Not a Cookie

Over the last several weeks we've been posting pictures from the game Animal Crossing and our bike ride. But we've also been taking random pictures while out on errands. So let's see what we have to share?

I saw this package in the freezer and laughed out loud. The little munch out of the pancake, and Cookie Monster's resigned expression. He was tricked into thinking these pancakes were cookies. That's NOT a cookie. He does not look thrilled.

Okay this one is sort-of for Animal Crossing, too. We named our island Fort Pillow and designed a logo for it. Now our pal Impulse has her own merchandising shirt! This is, in no way, any indication of anybody being bored at work. My friend is extremely busy. Most of the time.

Can you believe that Masters of The Universe came out in 1982? Who would have thought, back then, that in the future merchandise like this would be made? To remind you of your cool toys, but in like, a classy sort of way. Having a "real" Wind Raider on your shelf might look goofy, but this Hot Wheels is going to look a lot cooler.

Our fancy camera in the new phone is great at taking night time pictures. So great that you can't see in this picture the actual darkness of those clouds over there. Those were dark-dark clouds, but this picture just makes you wonder why we took it.

Ridiculous comic Star Wars figure with springs that boingy-boingy the silly combat. Cute tower of Porgs holding the lightsaber, aww! Then you realize Chewbacca is challenging them with... Roasted Porg on a stick? The horror! After I defeat you, I will eat you! Run Porgs, Run! They even shorten Chewbacca to "Chewie" on the package like he's going to chew them. Dark.

I think I've got too much to say about these silly names, and what would make Heinz think this was a good idea. Did they want people to have a conversation about this? Why not just sell you two bottles, one with Ketchup, and one with Ranch, and... mix it yourself?

This poor Trolls movie was denied it's release in real movie theaters, but they still released it for download along with the overwhelming merchandise tie-ins. I'll point out it still says "only in theaters" on this Oreo package. And yes, we did get some. How could we resist the idea of Oreos with popping candy?

Normally we run away from anything that mentions "glitter" but the popping candy here is amazing. Letting the filling sit and pop in your mouth really prolongs the eating experience, in the best way.

My friends were talking about making some kind of reality TV competition show out of the Escape Room concept one night. The next morning he sees this ad on TV. So... time travelers stole his idea?

In the current "world situation", with no plausible way to travel to visit his family on his birthday, my friend still maintains the tradition of Carvel Ice Cream Cake, and buys one for himself! There was a virtual party in Animal Crossing, remember?

Could you imagine Scooby and the gang pulling off the mask on the Monster Truck Gravedigger? It was old man Chevy all along! I would have gotten away with it, too, if not for you meddling cars!

How do you store this "Limited Edition" Star Wars collectible ice cream sandwiches? C'mon, just eat them. Honestly the cruel part is putting "Limited Edition" on the package, collectors can't resist that kind of thing.

Made the mistake of going to a Target on a Saturday afternoon. Thanks to social distancing requirements, there was a line to get in! We had a funny thought that the bouncer at the door was going to look at us and shake his head "no" you're not cool enough to get into this club.

Um, Mom... guess what? Just kidding! Not sure what to think of these "It's a Girl" "It's a Boy" Hot Wheels cars. But it was certainly funny enough to get a picture to share.

The checkout line at the Target that Saturday was also insane wrapped through the store like it was Black Friday. Sorry I didn't get a picture of the lightbulbs and mashed potatoes I bought that day. We learned our lesson. Weekends are busy!

Watched the Netflix She-Ra series. It was mostly okay, some of it was awesome. That yellow cat-eared guy is "Loo-Kee" who appeared in every episode of the original She-Ra series, hidden in the background somewhere. Nowhere to be found in the re-boot, but in the last season, they finally tossed him into a random scene. So if you decide to watch it, don't be distracted looking for him.

Our Nintendo Switch Joy Con controller was "drifting" and it finally got bad enough that we bough some replacements. $80 is very "ouch" for controllers replacements, but we are more disappointed that typically Nintendo is amazing with their engineering and it's sad to see the product flimsy and fail after only a few years.

How is the "wave your hand under it hand sanitizer" station not the standard in everyplace these days? Although I guess personal hazmat suits and airlocks to houses might be too far.

 This makes me sad that the grocery store, marked as "essential" gets to sell furniture, while the furniture store remains closed. Sad for the furniture store. If you want to buy furniture at the grocery store, that's on you.

 I forgot they made a new Top Gun movie! Is that out? Was that supposed to be out? Saw these jets and figured I'd remind everyone else, too. I feel THE NEED!

 This looks like a funny multiple-exposure shot, but it's three different squirrels here. It's my afternoon Squirrel Squad looking for treats!

Bought a couple of Pokemon card packs from the new expansion. Not too exciting by itself, but the receipt says they were buy one, get one half-off. Cool! The more weird part is under that it says "must exchange if opened" Wait, can I keep opening these and exchanging them? Until I get the cards I wanted? That's so insane we could never actual do it, haha! Although we did not get any good cards so we were tempted a little bit to try.

Thanks to cautious thinking, it's been a few months since we've bought fresh jalapenos for our Nachos. We finally got some and were greeted by this smiling face when we chopped into one! Hi! We're happy, too! I might have said it before, but fresh jalapenos are like, a hundred times better than the pickled ones in the jars.