Stickers to soothe the soul

Since holiday angst is upon us all, I thought: what better remedy than to post some super-cute stickers to assuage frayed nerves?

Sanrio is good to start with...

 Frolicking sheep are always calming.

 Breathe in, breathe out...even the football is smiling!

Don't you feel better now?

Hello Kitty is ready for Halloween

Halloween is a big, big deal in New England, so it goes without saying that I like to collect Halloween stickers. You know who else is ready for Halloween? Hello Kitty:

 

According to the Sanrio web site, Hello Kitty lives in the suburbs of London. Who knew?! Despite this, she is evidently very into the American holiday.

She has many costumes. 

I have to say these two are my favorites:

WHY IS SHE WEARING A SEXY CAT SUIT? 

What is this, Mean Girls?

I think she likes Halloween so much because she cannot stop dressing up.

These kind of freak me out a little.

She has also dressed up as a snowcat:

 

And on Easter, she dresses up as a bunny:

Raising the eternal question: what is the difference between Hello Kitty dressed up as a bunny and My Melody on Xanax?

Why is My Melody so sad??

 Better. I'm totally going as My Melody this year for Halloween.

Things I don't remember from the 1980s

The Snorks (see below) were an obvious rip-off of the Smurfs.

I have to admit, I have no recollection of the Astrosniks:

And while I have a fairly good grasp on the repertoire of Sanrio characters, when I found this sticker I wondered who on god's green earth Jodie was?

Thank heavens for the internet, which tells me that Jodie is a friend of Hello Kitty's, whose dream is to become a researcher someday. Truly a prophetic sticker acquisition on my part--in fact, I think Jodie will have to become a new favorite of mine.