snuggie time!

Ok, so  when I was in Texas in November, I was lucky enough to stay where there was cable. massive amounts of cable. I was able to watch all the brainless tv i wanted…and did. One night, while surfing the tube, I came accross an infomercial. It was the most entertainingly cheezy, horrible infomercial I had seen in a long time! I had to put my face in my blanket to keep from laughing too lou as everyone else was asleep. I couldn’t wait for carrie to wake up so I could tell her all about it.

The Product? The Suggie.

The Lameness of said product? SUPER Lame.

The next day, I shared my story with Carrie, giving her my best reenactment using my best infomercial voice. She rolled with laughter, and we kept our eyes open for the next airing. I also told my friend Anea, also in Round Rock, who called a few hours later to say she had been spamed by the snuggie company. A few days later, Burl, my god dad made reference to the horrible commercial he saw…of course. The snuggie.

A few days after I got back to STL, carrie called me and told me that while visiting KC before her wedding, her step-dad, Calvin, had purchased his first item off of the tube. What could it have been? The snuggie. 2 for the price of one, included with 2 reading lights. He was very excited. We waited for them to show. I soon got pics of Carrie and Calvin “snuggied” up in the living room. When I asked Carries mom if they were worth it, she said, “Go buy a cheap fleece at Wal-Mart.”

There is nothing like taking a bathrobe, wearing it backwards and then marketing the idea to the general public, making blankets feel like an inadequate and inconvenient waste of time.

Anyway, the snuggie has found it’s place in  my life as a constant joke that never seems to go away. Just this morning, my friend Anea sent me this. It is already become a cult classic.