Tesco Home 2025

Popped into the nearest Tesco that would have some homewares in and noticed the Halloween mugs, plates and other items. The colour scheme is black and white this year, which doesn't fit in with the decor I've collected over the years, but if you like ghosts, spider's webs, and black cats then there are some items probably worth buying.

Sunday 7th September 2025

Still a bit early for Asda

It's still a bit early for Asda's halloween display, but some more homewares and wreaths have started t appear in the Folkestone store.

Sunday 31st August 2025

Penny Royal, Rye

The gift shop Penny Royal in Rye has on display some Jellycat plush Halloween items and also ceramic houses with a halloween theme to them.

Sunday 31st August 2025

Homewares start to make an appearance this year

I was in a fairly small Asda earlier in the week and then in The Range on Thursday and notices a couple of homewares out on display - The Range having more out currently including the ghost and pumpkin hot water bottles.

Sunday 10th August 2025

More offerings from TKMaxx in Folkestone

A few more pictures of the sort of gifts for sale this year; nothing to tempt me so far though.

Monday 21st July 2025

TKMaxx's first offerings in Folkestone for 2025

Spotted the below decorations and candles in the local TKMaxx store in Folkestone. Nothing that grabbed my attention specifically, and so I wasn't tempetd to buy. However I'm not sure about this year's trend for pink decorations.

Sunday June 29th 2025 

Halloween Beer Part 17

I was shopping in Carrefour hypermarket in Calais yesterday and picked up these Belzebuth beer bottles and a couple of Raven design bottles too.

Sunday 16th February 2025

Who ya gonna call?

 As part of Folkestone Old High Street's halloween activities...

Tuesday 19th November 2025

Halloween in Whitstable

Another belated post... I had the day off on Halloween and decided to go to Whitstable for the day to visit the new display dedicated to Peter Cushing in the local museum.The exhibition is open until September 2025 and well worth a visit. It takes up about a third of the museum and is the biggest display of Peter Cushing ephemera that I can remember since the early 2000s. Also, for this exhibition, there are a couple of newly published books worth picking up, and for those with less to spend some postcards.

And on the way from my car to the high street, I passed a house that had gone to won with its decorations.

Monday 18th November 2024

Halloween Lego

On the way to the airport to go to Japan, there was a Lego shop in Duty Free at Gatwick. So below are a couple of photos. The Nightmare Before Christmas set they only had as a display model and were awaiting stock; but they did have the Hocus Pocus set and a free halloween pumpkin if you spent over a certain amount. And whereas it's not Halloween themed, the Titanic was impressive.

Saturday16th November 2024