Squirrels!!! Etc.

So, I went on a rant about e.l.f. cosmetics yesterday and their distasteful "I Have A Dream" ads. Of course, I also had to send them an e-mail. Because  (a) I am just that kind of a citizen or (b) I clearly have too much time on my hands. You decide. I received a note back from them saying that they did not intend to come across as disrespectful. And then lo and behold...I get a sales event  e-mail from them this morning that said  "TODAY we have a dream!" I guess the dream is just going to keep going.

Anyway....in all of the celebratory hoopla yesterday, I completely forgot about Squirrel Appreciation Day! This is a major misstep on my part because as some of you may know, I LIVE for squirrels. Live ones. Fake ones. I don't care. I love me some squirrels. I always celebrate the holiday and can't remember when I haven't.  So today, I thought that I'd rectify the situation by walking around the house and photographing the newest squirrel related items in my collection. Here goes:

These first two were birthday presents from my friend Joan: 

I had seen different versions of these measuring spoons (mostly a cute little chicken) but never the squirrel and definitely not one devoted to Tennessee exclusively. I don't use these but keep them up hella high on the kitchen shelves because one of my kitties is fixated on eating his little eyes off.

Squirrel Peanut Butter!
This is an empty can which I've added to my vintage products collection. I have no idea what Squirrel Peanut Butter tasted like but I imagine that it was most likely the finest tasting peanut butter in the world. Unless it was made of real squirrels - then it was just sadistic. As you can tell, Joan is great at picking squirrel gifts!
Now back to spoons!

This spoon rest is from my friend Allen. Look at the glorious eyelashes on that girl! 

 I heart her too much to let her hold gloomy spoons so she just hangs out and classes up the joint. 

My Mom gave me these next ones. 

You can tell by the way that I cut their feet off when taking the photo that they make me a little nervous. I think it's their expressions. 

All rhinestone eyes and "I'm gonna eat your face off!" 
Still, I love them and am not one to shy away from whackadoodle faces on things. They're prancing across the top of my china cabinet every day of the week. Some day, I'll have to take you on a tour to see the odd faced things in my house. Honestly, I'm pretty sure that I'm drawn to knick-knacks and such if they DO have weird faces. 
Here are some recent eBay scores.  They're all wooden brooches. 

They're taking a walk past my one dilapidated Marx dollhouse in this shot. I found mine on the side of the road and it's more haunted house than dream house. Did you all see the end of the Fallout Shelter Marx dollhouse that we looked at the other day? That baby went for  $1040.00 and some change! Whoowhee!  
Here is Mr. Grumpy Squirrel. He's an old chalkware piece and more than likely, was a carnival prize. 

He's a pretty mean looking squirrel too. I found him in an antique store that has more frilly eighties stuff than shriek-worthy stuff so you never can tell about what a store is going to have. He's as large as a house cat and heavy as all-get-out. 
Finally, here is a notebook that my adopted brothers Johnny and Michael sent me from Florida. I think it pretty much says it all about my love for squirrels!

Aww! 
I hope that you all are having great days today - and if you did remember to celebrate Squirrel Appreciation Day yesterday, then I hope that the buzz hasn't worn off yet and you're still as giddy as school girls!
p.s. Are any of you other Blogger users having serious formatting issues? I've got fonts changing mid-post and spacing going insane and well, I'm just barely sorting it all out. Zoot Alors! I just went over to look at my coding and felt a little bit like fainting. So, in the spirit of squirrels who do the zaniest things, I'm going to leave it all just like it is today. 
Until next time, x's and o's, Eartha