First day in my new office.

I just got a nice little promotion at work and one of the perks is having the BIG corner office. The only thing left in my desk was this.....wonder if that is an omen?

Creepy Birthday Gift Roundup!

A quick list of ghoulish gifts I received on my Beastly Birthday!

Nothing says ,"I love you", like a zombie groundbreaker. Thanks M!

My best friends on earth got me a super cool skull ...skull cap! Just in time for the Sub Zero weather!

M got me some skull Drawers! 

Best friends come up with skull socks... and these are work friendly!

M got me a mono pod....perfect for steadying my shots for next years haunted house runs.

I can blow my nose in style!

Not really creepy, but...it's creepy! A new thing my friends do....we try to get the most awful cd's for presents....

A new hatchet....beware neighbors!

M got me a great USB plasma sphere! It will inspire me to new levels of creepiness as I blog on the computer!

I have a huge one to match it, this one is tiny and great for my office desk.

What would a birthday be without mention of the ever looming death! Thanks M!

wicKED Christmas gift round up!

If you are a true Halloween Head, then you are often blessed with a Christmas Gift that only the Halloween lover could appreciate. Here is the list of my Gruesome Gifts that friend and family knew I would love!

M bought me this skeletal TP holder.... Now I can fight death every time I go potty!

This was a special request from me. M bought it without questions. I wanted it mostly to harass the cats, but this will work for some Halloween Happiness as well.

M found some Moroccan Lanterns that will look plenty creepy at the new house come Halloween!

My best friends got me this Collegiate Lawn Zombie! Can't wait to use him year round!

Santa Skull Socks....need I say more? 

M got me a cool sign for the front door....she knows me so well! 

So what all did you get that would fit into the Creepy Christmas Category? 

Happy Birthday to the Ghoul of my Dreams

Today is M's Birthday!

 Today we shop and dine till we fall over....but her BIG party is going to be this Saturday! She did get a few presents before hand...

Like these sweet PJ's

Please insert your own dirty joke here.

Happy Birthday M!!!!

Grisly Gifts from my Beastly Birthday

I honestly had the best birthday ever. Turning forty did not turn me into a over the hill relic....just seemed like another day to me physically. I was fortunate enough to celebrate my Birthday for 3 days thanks to M, family, friends, and coworkers. Even today I am still getting gifts, cards, and well wishes from friends. Thank you one and all for treating me like a king for a day.

I did make out like a bandit in the loot department!

Among all the fantastic gifts, there were a few creepy items that only real Halloween heads can appreciate. They are as follows :

A light up brain...cause lets face it....who doesn't need one?

Zombie bowl! Perfect for popcorn, party snacks, or brains!

My best friend Adam thinks it makes for a better hat....nice face!

Zombie blast energy shots....energy drinks shaped like shotgun shells!

 My super cool floating skull shot glass.

 My equally cool skull shaped shot glass!

 A huge box of miniature self contained LED lights. They should burn for about 50 hours each and you can replace the batteries. I will use this all over the yard haunt this year! M found them on Thinkgeek.com! 

Game of Thrones! Time to battle the white walker zombies! The Walking Dead speaks for itself! 

My equally odd mother got me this CD....I was pretty perplexed and a little distraught till I saw that it had Elvira on it.... and that made it OK!

This is my God Daughter who is doing her best zombie impression behind this HUGE present.

 I was pretty stoked about this one....

It was a tombstone.....because "I am really old now".

Oh yeah....only Halloween fans would like this on their big 4 0! 

Lordy, Lordy....wicKED's Forty!

I am turning the big 40 today. For most people, New Years Eve signals the end of the "holiday" season. Not so in the wicKED woods. I guess we are lucky to have an extra week of Celebration thanks to my birthday. Of course, we celebrate just about every occasion. from Super Bowl to Arbor Day, so it really never truly dies down here.

Yesterday was a great Birthday Eve as well. M took me to see The Hobbit in 3D, bought me a  perfect steak at Applebees, and our flirty Ukrainian waitress wanted to come home with us.

A great Birthday Eve indeed!

