Sorry about the no-Countdown TWICE this week, but it waddn't my fault! It waddn't! There were SEVERE WINDS around these parts, which knocked our power out until late last night. When it finally came back on, the cable modem was still out, and only now am I finally able to say "hi" on the Internet. Next week will be very very full, if it's any consolation. (Yeah, I could technically whip up a Saturday entry, but then I'd waste so much time that next week would also miss one, and blah blah AHHHH.)
Also, since we're getting really close to the Day of Reckoning, starting Monday, there will be new Halloween Countdowns every day until Halloween -- including next weekend.
Anyway, without power, we department store hopped last night, ultimately ending up at K-Mart since it was the last one to close. Though they've already mostly moved onto Christmas, I found another ton of Halloween stuff -- so much stuff that I fear I'll never get to it all this year. Oh well. I don't know how many of you have trolled around K-Mart in the black of night, but these stores get mighty weird near closing time. Like, last night they announced an 80% discount on all merchandise stationed on three crude shelving units near the entrance, and within seconds, a parade of zombies crowded around to fight over 1.00 discontinued flea collars and 2.00 sparkle paint sets. Pandemonium at the Big K. Less advertised but even cooler was a major clearance sale on a big aisle full of toys -- I saw a bunch of those cool King Kong figures, ones I didn't already have, but they had no price sticker, and the last thing I wanted to put some poor store girl through at 10 PM on a Friday night was finding out how much a "King Kong Battling Dinosaur" figure set was marked down. Maybe next time. If there is a next time.
Time to get to work. Do the SNT thing.
Posted by Matt on 10/21/2006. E-mail me!
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. Maybe I’ll see if it’s in Atlanta and take a trip; anyone else get to see it yet?
muppet baby Target, K-Mart, and Olive Garden are three very important landmarks of the US. Good choices. I’m still on my self imposed limit of twice a month visits to Target, since it can suck my back account dry.
It snowed here today, again. Still no sticking. But, I am hoping that it is a preview of a rediculously snowy year.
I have to admit, although I have some great plans for Halloween this year, I’m getting itchy for the Christmas season. This year I’ve decided not to fly across the country to see the family. My son asked me the other day why Santa’s never come to our house. He’s five and every year he’s been alive we have spent christmas eve and day at family’s houses in another town or state. So this year, I’m gonna have him wake up to stockings and presents under the tree and an empty plate with cookie crumbs and all that good stuff. I figure he’s only got another year or two of believing in Santa, so I might as well make his first and maybe last believed visit from santa really special, or spoiled, however you want to put it.