Snuggies Scare Me

Every once in awhile a product moves from the hidden world of late night TV infomercials to the mainstream shopping world. 

Case in point:

Moving Men furniture sliding disks...actually work pretty well.  I learned about them back during my days working at Mini Bazaar and they come in quite handy for moving big furniture. 

Kaboom cleaner...I'm pretty sure my mom suckered for this one at least once.  She always has hated hard water stains on toilets. 

Sobakawa pillows...because why sleep on feathers when you can sleep on buckwheat?  (I think every member of my immediate family had a Sobabkawa pillow at one time or another.)

ShamWow...one word...WOW!

ProActiv...never worked for me, but about 100 other acne products didn't either.

Bumpits, which according to their commercials take you from "flat to fabulous!"...also very good to use if you want to hide snacks up in your hair to eat during church or at other times when snacking is inappropriate. 

and...this year's winner of the late night infomercial to real world shopping transformation goes to SNUGGIE!

And that brings me to the topic of today's post which is, "Snuggies Scare Me," which also could have been titled, "Snuggies Creep Me Out."  

Is it because they are EVERYWHERE this year?...from Walmart, to Walgreens, to Babys R US, online, in the malls, in grocery stores...EVERYWHERE!  I wouldn't even be surprised to see them for sale in a gas station. 

Am I afraid of getting stuck in it and suffocating?

Are they scary because they make you look like a wizard, a monk, a Star Wars character, and/or a member of the KKK?  

Is it static caused by the fleece and potential shockage?  Or the thought of my Snuggie being a magnet for unattached hairs?  Or worse, attached hair and really messing up my hairdo? 

Or, is it just the fact that they make a leopard print Snuggie?  I don't even want to know what could happen with a leopard print Snuggie. 

Is it because there are Snuggies for adults, kids, babies, and even dogs? 

The isolation and loneliness Snuggies could cause? 

I can't really figure it out.  Maybe my fear is unfounded.  But seriously, every time I pass a Snuggie display in a store I shudder in creepedoutness and then oddly enough have the overwhelming desire to buy them for all my friends and family. 

I'm really confused why Snuggies have this power over me. 

Does anyone know why I'm completely scared and fascinated with Snuggies at the same time?  Anyone share my feelings?

Oh, and in the meantime while you try to figure out your true feelings for Snuggies, here are a couple of Snuggie Infomercial spoofs to enjoy.  (You probably won't get them though if you haven't seen the real Snuggie commercials...so go watch that first on YouTube and then come back.)







Bonus Section for BYU students and graduates or anyone else who might understand Utah Mormon culture...

Okay, so does anyone remember what those glove/muffler things were called that they sold at BYU that were made for couples so, "the cold weather wouldn't get in the way of hand holding."  I can't remember what they were called and it's driving me crazy! 

It was so couples could actually hold hands...not gloved hands...but real, naked, hands during the winter and not get frostbite.  I actually once saw a couple using one while walking up Rape Hill going to class.  It was weird. 

So to give you a visual, each of them have a normal glove on their outside hand and then in the middle they are sharing something that looks like this...

but not so fuzzy or fake furish.  Weird huh? 

I'll give a dollar or an item from my etsy shop to the first person that can help me remember what these things were called.