I have a slight obbsession with all things dark, macabre, and creepy. I love beautiful candelabras with candle wax dripping down the sides, carved skulls, creepy doll heads and the like. Clearly, it comes as no suprise that I have a great interest and fascination with Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

When E told me about the trip to Cabo, I was slightly saddened that we were missing the holiday by just a few days, but delighted to find the shops were still filled with Day of the Dead merchandise when we got there. I cheaped out a little though, as the prices were somewhat expensive, but still managed to get some amazing skeleton mermaid statues. I brought back a mariachi skeleton for my brother and his fiance, a blonde mermaid for my sister and brother-in-law and kept the dark haired mermaid for myself. Unfortunately, my mermaid had an accident and broke into a few pieces. My mother came over, exclaimed my shelf was dusty and the mermaid and some DL & Co candles came crashing down. It was an unfortunate accident, but my mommy is promising to glue Prudence back together. Luckily my mother is an artist and can perfectly fix even the biggest or most detailed cracks in statues. Check Prudence out below before her untimely death.

Day of the Dead Statues- Blonde Mermaid , Mariachi skeleton, Brunette Mermaid (R.i.P.)

Going to Mexico during Día de los Muertos is definitely on my “to do before I turn 30″ list, along with spending Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Christmas in Norway and going to a 3 day music festival in Japan. To Dream!