Home Sweet Home Wherever We Roam

Home Sweet Home Wherever We Roam is a figurine of the Red and Yellow M and Ms RVing. I feel that the paragraph provided with the ad explains the scene very well.

"Join the ever-popular M and Ms Spokescandies as they enjoy one of America's favorite pastimes, RVing. Presenting "Home Sweet Home Wherever We Roam," featuring Red and Yellow firing up the grill beside their RV. By their surprised expressions, their charbroiled dinner is a bit more charred than broiled! Whose idea was it to put Yellow in charge of the grilling anyway?"

Why would you want this? What would you do with this? If someone gave it to me, I would regift it. And that person would be like, "Wow, um, thanks for the collectible RVing M and Ms figurine." And I would say, “I knew you’d like it.” And that person would make a mental note that the presents I give are really lame, as to prepare themselves for next year when I give them socks.

As for our M and M friends, they would probably be regifted yet again. The death spiral never ends.

What do you think of Home Sweet Home Wherever You Go? Also, what are you doing for Halloween? Trick or treating? Staying home? Going to a party? Please share!

P.S. I know "M and M s" isn't the right way to write the name of the candy, but Blogger doesn't support ampersands.

What Do You Think?

Sorry I have been gone so long. I have a new post set for tomorrow. Blogger is changing up all of their interfaces, and in the name of innovation, I decided to experiment with one on Crap or Treasure?. As you might know, I have only changed up the interface once before, but it was annoying so I changed it back. However, this one has lots of different ways to view content, which I think is pretty cool. I especially like Sidebar and Snapshot. Please let me know if you prefer the new interface, or miss the old one. Thanks!

Kisses for My Granddaughter

How would I describe Kisses for My Granddaughter?

Creepy?

Strange?

Something that if given to me I would stuff into the back of my closet?

All these descriptions apply, at least in my opinion. Let's see what the Bradford Exchange, who sells this piece, has to say about Kisses for My Granddaughter:

"Just like HERSHEY'S KISSES chocolates, granddaughters make life a whole lot sweeter! Now these favorite candies inspire the "Dear Granddaughter" Limoges-style music box, exclusively from The Bradford Exchange. Hand-crafted of Heirloom Porcelain, "Dear Granddaughter" is "wrapped" in a silvery finish with a golden heart clasp and a plume that reads "KISSES for My Granddaughter." It plays "You Are So Beautiful" at the turn of the key."

Why would anyone want a music box that plays "You Are So Beautiful?" I think any self- respecting teenage girl (or younger, for that matter) would be mortified if they received this. do you really think a kid would want to display this? most kids I know would be embarassed to.

What do you think? Is it crap or treasure?

The Spirit of Flight

To jazz things up, I am writing the Top Five Reasons Why the Spirit of Flight is Creepy:

5) Her "dreamy expression"

4) The fact that there is an eagle in her hair and a bird on her backside

3) Her skin is blue

2) She takes the feather hair trend a little too seriously

1) Apparently, this is the artist's "mystical world of her vivid imagination." I am now scared of her imagination.

What can you think of?

Believe in a Hopeful Future

To raise funds to cure breast cancer, it seems that people have resorted to selling you cats.

Not real cats of course. Just white ceramic ones with "believe" written in pink across its stomach, along with butterflies and pink ribbons. I have the ad for the cat in front of me. Would you believe that the figurine above is only 4 inches tall! Also, at $30, "a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each figurine will be donated to finding a cure for breast cancer", yet they don't tell you the amount. I think that it should be required that companies tell you how much they donate when selling items like this. What if they only give a few dollars, and you are left buying a $20-something cat?

I like how the ad says that the cat is "a cherished companion." Yeah...... My best friend's a ceramic cat. You gotta problem with that?

What do you think?

Himalayan Salt Lamp

Today is Sunday, which means that there are lots of new ads, or as I like to call them, "ammo." I am starting things this week with this Himalayan Salt Lamp from Figi's Gallery, a company I have never heard of before. Apparently they offer things for the home and gifts. The salt lamp is for the home, apparently. It is not a normal lamp, but a "therapeutic lamp." It "calms the spirit." Cue snort under breath. It also "reduces stress", of course, because nothing makes me feel calm like a big orange piece of salt that has been made into a lamp. If those exciting features aren't enough for you, then you will be delighted to hear that this product also "emits negative ions to purify the air."

The ad includes a review from "Teresa M." from Texas. She gives it 5 stars, writing, "Not only is it a beautiful piece... it puts off a very warming glow. I love it and am ordering another one." Good for you, Teresa. But who am I to judge? Isn't the purpose of a lamp to provide light and comfort? If this jazzy salt lamp does its job for Teresa, than that's good enough for me.

Not really. I am very suspicious of this "Teresa M." I do not believe she is a real reviewer. I will investigate this. :-)

Postscript!: Figi's Gallery offers FOUR salt lamps! One is the classic one shown above, but they also have an aromatherapy salt lamp, a salt bowl lamp, and a salt candle holder!

Fire Ninja Fairy

For the people who happen to love both Japanese comic-ish characters and collectibles, The Hamilton Collection has created the product for you. Fire Ninja Fairy, "a wide- eyed fairy with the mystery of a fierce warrior" is displayed "crouching with her dragon guardian, Yuriko." Sorry, but this is just weird. Girls are going to think it's too much like something for guys, and boys will think it's for girls. I asked a girl what she thought of this fairy creature. She said she didn't like it, but her brother probably would of, if it wasn't a fairy. See? You can't mix fairies and dragon ninjas! It's unnatural! Whaddaya think, crap or treasure?