A typical group of youths from the 90's.

Just got back from the mall, I'm sporting my new pair of Reebok Pumps! Even though I wanted some BK Ratch Tech's, but they were sold out (Famous Footwear can eat it!). I guess you can only get those if you win a Nickelodeon game show. But, I did get a Charlotte Hornets starter jacket. They're my favorite team! Go Hornets!!! I'm about gettin ready to chug a Surge (the fully-loaded citrus soda with carbos!) and clean up my Tomagotchi's poop so it doesn't get sad and commit suicide, so annoying! So, omg, when I woke up this morning, I poured myself a BIG bowl of Ghostbuster's cereal, sat down and prepped myself to watch some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Then, right, I start getting yelled at for breaking my Stretch Armstrong, like it was even my fault! All I did was stretch it really far, Mom! Geez! She threatened to gound me but, whatever, she can't stop me from going to see Batman & Robin tonight, it's gunna be da bomb! Hopefully I'll be back in time to catch the new Sienfeld episode. I wonder, will Elaine ever find someone who is spongeworthy!? (Bum-da-dum-bum-bwaaa!) I have to get off the computer now because my stupid sister wants to go on the pound puppies website. Ok, ttyl!

We are getting a pokeball-load of new 90s tshirts up in here, and they are all totally lame...NOT! check them out after the jump!

What's your favorite thing about the 90's? Post your comments to let us know!

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It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Zombies

Wait… What?!?!?

Wasn’t Halloween this past Saturday? Aren’t we done with the mayhem, the horror, the undead? O contraire, mon frère! It seems that zombies are pretty hot right now-a-days, any time of year, holidays not withstanding.

This weekend seemed to be a full zombie media blitz. There were a few rare juxtapositions of snob culture meeting pop culture. Kards Unlimited's own Fearless Leader happened to be watching CBS Sunday morning and they interviewed Max Brooks, who has written the Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z, and has a new zombie book coming out, The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks. (BTW: We carry his books… the new book should be in any day now… I cannot express how excited I am by this!) Interesting fact: Max Brooks is Mel Brooks’ son! Why we didn’t figure this out earlier is beyond me. FYI: He has his fathers sense of humor.

Then, our Rogue Leader happened to be listening to NPR studio 360, and it was a zombie-fest as well. With George Romero (of Night of Living Dead fame) debating Ruben Fleischer (director of Zombieland) about slow vs. fast zombies. Studio 360 also interviewed Tom Savini, whose special effects makeup school is located near Pittsburgh. To round things out, Jack Handy (of Deep Thoughts fame) shares a few ideas on how to make your skeleton ‘stand out’ after you’ve passed away. Awesome. You can listen to all these interviews at Studio 360

Since zombies are now no longer contained to Halloween, they are spreading out to infect other holidays as well. Even Christmas cannot escape the zombies. That’s why KU is proud to say that we will be stocking the shelves with a new book, It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Zombies, a collection of over 2 dozen zombie Christmas carols! How awesome is that?!? Pretty awesome!

Incidentally I just found out that my 16 yr old brother has a zombie obsession. Need Christmas gift ideas for the zombie lover in your life? KU has you covered. In addition to Max Brooks’ books, we also carry Zombies: A Record of The Year of Infection, Breathers, and Pride and Predjudice and Zombies to name a few. We’re even getting a Pride and Prejudice and Zombies t-shirt as well! We also have zombie action figures, zombie pet shop, and a What Would a Zombie do Spinner… in case you ever feel the need to act like a zombie.

Zombies. Zombies! ZOMBIES! We love Zombies!

Halloween Costume Photobooth!

 SATURDAY OCTOBER 31st 4pm - 8pm

We get tons of trick or treaters on Walnut st. so we thought, "Hey, how can we make this day more fun and memorable?" And then we used our big brains and the came up with the idea for a Halloween photobooth! I know, we're pretty amazing! We just took some test pictures, and boy howdy, they look great! We made a bunch of backdrops so you can choose one that (hopefully) matches your costume/personality. And if, for some odd reason, you aren't in costume, we have a bunch of different hats and accessories that you can use in your photo! In proper KU fashion, we'll have snacks and libations, all at no charge! One more time, this is all for free. So, come down to Walnut St on Halloween, get free candy, get free treats, get free drinks, and then get your picture taken (for free) and remember the day forever! Yay! Go Memories!

