Sometimes I go to my regular haunts (stores) and I just don’t find anything interesting. Once in awhile, like last week, I get lucky. I went into Tuesday Morning even though it was a Thursday and started looking around. If you don’t know what Tuesday Morning is then I feel very sorry for you. It’s basically a Ross/TJ Maxx type store, but has upscale household goods. Anyway, they have great stuff sometimes. I found this fantastic Skull Kitchen Brush. They only had it in purple, orange and green. I would have preferred black or even blue, but I settled for the purple. I only paid $3.99, so I bought a bunch of them. Unfortunately I can only find them online for $7.99. Still a deal if you ask me. Now I’m not the type of girl that exactly likes doing dishes. In fact it’s really Scary Hubby’s chore, but having this little guy to use may just get me to do it once in a while. I have now affectionately named him King Scrubadish since he’s purple and purple is the color of royalty. Plus it kind of looks like he has a crown on. Maybe I should go all crafty on him and bling him up a bit with some rhinestones, so he lives up to his name. Nah, I think King Scrubadish is more of a snob. Better to go naked a la “The Emperor’s New Clothes”.

I’m not a cupcake kinda girl. They taste okay, I guess, but in the end they are just tiny cakes. I’m not wild about plain cake. I like fillings. I know that you can get cupcakes with fillings, but I find they are usually too sweet. I’m more of a muffin kinda girl. (yeah, I know) Whenever I see a cupcake it reminds me of some pajamas I had when I was little. They were bright pink and covered in pink, purple, light blue and yellow cupcakes. Clearly I did not pick it out. I hated it, but my Mom loved it. Lately cupcakes have become so popular with stores opening up everywhere selling just cupcakes. Well, I happened across this book called Zombie Cupcakes at the bookstore the other day and I actually (gasp!) bought it. The recipes sounded pretty good and who can resist a good zombie cupcake? I especially like the ones with body parts because for the few minutes it takes to eat it you can actually pretend you are a zombie. I have no real desire to become one, but the idea of biting off someone’s arm or leg does sound attractive sometimes.

I always get very excited when it’s time to check out the new Worldwide Fred catalog. They have the greatest stuff and their wicked humor always puts a smile on my face. I was looking through the catalog to see if there was anything new that I couldn’t live without. I came across this Cake Candelabra. I absolutely love this, but I must admit to being a little pissed off. My birthday was just last week and I would have killed to have this on my cake. I went online to go buy one for next year, but they are not in stock yet. They will be selling for $7.99 at Perpetual Kid. So, in the end I wouldn’t have been able to have one on my cake anyway. Still sucks though. My other problem with it is that it should be black. It would be more dramatic that way. Oh! And it would be so cool if there were little spiderwebs stretched between the candles or even drops of blood. Oh well. I can dream. Of course not everyone is as dark minded as I am, though they should be. It would be a lot easier to go shopping if everything was my style. I know I have mentioned this before, but I really want a store that just caters to me.

I’ve always got my eye out for something scary or funny and if it’s scary and funny I have to have it. I am the dream impulse buyer. If only most of the stores knew what sorts of items to put in the checkout line that would attract me. Of course that brings up another subject for me. Why, oh why can’t there be a store that just caters to my interests? You know, The Scary Jane Store. I would be there all the time. I’d spend all of my money there. I would constantly promote them on here. It would be a goldmine! Come on all of you entrepreneurs. Start this baby up. I would do it, but I already have my own business. There just isn’t enough hours in the day. So, it’s up to you to make my dream a reality. Anyway, back to what I was writing about. I was in a little gift store last weekend and came across these Cold Blooded Ice Cube Trays in the checkout line. Of course I grabbed them without even looking at the price. After I paid for my purchases and nervously looked at the receipt I found that it was a little more than I would want to pay, but still worth it. Anything to make my Bloody Mary even more bloody. This little coffin shaped tray makes 5 sets of vampire teeth. I tried it out immediately and they came out really good. The only problem being that you only get 5 at a time. So, if you are making them for a party you’d better get started early. I looked around online and found that you could buy them for only $8 on Amazon. I think I might order more from them. If you are still busy planning your idea for The Scary Jane Store I would suggest getting these in the store first.

Went out for some dinner tonight at a chinese restaurant that I haven’t been to in ages. Now they have a whole sushi bar, which I find pretty amusing in a chinese place. Anyway, I ordered my usual Orange Chicken and an interesting appetizer called Zombie Brain. I kid you not. It was basically half an avocado mixed with tuna. It was absolutely delicious, but I don’t get the reference. It didn’t look at all like any zombie brains I’ve ever fed on and it certainly didn’t taste that way. I forgot to take a picture of the actual plate, but here’s the picture from the menu. So, whenever I get a hankering for a Zombie Brain I’m still going to have to find one the old fashioned way, but this one will do in a pinch.

