Thanksgiving Pheasant

After seeing Susan's beautiful centerpiece

on her blog "Between Naps On The Porch"

check it out here

I got dreadfully jealous for her 

white pheasant vase. 

Thankfully I also learned from her blog 

that William Sonoma had it on sale 

right now!!!

I headed right over to their website

and found it on clearance

get one here

for $83.99 down from $139.95!

After convincing Sam that we needed one,

we headed over to our 

local brick and mortar that night.

They had two in stock but neither 

still had their original box, 

which I require for storage.

The helpful clerk recommended 

I order online with free shipping

and I'd get one with its box.

We ordered it that night!

It arrived days later and

I must say, It's huge!

Measuring in @ 

21¾'' long x 8¾''wide x 18¾''high

but it is beautiful.

Here it is in dramatic lighting - oooooo!

 I can't wait to mix it into next year's 

Thanksgiving tablescape!

A year ago a friend of mine gave me a

pumpkin truck cookie jar from Pier 1. 

unfortunately it was missing its lid.

So this year Sam and I paid a visit to 

Hobby Lobby and Michael's 

to gather some fall foliage

and turn it into a planter. 

We think it turned out pretty nice!

You can't even tell it was 

supposed to be a cookie jar.

Thanks for stopping by and 

happy hunting!

Will Wonders Never Cease? Halloween M&M's are Back!

Sam and I found these walking through 
Target this September.

Look who finally came to their senses!
Mars & Murrie must have realized 
Halloween is where it's at!
It's a new version of the M&M's 
Ghoul's Mix
and it's on the shelves for 
Halloween!

Gone is the black M&M from the mix 

that was"Cool Ghoul's Mix" from 2012 

shown below.

However it's a small price to pay 

to finally have the bright and fun 

Halloween party mix back in 

my candy dishes for the season!

Let's all hope this step in the right 

direction will last for years to come!

Will the fall colors still show up 

for Thanksgiving?

Doubtful, In years past I couldn't even

find the fall M&M's on the shelf 

after Halloween, when I needed to fill 

my Thanksgiving candy dishes.

It was all red and green by then.

Thanks for stopping by and 

Happy Halloween!

HomeGoods Halloween 2019

Sam and I took our grandson, Jaylen, to 

HomeGoods last weekend to checkout 

the new Halloween offerings,

and we weren't disappointed!

Lots of witches, as usual.

 A yoga skeleton!

 Check out this spooky serveware!

 Love this witch's expression.

It's all so beneath her.

A great offering of 

Fall/Thanksgiving serveware .

3 gnome pumpkins in a cart 

garden statue😕

Pink and gold pumpkins and 

flower pattern pumpkins

very couture. 

Jaylen even found 

his favorite piece.

Would be great Halloween night.

Thanks for stopping by

and happy haunting.

A Haunted Cookie Jar Village

Wouldn't it be grand to have a 

haunted village made out of cookie jars?

I never started one, but I've had 

the idea for years.

This is a splendid one from 

Cheryl's.com out this year for $49.99.

Lots of creepy details and an awesome

skeleton on the front.

Not too exciting the rest of the way around.

Love the bat in the moon.

The silver roof is cool too.

Cheryl's has offered a unique

haunted house cookie jar

almost every year. 

Here are a few from past years.

 Some interesting, and some plain

But together they would make 

quite an attractive village.

MrsFields.com used too offer

some very nice ones in the past too.

This one was my absolute favorite.

I adore the black cat on the roof.

and the spooky black ghost in the 

front doorway, all the colors.  

I didn't nab it when it was out,

but I wish I had. 

This one was nice too.

I wish Mrs. Fields would consider 

offering more haunted house cookie jars.

 One of their last was this 

haunted train station cookie jar.

Maybe the train station didn't 

sell well so they ended the

line...no pun intended.

Still, it would look nice in a village.

Thanks for stopping by

and happy hunting!