Once again, I think I got out
of Monster High at the right time.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love it, but I don’t see my old wild ‘gotta get ‘em
all’ worship returning anytime soon. Tell the truth, I kind of miss it. The
things that drew me into it in the first place seem to have been left behind
and forgotten, and that makes it so much easier for me to let it go on without
my support. The first real crack was the Zombie
Shake series – how in the (expletive string deleted) could Mattel possibly create
this line and leave out all the already-established zombies ? Just a few already
overused characters made up to look like zombies much fancier than the (chortle)
authentic ones. It just didn’t make sense to me. If they weren’t gonna include Slo
Mo or (gasp !) Ghoulia – who appeared in the ZS video only in her very first issue clothes – they could have
maybe brought out a limited number of Don of the Dead or some other cleverly
named undead… but, no. Denied.
I kinda felt that way all
over again when I saw the first Geek
Shriek doll today. Of course it’s Frankie, there’s almost always a Frankie
or DracuLaura in any MH series,
narrowbox or otherwise. But there’s Abbey, who is beginning to take Ghoulia’s
place in the ‘overused / shelf sitter’ doll space, and Howleen, who isn’t as
over used, but I’ve yet to see anyone having a desire to own all the ‘leens. Yup.
No Ghoulia. Oh, the three GS dolls
have oversized glasses and semi-scientific emblems on their clothes, but who
was the character who’s had that all along ? If Mattel’s gonna drop Ghoulia,
well, there’s a reason I’ve only bought two male dolls in the last six months,
when I used to buy a doll at least every other week, and playsets and clothes
whenever I could find them !
Anyway… got to do some Aldi’s
grocery shopping. Spent a bit over my limit, but it took forever because they
had so many post-holiday markdowns. Some were definitely worth it, others weren’t,
and it takes time to discern that the Black Forest Cake Kit (frosting and
cherries included) at $1.35 is worth it over a 99¢ box cake mix. Many items
were unmarked, or the price for them was several feet away, and some were
marked down and still the same price as the regular non-holiday item. It’s kind
of fun, though, and part of the challenge for getting the most for the money.
Since Dearest Son has mentioned how much he enjoyed making – and devouring –
the cake this week, I bought several cake and cookie mixes, and if I can
remember if the flour is regular or self-rising, we may make our own from
scratch. Of course, if the flour is that old, I should probably pitch it
regardless…
There’s also a new GoodWill
near Aldi’s, which I was hesitant to visit, since the one down the street is a
total BadWill – most stuff is broken, it’s in random piles, and the prices are
still a bit high. The new one is much cleaner and better organized, but there
wasn’t much I wanted. Had tons of Valentine’s Day cards – good ones, with pencils
and stickers included – for a buck each, for early holiday shoppers. I nearly
bought a couple themed ‘Candy Towers’, miniature boxes with sweets inside, marked
down to 99¢ until I saw the date on them. 2011 ! I might have taken a flyer on
last year’s, and just used the boxes, but yikes ! Should have known something
was up when the glue holding the boxes together was giving way, and it looked
like only the cellophane was holding them together.
Tomorrow – Dollar Tree… and
maybe Big Lots !
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