lost & found vintage toys

monster week ~ bela lugosi as count dracula

it's october, our favorite time of the year, & the halloween countdown!

we'll have all halloween, ghosts & monsters here this month, starting with a week of universal & classic monsters. first up, dracula, of course, because we're partial to bela ~

bela lugosi as dracula from the 1931 movie classic ~

with cape, bat & candlestick ~

come closer ~

bela himself stands about 8" tall ~

made by sideshow inc with the universal monsters trademark ~

these universal monster collector figures came out in the late 90's ~

universal monsters dvds ~

classics ~

ghost & toxic

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i'm kinda miserable with classic migraine today ~

that started yesterday as a disconcerting aura & blindspot after doing a wave of springcleaning ~

so i'm in pain & feeling a little pukey ~

mr dad's nickname for me is li'l pukey, since i say that often enough.. lol ~

so i thought it'd be fun today to share this coloring book i made once for toxic ~

when i was sick & feverish ~

when you're feeling poorly i think it's an extra important time to look after your inner child ~

kitties, of course ~

music is another important element ~

tv ~

& dvds ~

games & fun ~

favorites ~

(note: toxic is the nickname i sometimes use for my inner kidself.. (thanks john bradshaw ;) ~

xmas is coming! ~

don't forget videogames ~

word search ~

this is a weird wednesday favorite old post from 5 years ago :D ~

neighborhood of make-believe ~

hey, it's only 150 more days till halloween! ~

holidays ~

my grown son still loves these particular anagram pages ;) ~

i miss winter ~

my favorite lost & found toy ~

bren & toxic

happy halloween eve!

happy halloween eve! ~

a special weird wednesday :D ~

check out these tiny happy meal halloween buckets i recently added to my collection :) ~

as well as these individual treat buckets to hand out to trick or treaters ~

just tuck treats inside ~

like these ltd edition halloween jr mints ~

or classic oldschool candy corn ~

a black cat & witch's cauldron ~

frankenstein monster ~

is he smiling? ~

skull ~

& jols ~

be sure to check back tomorrow! ~

bren

mcd halloween buckets

alice smells chicken nuggets :D ~

yes we got a couple of the new mcd happy meal halloween treat buckets for this mcd monday ~

with stickers! ~

only 3 days now till halloween!!! ~

we got the orange & green ones ~

there are also purple & white ones ~

but mcdonald's has gotten kinda scary as of late so i don't know if we'll be going back for those? :o ~

i'll update if we do ~

bren

spooky cereals

did you get your spooky cereals yet? ~

frankenberry ~

boo berry ~

with fun stuff on the back ~

count chocula ~

classic monster cereals from general mills that even still taste good! ~

i like to use the boxes for comic book storage ;) ~

bren