It's the MOST wonderful time of the year...

For thrift store shopping, that is! It's a certain kind of paradise for me to walk into a thrift store & find aisles chock full of discarded monsters, black cats, owls & other bizarre items that only seem to see the light of day in the month of Oct. I purchased both a ceramic AND rubber shark! And an animitronic blackula whose eyes light up green while he tells you "I vant to suck your blood!". That just rules. I've been absolutely covering my home with halloween decorations. I'll take some pics when I'm done & post em so ya'll can see the madness. My darling little cat, Loki, has proven that he is the ultimate halloween cat (he is black with yellow eyes, after all- EVIL!)- by pulling tricks on me at every opportunity. Knocking over pumpkins, pulling tacks out of the wall so decorations fall, chewing crepe paper banners into oblivion and making a permanent nest in a box half full of decorations yet to be unpacked. Sure- some of these high spirits could be due to his being kept indoors now that the weather is turning cold & wet- but I like to think he's getting into the halloween spirit in his own special diabolical way. Little rat bastard!!!

That looks a little like him- but it's not. He's far too wily to be caught by a some pumpkinhead.



Not a terribly effective rat trap, me thinks. But I love the idea of a hangman's noose on the crescent moon. Wacky kitty!



These 2 are just adorable. Though I do believe the cat has a bit more style than the owl. Perhaps the owl should consider a monocle? Cigarette holder?