So it looks like a popular item for Halloween this year is the cow skeleton from Tractor Supply Co!
I don't do TikTok so I screen-shotted my Google search to give credit
I may or may not have gasped when I saw it on IG.
Now let me tell you about my weekend.
I visited a total of NINE Tractor Supply stores and only 2 had any Halloween decorations of any note out. Apparently, SE Michigan just doesn't have much out yet.
Friday after work.
Stop 1 - Rochester - endcap
What's funny is that 6 other stores had the exact same endcap of stuff!!!
Saturday afternoon.
Stop 2 - Washington - endcap.
I had hopes for this one, since it's the closest to the famous Tillson Street! But nothing.
Stop 3 - Oxford - endcap
Stop 4 - Ortonville - a glimmer of hope! They had the banjo skeleton guys everywhere and a lot of stuff staged up on top of the aisles. But the only skeletons I saw were rats, ducks & spiders. I actually talked to a couple ladies there and I found out they'd be getting a shipment of stuff in Tuesday (yesterday). But I wasn't the first person to be in there looking!
Stop 5 - Davison - endcap
Stop 6 - Lapeer. I'd actually been in there Thursday night and they had some stuff actually out on the floor - including an empty shelf that looked like where the cows should be staged. So I was hoping they'd have some more stuff - and they did! A box of 6-5 foot skeletons.
Stop 7 - Imlay City - endcap (giving credit to my sister - she actually had to go there)
Sunday morning.
Stop 8 - New Haven - endcap
Stop 9 - Richmond - endcap. We had a nice conversation with a gentleman there who said I was the second person asking that day - and we went in 1/2 hour after they opened!! He said they've also been getting stuff in every week but those in particular hadn't come in yet. He was telling me & the Spouse about his skeletons sitting around a "campfire" that sounded really cute.
Sigh.
So I guess I'll just have to wait for a little bit.
I'm going to have to put word out to the search & rescue team I volunteer for and have them keep an eye out, too. A lot of them have farms and go to TSC more often than I am able to.
Off in a different direction now....
Michael's has skeleton geese!
I stopped in looking for nutcrackers, and saw them but it didn't sink right away what they were. They're more of a yellow color and the wings up like that kind of help give it away what they are. I wish they were a little bit bigger, they're about the same size as the ducks, but that's OK.
I got 2 anyway.
I am getting more picky about my nutcrackers - I only got these guys and not the witch or cat!
Oh, and everything was 20% off.
So anyhooo. My quest will go on.
