Birthday Party Treats

Guess who's digging into a loot bag right now? Remember going to birthday parties when you were a kid & being sent home with a goodie bag filled with candy & sometimes a cheap plastic toy like a kazoo or a top? One of my best friends turned 30 today & she gave out loot bags at the end of her party. woot!

My mom made rocking goodie bags. She refused to splurge on licensed birthday party fare, so I was deprived of ever hosting a Care Bears or Strawberry Shortcake party. But what she saved on plain paper plates, she made up for in quality toys for the goodie bags. Cabbage Patch Kid figurines for everyone! Of course it was pure torture for me to pick out 30 of the little plastic figurines to distribute amongst the gift bags. I remember spending hours laying on the octagon-patterned carpet of our family room deciding who would get the best of the collectibles, all of which I coveted openly. I would have gladly traded every birthday present in exchange for those 2 inch hunks of molded plastic. I think I still have them stored up in the attic, along with my stable of My Little Ponies & my busty, sex-personified Princess of Power dolls. Hmmmm...actually upon further review, my masturbatory fantasies were inspired by a sluttier version of the She-Ra action figures. No clue what they were called now, but they were an inch or so taller & were much more detailed. And hotter.

Feeling a little like the 40 Year Old Virgin now, but I gotta admit, there may be a request for Castle Greyskull on my Christmas list this year.

EDIT: Golden Girls! There was an action figure series called Golden Girls, not to be confused with the gay retirees living it up on the Florida coast sitcom.



And just 'cause I found it while searching Google images & it made me laugh, a Cabbage Patch Cat.