About three months ago I was semi-"dooced" from my job. After suffering though one of the most miserable times in my life I decided that it would be physically and mentally impossible for me to ever set foot into an office EVER again due to the mental abuse I suffered. I think they call this P.T.S.D. or Pure Torture, So Done. Even if that meant giving up donut day and my love affair with the water cooler; I just couldn't brush my hair one more morning, wear clean underwear, or deal with people who don't share. So I hatched a plan. A plan that would allow me to work in my pajamas all day long, eat cookies for breakfast, sleep until 11am, and scour thrifts shops, flea markets and garage sales to find treasures that others could pin their hopes, dreams, and fantasies on if they chose to participate in the auction. Along this journey I have found some really cool "weird" stuff that has become my personal booty. From top left going clockwise.
1. Possibly ice tongs, but look more like what you would use to delicately pluck the freshly laid eggs in your pet Falcon's aerie.
2. Hairless doll head. Not all that weird on its own, but the fact that there were over 100 of the exact same head for sale was weird. I restrained myself and didn't blow the month's grocery bill budget on all 100. But I still regret not doing so.
3. Got this at a hospital auxiliary thrift shop that is staffed by women who were born before there were hospitals and health insurance. Hence the description on the price tag read "Really Old Oriental Man Doll". hee hee
4. CREAPY with a capital day-glo orange hair and heart balloon make-up application creepy.
5. Didn't actually find this at a store, but it found me in the Mexican desert one trip. Had to come home to join the weird collection. Needless to say, it fits in just fine.
6. When I saw this I thought, OH MY GOD! This is a figurine of Adult Christian Jesus holding Jewish Baby Jesus throwing out a peace sign. But I was later informed that the tall guy was Saint Joseph. So this is in fact The Patron Saint of Baby Aspirin holding Baby Jesus throwing his Tribe Sign.