First I asked my kids not to spend much because of the economy. My one son lives in Arizona and I had purchased a little "cactus man" complete with hat and sunglasses that fit over my antennae and was pretty worn out. Had so much fun with it I asked for another one. So he got me that and some cactus candy and he sent my nephews lollypops with real scorpions inside but their poison was removed! He went a bit overboard on the desert theme I think!