My birthday falls on a rather obscure holiday that you may have heard your great grandmother speak of. It is Epiphany or "Old Christmas". This is the day the three wise men made it to the manger. This day is celebrated by large feasts and celebrations with friends and family. A large decorated cake is was also made on this day called a Kings Cake to be shared with loved ones. It is bad luck to do laundry, take out the ashes, sweep, milk a cow, or bail hay today. So to keep with tradition, I should invite a bunch of friends and family over, eat a bunch of food, have a cake made for a king, and not do any work....sounds good to me!

January 6th also signals the official start of the Mardi Gras Season (Carnival) which will lead right into Fat Tuesday!

So far, my birthday sounds like a win win situation!

Today (Jan 6th) is also National Bean Appreciation Day and Cuddle Up Day....that is on odd combo, but to round out the festivities, we should all eat a bunch of beans and cuddle up with somebody! 

Dutch oven anyone?

Today also marks the day I make my New Years resolutions. Why? Well I usually have a resolution to eat better, get healthier, and lose weight....which does no good if I am to feast and eat cake 6 days after I make the resolution....so I just wait. 

Here is my list of wicKED Resoltions:

#1 Better health! Eat better, work out more, lose weight.

#2 Make more time for the little things...cause in the end...the little things are the biggest.

#3 Build an extension onto our storage shed so we can be more organized and store more Halloween stuff! (yay).

#4 Spend more time with friends. Seems like everybody is busy with family and work...time for face time!

#5 Help M plan our wedding

#6 Start Halloween prep at the end of July....not a day later! 

#7 Learn to use my DSLR.....and take amazing photos!

#8 Become more organized, get in better routines, and remove clutter from our lives!

#9 Make everything better...I mean everything. Do my job better. Make this years Holidays better than last years. Live every day as if it were your last!

Keep in mind people there is always a reason to celebrate. January is chocked full of strange days to honor so the party doesn't have to stop on New Years.... here is a few things to do/look forward to:

1 New Year's Day

2 Run up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day

3 Festival of Sleep Day

3 Fruitcake Toss Day

3 J.R.R. Tolkien Day (INDEED!)

4 Trivia Day (what day is celebrated on Jan 4th?)

4 Humiliation Day (celebrate this day you pathetic bastards!)

5 National Bird Day (I shall flip you all off next year)

6 Bean Day (Beans are good for your heart... the more you eat, the more you.....want more!)

6 Cuddle Up Day (I hope my neighbors will understand I am just celebrating)

6 wicKED Birthday!

7 Old Rock Day (What if you have a new rock?)

7 National Tempura Day (nom nom nom nom)

8 Bubble Bath Day

8 Male Watcher's Day (no thanks)

9 Play God Day (for some... that is every day)

10 Houseplant Appreciation Day (thank you ficus for growing)

10 Peculiar People Day (yay! for me!)

11 Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day

12 Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day (Another day with me in mind!)

12 National Pharmacist Day (what about street Pharmacists?) 

13 International Skeptics Day (or is it?)

13 Make Your Dream Come True Day (Somebody grab me a couple of twin blonde Asian hookers)

13 Blame Someone Else Day (If you don't like this day, don't blame me!)

14 Dress Up Your Pet Day (that's everyday here)

15 National Hat Day

16 National Nothing Day (well that's something at least)

16 Appreciate a Dragon Day (well hell yes who doesn't!?!?!)

17 Ditch New Years Resolutions Day

17 Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day

18 Thesaurus Day (time, hour, age, period, era, epoch, date, prime, heyday, lifetime)

18 Winnie the Pooh Day -The Birthday of Winnie's author A.A. Milne

19 National Popcorn Day (pass the salt)

20 National Buttercrunch Day

20 Penguin Awareness Day (I am sure that any day you see a penguin...you would be aware of it)

21 Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday  , celebrated on the third Monday

