Ghost Upon the Floor

This past weekend, I was able to stop by one of our local Big Lots stores and, as has been the case the last few years, there appears to be mostly standard to great items.

I didn't but anything (yet,) but do have my eyes set on this Black Cat Silhouette Light decoration, to go with the Witch who first appeared two years ago (and I snared for 7 dollars at a day after Halloween sale that year.)


They also appear to have some new, more Vintage-inspired pieces, such as the signs below.




And I have a bit of a soft spot for these skeletal tea light holders? Although, at $4, the price is a bit much.

 Another Yankee Candle "Boney Bunch"-themed post. The following is what I purchased from the "After-Life" party on Saturday.


-Boney Bunch Sitter 
-"Times Up" Grim Reaper
-Boney Bat Jar Clinger
-Skeleton Crew Sitter
-Witche's Brew (Candle)

 I also ordered this year's "Bride and Groom" online, and was considering the Witch and the Chapel (the latter which, to me, looks much better in person- I didn't warm to it as much online), but they are now apparently sold out.

 And here is another photo from the event on Saturday, with a lovely Yankee Candle employee in a great Sally costume for the day.

I'm here at my local Yankee Candle Company's "The After Life Party."

 Words do not easily convey how much the Ghost loves the Yankee Candle Company's "Boney Bunch" line. For the past few years, the "Boney Bunch" has sky-rocketed to holiday popularity, quickly selling out within days of arriving in the stores, and soaring to higher prices for collectors on eBay. 

 Tomorrow, Saturday, August 6, 2011, at 10AM at your local store, is the "After Life Party," the preview for the 2011 "Boney Bunch" line. The store knows full well what seasonal gold they have with this line, as I just received a voicemail from an employee calling to remind those who signed up for the party that on Saturday morning their will be refreshments and raffles at the preview party.

 Last year, my favorite buy was the Boney Gothic Farmer Couple. Desperately, though, I had wanted some of the raven themed items, and the Headless Horseman themed one. (As well as the skeleton couple in bed, too.) 

They've released this video, and I have to say, the Reaper and the Chapel are my early favorites. 

 Saturday cannot come soon enough! I will be live-blogging from the store when I am there.

UPDATE: I see that the line is available to peruse, and purchase, online. 

 My first sighting of Halloween 2011 occurred earlier today, Thursday, July 14 2011 at 12:30PM at an AC Moore Crafts Store in Western New York.

 It's hard to believe summer is coming up on being half way over, and I could not have been more pleasantly surprised to see these early harbingers of autumn, as I drove past a shopping plaza this afternoon.

 Already, I'm beginning to feel the anxiety that I am already behind, I won't be able to get it all done before the big night, that this year won't be all I want it to be. It's a good feeling to be able, then, to stand back and realize it's only July.

 Click here to view my photos inside the store-- from the usual early goodies (ribbon, candle holders, towels), to the more different offerings, such as a "Duct tape witch." 

 A short, simple post to get back into swing of rising from my dusty crypt and posting.

 The front of one of my local Big Lots stores. Yes, we all know what season is less than two months away in the big-retail world, following "Back to School."

 And what season follows.

 It seems so far away on a humid, hot, windless summer night. But it's not.

 For this rainy, chilled, late Spring Saturday afternoon-- a bedtime story. Not typically scary or centered on All Hallow's Eve-- but childhood spooky enough for your entertainment.

 The Ghost apparently missed this Oscar nominated short by Kathleen O'Rourke and directed by Nicky Phelan.  Without further ado, I give you: "Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty."



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