My name is Brittany and I am a Halloween-aholic. I love everything dark and spooky, and spent most of my childhood consulting the Ouija board and spinning around in dark bathrooms chanting “Bloody Mary.” When my housemate and I moved into our new place Junior year of college, she wisely suggested “Let’s decorate for Halloween and never take it down.” So it is only appropriate that my first holiday here at Bookshop is also my favorite.
I’ve taken the liberty of transforming the Cards & Gifts section into a horrifying delight, complete with bats, skulls, witches and blood. So hop on your broomstick, climb through the spiderwebs and inspect the new Halloween products I’ve so painstakingly arranged.
My favorite, hands down, is a daily fortune projection titled Horrorscopes: A Little Book of Misfortunes from Chronicle Books. If you are hosting a haunted party, make sure to grab a Vampire-Fang ice cube tray from Fred. Add red food coloring to the water before you pour it into the trays, and the fangs will look quite creepy floating in your beverage of choice. And make sure your keys are appropriately dressed for the holiday with Freakeys, monster covers that help differentiate the house key from the key to your underground catacombs.
If you are venturing into my neck of the woods, come prepared: Bring a friend if you’ll need a hand to hold, or comfort yourself with the adorable vintage-inspired Hallows Eve cards from Found Image. Or to conceal your fear, dress up in your costume so no one will recognize the fool screaming in the card section. Either way, hurry in before it’s too late–for unlike my old house in Seabright, the Halloween decorations won’t last the whole year long!
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