Each year my brother and I get my mother a little something to add to a centerpiece collection that is three years in the making. This year marks the fourth year. The first year we got her small garden statues and let the boys decorate errr… vandalize them with sharpies. The second year… she got a bust of David with his lips and eyes painted cherry apple red. The third year… two medium sized, hand carved tusks. It really makes for a lovely table. We never let on that we aren’t dead serious in our gift giving. The one time she didn’t want to put the centerpiece out, we made sure to be upset. Yes, we are being brats, but it is oh so much fun! This year we got her a stuffed monkey, with leopard skin, dressed as a genie. Unfortunately, I don’t have any photos. Hopefully this year my brother can take one for me.
What I am REALLY blogging about here, is our trip to Marshall’s. Ross, TJ Maxx, and Marshall’s are the best places to find something for the centerpiece collection. They always seem to have the strangest and most obscure home decor in the world. We had a tie for second place if the monkey didn’t work out. The first item was two little angels, one was hugging the other angel. The huggee was missing his head and it looked eerily as if the first angel had *hugged* it off. Awesome. I didn’t get a photo but the little statue is sitting to the left of the next item in the photo. The next item was this:
If you know me, you know I seem to have an eye for the strange, odd, or just plain weird. You did see my last blog right? Just imagine my delight when I came across this beauty. This lovely piece of metal art *was* a cross. However, when it broke someone welded it back together and turned it from Christian symbol into a Satanic one. Then shipped it off to Marshall’s. Totally. Wicked. Awesome. And for 8 bucks I’m still wondering why on earth I didn’t buy it for my home. Please note the ambient glow coming from the top of the photo. It just makes it all that more appealing… maybe I’ll send TJ to see if it’s still there.
