Sunday, September 09, 2007

halloween is online first

while we're still waiting on the halloween merchandise to fully make it into real-life stores, the halloween store is up & running on the website . it's a little disconcerting to not see anything like the fun graphics or flash intros to this section like we saw last year, but maybe even target can't make that kind of investment every year.

a few notes on the items:
* 6ft tall dr. shivers looks fishily like the guy from "back to the future".
* 6ft tall groom holding bride's head is just creepy...even for those of us with a high tolerance for creep.
* of the 6ft tall characters, the butler is our favorite...but what is that he's holding? real chicken wings?
* the tall coffin shows a lot of promise as a holder for chips & dips and is very reasonably priced. just noted it's only available online & won't be in stores.
* there are a couple varieties of gargoyles that seem pretty exciting. (this one reminds us of a flying monkey from "the wizard of oz".) also not available in stores.
* this fearnology treat jar seems very inspired, but the price makes it an investment. would have to think on that one...or see if it makes it to clearance. since it's online only, and ceramic, shipping might be hefty...
* this urn is pretty good-looking. you'd need a pair. thing is, they don't tell you what it's made of...by the weight of it (6 lbs), we're guessing it's coated foam.
* there's a skeleton wearing jeans who's very day-of-the-dead and fun.
* as far as costumes go, it's about time they made this type of shark costume. we've been thinking about making one of these for several years, but it seemed like a lot of work to make the pattern and the costume. now we can get one for $50.

halloweeeeeeeeeeeen

the halloween stuff has begun to trickle in to our nearby target stores. our first favorite find (from these early arrivals) is mummy finger suckers! not sure why they're called "mummy fingers", when they seem to "fresh" to be mummified, but we dig em anyway. and they're only $1.99 per pack of 4! (that's just shy of $.50 each)


we also liked other early-arrivers "eyeball ice trays"...and were all excited that they were also only $1.99...but it turned out they were above the WRONG PRICE TAG, and using the handy dandy upc scanner, we found out they're actually $4.99 EACH! not sure it's worth it when we could buy candy eyeballs and make them on our own, will see if any of them make it to clearance.

very intriguing are the scientific test tube decanter drink mixes that come in green (sour apple martini) and orange (mango margarita). am pretty into these and will probably get some soon, altho since they're glass, they seem frighteningly fragile for your holiday bash.

$2.48 FINDS

as part of recent need to completely clear the house for FALL, we were able to get some GREAT deals at the local target.


For just $2.48 each, we got:
* a dark grey cotton polo shirt
* a set of 12 bamboo utensils
* TWO 4-packs of rectangular bamboo plates
* a special cloth for cleaning stainless steel

there are still some clearance goodies like this out there! check the outer endcaps of your target store today!