Halloween Candy Galore... One Stop Shopping

It’s only two more months and Halloween will be here!  I am such a procrastinator and I usually wait until Halloween to buy all my goodies… or… there have been a few times that I turned off my porch light and hid from all those little goblins.  Shhhh!!!!   Not this year though.  I am ready for them!    I did all my shopping online at Oriental Trading!  Oh my goodness they have such a wide variety of items and it took me FOREVER to decide what to get.

Look at all these goodies!  What little gobblin wouldn’t love getting these little treats in their sack?  These goodie bags hold a bunch of candy.  I love the the Headers for the packages! 

ROAD KILL GUMMIES… These are hilarious (in a sick kinda way!)  There are 23 in a pack.  The boys in my class are going to have fun with these!  

HALLOWEEN SIXLETS… over 110 pieces!  That’s a bunch of packages.

GUMMY EYEBALLS - These are way too creepy!!! But the kiddos are going to love them!  46 pieces in the package.  These are some heavy eyeballs!!

CRAYOLA COLOR YOUR MOUTH TAFFY – I had never heard of these before.  I of course had to try them.  They did indeed make my tongue purple! 

HALLOWEEN SUCKERS WITH POPPING CANDY – How fun are these going to be!

WITCH'S BREW CANDY ASSORTMENT - Creepy eyeballs… Spooky Pumpkins… Sixlets!   Gumballs with Nerds INSIDE!! 

Okay… I have to confess that maybe…just maybe… I ordered a few of these for myself.  I will need to have a few sweets for myself on Halloween…right????  Look at this HUGE box of Strawberry Twizzlers (180 pieces)!!!!  I LOVE LOVE Licorce…but I don’t think I can eat this entire box… My church has a candy drive for their fall party, so I suppose I could give some to them???? 

I have been looking on Pinterest for some cute ideas for our First Grade “FALL PARTY”    I’m going to use these Pixy Sticks to create some cute little gifts.  I sure hope my 1" x 8" Clear Bags come in soon so I can put them together.  Look at all those Pixy Sticks.  That’s a bunch of Pixy Sticks…over 144!!!! 

If you haven’t already purchased your Halloween treats, why not go over and see the HUGE selection that Oriental Trading offers.  Be careful though…it is overwhelming trying to decide what to choose!  

A Heart Most Certain by Melissa Jagears

Back Cover

“Lydia King knows what it's like to be in need, so she joins the Teaville Moral Society hoping to help the town's poor.  But with her father's debts increasing by the day and her mother growing sicker by the week, she wonders how long it will be until she ends up in the poor house herself. Her best chance at a financially secure future is to impress the politician courting her, and it certainly doesn't hurt that his mother is the moral society’s president.  Lydia’s first task as a moral society member--to obtain a donation from Nicholas Lowe, the wealthiest man in town-- seemd easy... until the man flat-out refuses.

Despite appearances, Nicholas wants to help others but prefers to do it his own way, keeping his charity private. When Lydia proves persistent, they agree to a bargain, though Nicholas has a few surprises up his sleeve. Neither foresees the harrowing complications that will arise from working together and when town secrets are brought to light, this unlikely pair must decide where their beliefs--and hearts--truly align.

My THOUGHTS

The author, Melissa Jagears has such a gift for writing.  I think that this is probably my favorite of all of her books I have read. It is so well written and it is definitely a keeper and a reread for me!  I absolutely love the time period that this book takes place which is in the early 1900s.  Although it is a historical romance, there is definitely an undertone of whether or not an individual is really able to change their level in society.   Lydia is a young woman that is close to becoming another one of the poor people in her town and Nicholas is a man that doesn’t give a hoot what society thinks of him.  This is first book in the Teaville Moral Society series and I can’t wait to read the next one!

***I received a free copy of this book from Bethany House Publishers in exchange for my honest review.***

Master Duo 2/3 Hole Paper Punch

I never knew I needed one of these...  

I have several hole punchers and I use them for all kinds of projects.  But when I received this Master DUO Heavy-Duty Hold Puncher in the mail… I was a bit perplexed!  How on earth could it punch 3 holes and also 2 holes???   Well it didn’t take me long to find out!  Take a good look at it.  Doesn’t it look kinda complicated?  Well it did to me… but thank goodness even I could figure it out.   I must admit I did have a few issues that I had to work out.  I couldn't get the paper under where I needed it to go so that my paper could get punched.  Grrrr... I knew what the problem was...I just didn't know what I needed to do to fix the problem.  

The two-hole punch is in the LOCKED position!

Duh.... I realized that it was in the locked position.  If you look closely at the picture below there is a place where you ALIGN the paper...but there is also a a lock mechanism that needed to be unlocked which then allowed the paper to slide under the hole punch position.  Yip!  I figured it out all by myself.

I have 23 students in my 1st grade classroom, so I wondered if I could hole-punch 23 sheets of paper all at one time.  It was kind of a tight squeeze, but I was able to get 25 sheets in there. I tried it in the 3 hole and also the 2 hole side.  It was relatively easy and they came out perfect!

I also was concerned about how I was going to be able to line up the papers and get the holes in the exact right spot.  There was an easy solution to that problem too.  On the two hole side there are the words "align here" which points at a line.  All you have to do is put your sides of the paper on these two lines.  Easy Peasy!  (Yikes...look at the dust that has accumulated on my hole punch)

I love it and I think you will too.  I'm excited that I now only need one hole puncher in my room now.  

Please go check out this hole puncher at Shoplet.  While you are there go ahead and spend some time looking at their huge assortment of office supplies, cleaning supplies, medical supplies, and office furniture.

  
I received these products at no charge in exchange for my honest review of this hole puncher.  The opinions expressed here are my own and reflect what I thought about the product.