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Oct. 3rd, 2022 03:49 pmI believe today I went to more places than I did in the previous two months combined. Definitely more than September, anyway. o_O
Basically went Halloween hunting, knowing it was going to be slim pickings because Mum called off every week where it would've maybe been good. Boooooooooo. But since I didn't have any money anyway, this was all just meant to be window shopping anyway.
Started at TJ Maxx and it had a really cute little orange cat figurine that I wanted and had I known how the rest of the trip was going to go, I might've caved. They had a fair amount of stuff, too. HomeGoods had a nice window display but they were already transitioning to Christmas (boooooooooooooo) but I did see some fun stuff and got to see one of those Disney count down to Halloween books in person. It was underwhelming to say the least.
Michael's pissed me off but did have three things I wanted and two I nearly bought. One was this cutie:
but I couldn't justify the price.
Then they had a craft kit that was basically build your own haunted house and a paint your own wooden decor thing. But the line was pretty long and I am still fairly sure neither DIY thing would survive storage. I reserve the right to peek online though.
World Market has some really cute kitchy haunted houses that reminded me of the ones At Home has had the last two years. They also had some 3D bats but they were $10 so I said no.
Ross was pretty picked clean and I remembered why I never go there: it's in the building that used to be my favorite toy store IN THE WORLD and it's basically just depressing as shit because I have no idea how they stay in business because they never have anything. Well. Untrue. They had some potholders I wanted and they were a good price but again, those lines. Ugh.
Target was the biggest disappointment, as the dollar spot was mostly Christmas (and a couple of little wooden village things I totally wanted but oof, the lines were backed up to the mall entrance) and I'm not sure if Halloween is still trickling in or if it's all out and painfully picked over. Someone did compliment my NBC shirt (yay) but it's a damn fine thing I didn't wait to see the MH stuff in person as they had NOTHING. Not even a spot where I could maybe see them going in the future. I knew we were behind but dude.
I did find and fall in love with one of the LOL BeTweens- the Ginger spice homage whose name I will look up later. She was cute.
Joann's had a screaming child and nothing of great interest because their prices are insane even before the markdown (I miss AC Moore SO FUCKING MUCH) and Marshall's came the closest to getting me because they had a really cute chunky black cat statue and I carried it around but couldn't justify the price ultimately.
Then Mom popped in at the Food Lion and I waited in the car because the battery was acting funky and I spent nearly the entire time dreaming of McDonald's fries. This is probably because they're allegedly bringing back the Halloween pails for Ari's birthday (10/18) and because there's a McDonald's in the corner of the parking lot, but the line was wrapped around the building and Mom got icecream so I am still dreaming. CURSE YOU, McDONALD'S!
Sigh. It wasn't a great Halloween hunt but I did find something I wanted or at least enjoyed looking at everywhere and sometimes you need a win.
Cass and Ari's grandmother died yesterday morning and it's weird trying to figure out how I feel about this. She seemed to like me well enough and for awhile here and there she kind of adopted me so I'd get a gift or a card or just her being nice to me... which was extra nice when you consider I started out life with 2 grands and they died a year apart in high school, so it'd been awhile. But also she was kind of objectively horrible to her granddaughters and her own kids sooooooo... Add in the fact that the woman had been cheating death for the last, and I do not exaggerate here, twenty years, and it's very much a "huh. I feel nothing yet" kind of thing.
Basically went Halloween hunting, knowing it was going to be slim pickings because Mum called off every week where it would've maybe been good. Boooooooooo. But since I didn't have any money anyway, this was all just meant to be window shopping anyway.
Started at TJ Maxx and it had a really cute little orange cat figurine that I wanted and had I known how the rest of the trip was going to go, I might've caved. They had a fair amount of stuff, too. HomeGoods had a nice window display but they were already transitioning to Christmas (boooooooooooooo) but I did see some fun stuff and got to see one of those Disney count down to Halloween books in person. It was underwhelming to say the least.
Michael's pissed me off but did have three things I wanted and two I nearly bought. One was this cutie:
but I couldn't justify the price.
Then they had a craft kit that was basically build your own haunted house and a paint your own wooden decor thing. But the line was pretty long and I am still fairly sure neither DIY thing would survive storage. I reserve the right to peek online though.
World Market has some really cute kitchy haunted houses that reminded me of the ones At Home has had the last two years. They also had some 3D bats but they were $10 so I said no.
Ross was pretty picked clean and I remembered why I never go there: it's in the building that used to be my favorite toy store IN THE WORLD and it's basically just depressing as shit because I have no idea how they stay in business because they never have anything. Well. Untrue. They had some potholders I wanted and they were a good price but again, those lines. Ugh.
Target was the biggest disappointment, as the dollar spot was mostly Christmas (and a couple of little wooden village things I totally wanted but oof, the lines were backed up to the mall entrance) and I'm not sure if Halloween is still trickling in or if it's all out and painfully picked over. Someone did compliment my NBC shirt (yay) but it's a damn fine thing I didn't wait to see the MH stuff in person as they had NOTHING. Not even a spot where I could maybe see them going in the future. I knew we were behind but dude.
I did find and fall in love with one of the LOL BeTweens- the Ginger spice homage whose name I will look up later. She was cute.
Joann's had a screaming child and nothing of great interest because their prices are insane even before the markdown (I miss AC Moore SO FUCKING MUCH) and Marshall's came the closest to getting me because they had a really cute chunky black cat statue and I carried it around but couldn't justify the price ultimately.
Then Mom popped in at the Food Lion and I waited in the car because the battery was acting funky and I spent nearly the entire time dreaming of McDonald's fries. This is probably because they're allegedly bringing back the Halloween pails for Ari's birthday (10/18) and because there's a McDonald's in the corner of the parking lot, but the line was wrapped around the building and Mom got icecream so I am still dreaming. CURSE YOU, McDONALD'S!
Sigh. It wasn't a great Halloween hunt but I did find something I wanted or at least enjoyed looking at everywhere and sometimes you need a win.
Cass and Ari's grandmother died yesterday morning and it's weird trying to figure out how I feel about this. She seemed to like me well enough and for awhile here and there she kind of adopted me so I'd get a gift or a card or just her being nice to me... which was extra nice when you consider I started out life with 2 grands and they died a year apart in high school, so it'd been awhile. But also she was kind of objectively horrible to her granddaughters and her own kids sooooooo... Add in the fact that the woman had been cheating death for the last, and I do not exaggerate here, twenty years, and it's very much a "huh. I feel nothing yet" kind of thing.