Pumpkin Carving Contest Poll!

We just wrapped up the carving part of our pumpkin carving contest, now it's time to vote! You can vote for multiple pumpkins, so you don't have to make any tough decisions! The poll closes on Halloween day, so get voting! Tell your friends! Click READ MORE to cast in your vote! Make your voice heard!

Update: Here's a link to the recipe for the cookies and dip we were serving! Thanks to Marlie for making them, delish!

UPDATE: WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

Anthony's pumpkin! So cute! 
Congrats, and spend your $50 gift certificate wisely!

Check out the rest of the pumpkins and photos of people carving on our flickr page.

Today is the Day!

I've been waiting for this day for the last three months and it's finally here. For the first time in my life I've had a goal, and that goal was to make it to this day alive. Now I know how expecting mothers feel. You wait and you wait for nine months of your life, and then one day, it's all over and your identity has changed forever. No wonder I'm suffereing from postpartum depression. So today, the day, is when it all finally happened. When my prayers were finally answered. When my wishes finally came true. Today, I became a real boy.

DINOSAUR MITTENS/PUPPETS!? YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!

I ordered these when they were first announced from Kidorable. I couldn't contain my excitement over the following months. Every day I would come into work and ask if Kidorable came yet. And today. Today was the day. My life is complete. I am living for the first time in my life.

It's Boss' Day!

The boss ladies at Kards Unlimited may not have hit albums, but they have the hearts of their employees. (Aw). Kristen Kershner and Marlie Filipek are the dynamic duo who not only foster the unique work atmosphere of the store, but also the interests and talents of us munchkins. I can't tell you how incredible it is and how lucky I feel to be able to say, "I have a cool idea..." and get the response "sounds great, do it!" I love that at the beginning and end of each month, I don't have a planogram/floorplan/window chart that comes down from on high that I have to adhere to. I get to help create it, design it, and implement it!
Aside from the creative freedom, I love how much I laugh at work. Kristen and Marlie are a couple of the funniest human beings I've ever met, and I get to work with them everyday. Between Marlie doing really cute imitations of her 4 yr old niece and her incredibly contagious-end-in-tears-laughing fits and Kristen's high energy bursts of song-speech, arcane colloquialisms, and Simpson's quotes, we stay pretty entertained all day. I mean seriously, what boss sends you funny texts while you're working, listens to you whine day or night, and engages in spontaneous duets? It just doesn't get any better.
So, without further ado I say to you, Kristen and Marlie, Happy Boss' Day, with love.

Check out all the staff's comments after the jump!

Kards Unlimited Pumpkin Carving Contest!

the Death Star in pumpkin form

SATURDAY OCTOBER 24th 2pm - 7pm
COST: FOR FREE!!!

We're having a pumpkin carving contest this year, and it's going to be the best pumpkin carving contest of all time! It will even out do the amazing contest they hold in Central Park every year. You can BYOP (bring your own pumpkin, duh!) or we can provide a pumpkin for you! We only ask that if you bring BYOP, you hollow it out before you come, because we don't want pumpkin guts getting all over the store! If you've already carved your pumpkin, or have a family pumpkin carving ritual, you can bring your pumpkin down, and we'll photograph it and enter it into the contest. We're posting the best pumpkins on the blog (this blog) for you to vote for your faves and the winner will get a $50 gift certificate and the bragging rights of being the best pumpkin carver in the world. All ages welcome to come down and carve, but children must have adult supervision! Seriously, if you're not excited enough already, THERE WILL BE HOMEADE HALLOWEEN TREATS AND DRINKS! FOR FREE!!! We at KU are all super excited for this!!! So excited I needed three exclamation points to express how excited we all are!!! (that's TWICE! HA!)

once again thats:

SATURDAY OCTOBER 24th 2pm - 7pm
COST: FOR FREE!!!

update: Henry made an awesome poster for the contest, check it out after the jump!