ET Phone Home!

While at a local shop, I found this cute lil ET keychain and had to have him.

Isn't he adorable?!

Beauty and the Beast, 90's TV Show

I loved the 90's Beauty and the Beast show as a kid.  It starred Linda Hamilton as Catherine and Ron Perlman as Vincent.  I found this at a local Savers store and had NO idea that there was a comic made for the show!

Here's the trailer for the show~

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

I don't know about you, but I LOVED this film as a kid.  I saw it in the theater with my mom, bought the stuffed animal, even dressed as Roger for Halloween one year!

I found this practically new coloring book at a local store the other day~

I found this book at a local Savers :-)

So Weird and Cool!

When I was a child, like most children I would write my name inside each book I owned.  I have often thought, wouldn't it be cool if I ever ended up buying back a book I had back in the day?

Yesterday I was in a local store called Retro Distortion.  My husband and I were browsing, and this book caught my eye- it looked very familiar.............

I flipped open the book and immediately saw this..............

I gasped and couldn't believe what I saw!  This is MY handwriting and MY (maiden) name written inside!  Yep that's right, this was my book that I must have donated to a thrift store and I'm guessing it was about 15 years ago!!!  I can't believe that it was still in the same area, and that my friend Farrin who works at the store, had bought it on an online auction!  When I showed him his eyes bugged out of his head, he couldn't believe it!

Of course I had to buy it- I couldn't pass up this rare opportunity.  Now I wonder if this will ever happen again?  Probably not because I think things like this usually only happen once in a lifetime..lol

I guess something so weird but so cool CAN happen.  Sometimes life is stranger than fiction as they say! ;-)

New Decor

I love decor from Victorian, Gothic or Gothic Victorian, or even simply childhood-fantasy such as unicorns or fairies.  I have loved all of these themes since I was a kid and it has not changed in my adulthood.

Tony & I were at a nearby antique store this past Friday and there is also a craft store attached.  This store is lethal for me because I always find a million things I like! ;-)

I found a couple good bargains though on this most recent trip.  First is a decorative floral wreath that now hangs outside the door to our home.  It's a small wreath but so delicate and actually has the colors of Spring, love it!

The other item I found I put in our spare room- it is a string of colored delicate beads.  I love these types of decor because you can use them for just about anything you can think of-they are very versatile and also usually fairly inexpensive.  Like the wreath, these are the colors of Spring- guess your's truly is happy that time of year has finally rolled around!

*Please ignore the dust on top of the curtains!  LOL

Walk the Dinosaur!

Remember that sitcom from the early 1990's called, "Dinosaurs?"  It had the lovable Sinclair Family- which was so clever, the Sinclairs....as in the Sinclair Dinosaur sign back in the day. ;-)

I have faint memories of watching this show as a kid when it aired.  It only had about 4 seasons and recently I started watching all seasons in order on Netflix.  The show is so freaking clever!  Now as an adult, I can appreciate the humor even more!  I remember my favorite character was Baby Sinclair...it had memorable lines like, "Not the mamma!" and "I'm the baby, gotta love me!"

I was out "picking" for Roo's Hobbies and I came across a small Baby Sinclair figure!  So I nabbed him for myself- all $1.49 of him.  Gotta love Goodwill finds every now and then.  And this toy isn't too common so it was an awesome find.

He now sits on my desk and keeps "Felix the Fish" company...lol

Isn't he cute?!

I wish this type of sitcom would fly today, but I don't think it would.  At least this show aired from 1991-1994 and is available on Netflix!

Here's the intro, this jog anyone's memories at all?

And here is Baby Sinclair...what a funny (and obviously sometimes annoying) little guy!

"Not the mamma...not the mamma!  LONG PAUSE....wait for it...."AGAIN, AGAIN!"  LOL!!!

I just found this interesting short piece on the Baby character...interesting~

Happy Meal Toys

McDonald's is known for its Happy Meal toys.  Let's face it, just about every kid in America at some point in time has enjoyed a Happy Meal and even more so, enjoyed the little toy!

When my husband and I were at a local shop called Retro Distortion, he happened upon a 90's Happy Meal set- with 6 toys, almost the complete set.  Well, for .75 cents a pop, we bought 'em!

They are the transformer toys that look like a burger or fries, and there are secret/hidden compartments that you have to find in order to turn it into the character it really is.  I never thought food disguised as a dinosaur could be so much fun! ;-)