I'm ready for this heat & humidity to be GONE! 

So circling back to my last post....

SUCCESS!

I went to a different At Home store last weekend and was able to acquire my blowmolds! 

I couldn't resist getting 2.  

And also the Danger Noodle. 

I've actually been wanting one, so I grabbed it since it was right there, yanno.

There are several different varieties out there - this one actually reminds me of my skeleton horse's (and pony) tail. It's more rubber-y and less bone-y.

Now.... do I want to get the boney wheelbarrow???  It's totally appropriate for my Sanctuary for Anatomically Incorrect Animals.  And I could imagine some hilarious scenes to put it in.  But do I really want to drop $150 on it???  They've already gotten a good chunk of my H'ween play money this year! 

Thoughts to ponder.

I also went on Amazon and ordered a few things. 

These earrings are super cute, but they're definitely for people with daintier earlobes than I have (damn getting old anyway!!) but it's not stopping me from wearing them! 

btw - that's the Amazon model - not me.

I also decided to get the mini wolf skeletons.  

They're indeed small, but there's a place (somewhere) in the sanctuary for them. 

Maybe with this guy?

He's also been ordered, but not due to arrive until the first week in July sometime. 

It's 17" tall. I didn't want one that moves or makes noise, so this is a good one. 

Interesting that I just got emails from TSC about the items I'm watching (all the critter skeletons) are still temporarily unavailable.  But when I went to look - they're not even showing on the website anymore! 

AKA the Spawn - she keeps turning the living room A/C off!

The grandkids were mildly offended at first that I was using their pool, but they got over it (and that I stole one of the water guns to squirt them when they got too close!)

I didn't get this At Home JOL, but I took a pic to send to my sisters because it looks like one of our aunts! 

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Thoughts to ponder - was reading a thread on the HalloweenForum about buying H'ween candy - do you stick to a budget or just buy all willy-nilly?   We've given out full sized bars for the past several years - it's not a real big deal for us since we usually get less than 50 kids, a good amount of them are drive-bys.  This is why....

This is my neighborhood.  The purple squares in the neatly gridded area are streetlights.  I live on a non-streetlight street.  We also don't have sidewalks.  Or many houses with porch lights on at H'ween.

There are no lights noted in the twisty side because I don't know where all those are, other than there's a lot more than what we have!  And sidewalks.  And houses closer to said sidewalks than mine is to the road.   

So even tho there are plenty of kids in our area, I found out they must all go over into the twisty side for ToT.  The Spawn has taken the grandkids over that way, and she said there were tons of kids out and a lot of houses with porchlights on. 

Anyway - I digress.  Going back to the Forum discussion - I looked at my Amazon order from last year when I bought the candy bars and compared them to current prices. 

18 ct Skittles / Starburst Variety Pack  =  2024 - $18.14 / 2025 - $21.78 

30 ct M&M / Mars Variety Pack  =  2024 - $ 27.89 / 2025 - $42.50  

WOW!

At least I looked now so I won't be shocked later at the prices!  Especially on the chocolate.  Sheeesh. 

I have been warned!

So until later..... see ya!