Countdown to Halloween Day #30- Halloween Freebies

Candy isn't the only thing that will be free tomorrow.   There are a lot of restaurants and stores giving away free stuff.


Krispy Kreme Doughnuts-  get a free doughnut when you wear your costume in store.  Offer only  Oct. 31st.

IHOP- Free Scary Pancake for kids on Halloween 7am-12pm

Panada Express- Free Kids Meal when kids wear costume in store.

Outback- Kids eat free with adult entree.

Don't forget that Sonic Drive-In has .50 corn dogs all day long on Halloween.

Chipotle has $3 Boouritos, bowls, salads, or tacos with costume, 4 pm to close.


If you have a Lego store nearby, stop in to get a free Monster Fighter key chain.

Countdown to Halloween day #27: Monster Mash

This is kind of a lazy countdown post.  It is cheesy and fabulous, and completely a Halloween must

Countdown to Halloween Day #26: Updating my Monster High Collection

Friday, I finally found  the last two Power Ghouls at Target.  I picked up Frankie as Voltageous and Toralei as Catastrphe.

My Target has been extremely slow to put these two dolls on the shelf.  I believe it is mainly because they overstocked on Spectra and Clawdeen.  Those two have been shelf warmers for months since their initial release.

This is one of my favorite sub-lines in the whole Monster High franchise.  These dolls are beautifully designed and well thought out.  It reminds me of the Wave 1 dolls that were first released.  They are a breath of fresh air to stale fashion dolls.  Sadly though, I think Monster High is getting a little stale.  I used to stalk the stores hardcore for them, but now I am just kind of ....meh.   I am tired of all the same rehashed characters. It is sad  because they have turned interesting characters into shelf warmers.   I would love to see some interesting new basic dolls.

I have updated my Monster High Collection post with my newest dolls.  It has been awhile since it has been updated.

Countdown to Halloween Day #25: Made Halloween cake pops

The other day, I posted about some Halloween items I picked up at the dollar store.   One of the items was a cake pop press.   The kids had been wanting to test it out.  It worked out perfectly  because I had bought 2 boxes store made cupcakes for their school Fall Festival.   Well, only one box survived.  As I was bringing in groceries, I dropped the second box.

The instructions say to crumble fresh cake and mix with 1/2 gtub of frosting.   I just recycled the cake and  the garish purple and green frosting that topped them.  Once I got it all mixed together, you have to chill your cake and frosting mixture.  After that was done, we made large balls of cake,( about the size of a doughnut hole) and press it into the cake press.


After a couple of test cake balls, I was surprised at how well my dollar store find worked.   It was really easy so I turned the process over to the kids.  They enjoyed the whole process.  Once the shapes are made it suggests chilling or freezing the cake.  We froze ours for about 30 minutes and that seemed to be enough.

I gave the kids some decorating icing tubes and let them decorate as they wanted.  They were thrilled and a few didn't even get decorated.

Countdown to Halloween #24: vintage halloween images

My oldest daughter has a fascination with witches.  I am not sure why.  She loves the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz.   We have been collecting vintage images to print out.   I am not sure what we are going to make with them yet.  But they are really beautiful to look at.   These are a couple of our favorites.  

My newest Lego mini figures

I picked up 4 new Lego figures tonight.   I have been trying to find the Tiki, Gingerbread Man and Elf, but I just always seem to miss them.   Thank you Target for the fresh box on the shelf.

Finally! found a Hot Wheels Enterprise

Yesterday, while I was in Walmart I found 2 Hot Wheels Enterprise and an Arkham Asylum Batmobile.   I was shocked they were actually there!

 I don't collect Hot Wheels per se, but I do like the pop culture and retro collections.   I just never have much luck beating the Hot Wheels "enthusiasts" to the shelves.