21 National Hugging Day

21 Squirrel Appreciation Day (that's nuts!)

22 National Blonde Brownie Day

22 National Answer Your Cat's Question Day (Right Meow? You cat be serious? yer kitten me!)

23 National Pie Day

23 National Handwriting Day (I will handwrite all my posts that day!)

23 Measure Your Feet Day (Damn....I did this a day early last year!)

24 Beer Can Appreciation Day (everyday!)

24 Compliment Day (Why thank you!)

24 Eskimo Pie Patent Day

25 Opposite Day (Celebrate at night)

26 Spouse's Day 

26 Australia Day (Yay Emma from Little Gothic Horrors Blog!)

27 Chocolate Cake Day

27 Punch the Clock Day (die clock die!)

28 Fun at Work Day (I foresee trouble) 

28 National Kazoo Day (you could take one to work and celebrate doubly)

28 Rattle Snake Round-Up Day (time to pick up all those snakes you left lying around your house for the holidays)

29 National Puzzle Day (It doesn't seem to fit on the calendar)

29 National Cornchip Day (pass the cheese dip)

30 Escape Day (From what?)

30 National Inane Answering Message Day (We are not home right now...we are firmly stuck in the 80's...leave a message and we will get back to you when we get rid of this archaic machine)

31 Backward Day (yaD drawkcaB)

31 Inspire Your Heart with Art Day 

If that is not enough.. The whole month of January is also for :

• National Bath Safety Month (rubber ducks are evil creatures)
• National Blood Donor Month (Vampires rejoice!)
• National Braille Literacy Month (I am a bilingual illiterate.I can't read or write in 2 different languages)
• National Hobby Month (I'm going to take up knitting)
• Hot Tea Month (on ice)
• National Oatmeal Month (Yay food!)
• National Soup Month (Yay liquid food!)

For those of you suffering from post holiday blues, fret no more! There is every reason to keep the party going all month! 

Today, I plan on opening up my huge pile of Birthday loot. 

M has already stock piled a small mountain of presents for me...can't wait to see what else I get! May your January be truly wicKED!

Creepy Christmas Gifts

I got a few gifts that only a true Halloween head, like myself, would truly appreciate.

My dear cousin Tee got me this Marilyn Monroe Zombie statue...107 Year Itch!

M got me some Zombie slippers from Thinkgeek. They look like they are eating my feet when I wear them.

My most prized Christmas/Creepy gift is my new DSLR Camera (Nikon D3100). Thanks to M!

This was purchased with the sole purpose of documenting bigger and better Halloween shots. Now, if I can just learn to use it and get a few new lenses by Halloween.....

Hope you all had a Great Christmas! Did anybody out there get any creepy gifts?

Seasonal Shopping Sunday! (Creepmas Day 9)

Let's face it. There are good creepy gifts and downright awful ones. Lets go through a quick lists of the DO's and DON'Ts of Creepy gift giving.

DON'T

Dead hamster to decorate your hair.

DO

Classy antique looking skull combs (Found on Etsy)

DON'T

Creep pillow with arm for those ultra lonely people.

DO

Hand crafted 3d skull pillow (Found on Etsy)

DON'T

Wigs for your dogs.

 DO

Impressive dino headgear for your dog. (Found here)

DON'T

Razors for babies!

 DO

Vampire fang Pacifier. (Found on Etsy)

DON'T

Santa Vodka

 DO

Crystal Skull Vodka gift pack! (Found here)

DON'T

A seasonal thumb drive that forces you to tear Santa apart to get to your data.

DO

An actual "thumb" drive. (Found all over the web)

DON'T

A seemingly severed Santa Head,

 DO

A totally cool Pumpkinrot and Bean Jack-o-lantern (Found here)

DON'T

Silly Santa slippers that stare at you all day and look like Santa is eating your feet!

 DO

Big old dead rat slippers. Looks real, feels real. (Found via Google)

DON'T

This kind of gift for people who have pets but don't take care of them.

DO

Buy them bacon scented underwear so the dog will have an excuse to bite them in the ass. (Found  via Google)

DON'T

A Baby Snuggy!

DO

An Alien Baby Snuggy! (Found via Google)

DON'T

These holiday? themed sweaters (or the creepy guys wearing them)

 DO

Anything with The Walking Dead on it.

DON'T

Some lame classic movie remake (Where they make the lead character look like a total ass)

DO

The gift that keeps on giving... First three seasons of True Blood!

DON'T

Cheap holiday novels! (especially this one)

DO

Some kickass old school monster novels you won't put down until New Year! (Found here)