Apparently I’ve been hiding under a rock for quite some time because I completey missed this. I do like it under there, though. So dark and quiet. I might just head back there because it’s scary out here and not the good kind. Anyway, I was at the liquor store buying a gift for someone and I found this Pure Evil wine. I’ve never seen it before! Their slogan is “Perfectly Wrong”. Gotta love that. Should be my slogan. I did some research and found out that it came out in 2005. The winery that produces it has actually gone bankrupt, but it’s still available all over the place, so I’m not sure what’s up with that. I bought the chardonnay and it really tastes good. It gets great reviews online and it sells quite cheaply. I only paid $8.99. So go get a bottle and see what Pure Evil tastes like. I sound like a commercial. Yikes! Just try it already.

I remember when I was a little kid, every year I got a fancy new dress and a Christmas t-shirt that I could wear to school. I was not a frilly kind of girl, so I was not particularly thrilled to wear a ruffly dress. Of course, now that I have my own daughter what do I do? I make her wear a ruffly dress every Christmas. She hates them, just like I did, and I swore I would never do that. Amazing what happens when you grow up. I know now that I was forced into those dresses for my grandparent’s pleasure and that’s why I do it too. Anyway, back to what I was talking about. Just slap me when I go off topic. I wish that they made t-shirts like this Skull Candy Cane one when I was a kid. I was rather odd in general and would have loved this shirt back then. Well, now I can buy whatever I want to wear and I believe I will be choosing this one as my Christmas shirt this year. Now I just have to find my Christmas dress. Scary Daughter will be wearing the obligatory red poofy dress and I will be wearing something a la Morticia.

When we go home to Scary Hubby’s family for Thanksgiving Scary Daughter is usually showered with gifts. Which is okay. They don’t see her that often. On this particular trip she was given a Scorpion Sucker that an Aunt had picked up while she was in Arizona. If you would like one of your own you can find them here. As she was getting ready to open it up and take a lick we all noticed the scorpion inside. This began a rather lengthy discussion on whether it was a real scorpion or not. I insisted it was since I myself have been tricked into eating chocolate covered bugs in the past. Put chocolate on it and I’ll eat it. (Get your mind out of the gutter!) Anyway, Scary Daughter is not particularly fond of bugs and I really can’t blame her. Especially scorpions since she has heard me tell my story one too many times. When I was about 10 years old I lived in Dallas, Texas. We lived in a brand new house by what could loosely be called a lake. There were no other homes around us, so I guess the wildlife decided we were a great place to hang out.  We tried everything to get rid of the field mice, snakes, spiders and bugs. We even had these huge jumping tarantula like spiders. Scorpions, unfortunately, often found their way into our house. One particular night my Dad had sent me into his room to get something for him. I didn’t bother turning on the light since I knew where it was. As I was walking I felt like I stepped on a small pin or something. I turned on the bedside lamp and as I was looking at my foot saw the rather large scorpion about a foot away from me. I started screaming bloody murder. They rushed me to the hospital and luckily I was not allergic to the venom. It hurt like hell though and lasted for days. I will never forget that pain. So, after having heard the story before, Scary Daughter was not ever going to try it and gave it to me. She then said that I could pretend it was the one that stung me and now I could have my revenge and eat it. So not going to happen.

Okay, I admit it. Now and then I take a walk on the normal side and check out Cuteoverload.com. It’s not something I’m proud of, but sometimes a ridiculously cute little bunny or kitty can put a smile on my face. I was in the middle of giving into this need when I was rewarded with something that’s a little more my style. I’ve made no secret of my love for all things Hitchcock, so when I came across this Peep remake of The Birds I was a very happy Scary Jane. I love the imagination of people. I personally hate peeps. I think they taste disgusting, but they sure make for some cool dioramas. This one was done by Jill Goebel of Alexandria, VA and was a semifinalist in the fourth annual Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest.

It’s T-Shirt Tuesday again and here’s this weeks installment. This is a Chocolate Skull T-Shirt. It’s even melting which I think makes it look even more scary. I personally love dark chocolate and I think this would look more appetizing to me if it was made out of that. It may supposed to be made out of milk chocolate, but I think it looks like something else. If you don’t know what I mean take another look at it and if you still don’t see it obviously your brain is not as sick as mine.