Sock Monkey and the Wooden Man

I got that cool 4′ wooden man at Goodwill a couple of weeks ago, and it seems like my old skinny sock monkey and this wooden man get along real well.

This was a fun polaroid app on my iphone.

Then I could not stop.

This was a free app and it had some fun variations…

The fun did not stop here.

I simply must stop.

Free.

App.

How fun is that?

If you paypal – they will come………… Sock Monkeys arriving daily.

I opened the box to this weird fetal sort of image.

I was getting a little nauseous….

Mable said to hurry up and get past the squeamish part, as she wanted to meet her new pal.

Surprise!

TWO new pals!

Cheaper than a Happy Meal and lasts longer

I got to the sale about 1/2 hour after it started, and every dealer in town had already been through the place at least once.

But, they missed this fabulous vintage lamp.

(probably on purpose)

I brought it to the office as I had just the right spot for this in the bay window.

It is just perfect.

Mable, the sock monkey who sits on my computer screen – says it is the Cat’s Meow.

Imagine that the earth made all those fine rocks a gazillion years ago –

only to be polished and embedded in funky fiberglass lamp that sold for only $5 at a yard sale.

I agree that it is the cat’s meow…

** SOCK MONKEY MADNESS * * * And then there were THREE * *

I sold something for too much money and it gave me wiggle room financially to give into the addiction that may be called – “Sock Monkey Madness.”

I just got this sweet gal in the mail today.

What a kind face.

She looks like a “Mabel” to me.

Check out her background info:

I went on a weekend sock monkey binge and I will have the consequences of the monkey madness arriving at my office all this week.

I consider my mail carrier an enabler…

Sock it to me. ** Finally **

I have been wanting to start collecting sock monkeys.  So I have been trolling  the mayhem that is the the toy aisle at the Goodwill store for a couple of months.

Scanning the heaps of stuffed toys for hints of  grey and red that could be a sock monkey.  Making internal bets with myself -like – “If I find a sock monkey today, it will stop raining.”  – ” If I find a sock monkey today – I will keep to my diet.”  Oh, you know how it goes….

Tonight was my lucky night.  There in all its monkey glory was this guy crammed in with all the made in China cheapo – probably melamine laden crapola.

Just check out the ears on this dude.

Then, just as I was feeling so totally justified in my rationale that I WOULD find a  sock monkey – low and behold…

There she was just hanging out on the bottom shelf, missing her man who was on the eye-level shelf only a few scant minutes ago.

As I happily carried the happy couple towards the checkout stand – several people chatted with me about sock monkeys.  I mean, who does NOT like a sock monkey?

They seem to have settled in quite nicely at my house.

They already learned to use the remote to tune in to Animal Planet.