31 days of Spooktober, Days 19 and 20: The new "Haunted Mansion" swag!!

Hello ghoulies!  I was not able to write yesterday because of a jam-packed schedule compounded with the fact that I threw my lower back out.  It happens every couple years or so.  The last time was because I was sitting for hours in a rental car while travelling all over the East Coast to visit vintage amusement parks for my book, "The Cotton Candy Road Trip".  Yes, I visited the last few parks on my journey barely able to walk. It was pretty pathetic.  This time, I was bending over to wash my face, and my back just said, "Okay - I'm done." And it doesn't matter how much exercise I do (cuz I'm power walking at TOP speed); my back was just kaput. (Shakes fist at onstage injury I suffered twenty years ago ... bah, bah and double bah).

So, what will make up for my absence?  And what will come close to soothing my tender back? Oh, looking at recent posts about the new Memento Mori shop in Disney World, with all items devoted to my beloved Haunted Mansion!

http://www.insidethemagic.net/2014/10/haunted-mansion-store-memento-mori-officially-opens-appropriately-amidst-halloween-season-at-walt-disney-world/

https://d23.com/walt-disney-world-memento-mori/

Image from D23.  Definitely a print I must own to add to my "Witches and Gypsies" wall in my meditation room.

More info about the store on the Disney Parks blog: http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/10/memento-mori-shop-now-open-in-magic-kingdom-park-at-walt-disney-world-resort/

Some other "Die hard" fans made these things: https://d23.com/101614_haunted-mansion-fan-creations/

And this blogger is feeling pretty much like I'm sure I will when I finally get there in November: take my money!  You win!: http://www.themainstreetmouse.com/2014/10/10/ok-memento-mori-you-win-take-my-money/

Finally, a video tour of the store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9dIveVeZJ0