It's the middle of October and I think the high was about 92 degrees but I was Christmas shopping anyway!! The girls have been wanting Pillow Pets for almost a year now, at least it seems that way! They are stuffed animals that fold open to become pillows - they are actually pretty neat! Emma wants a unicorn and Hannah wants a lady buy:
I tried to order them earlier this year for Easter but the ladybug, apparently, is very popular! She was constantly sold out. The girls forgot about them, I forgot about them and then the infomercials surfaced again and as did the constant "requests" for PILLOW PETS!!! A few weeks ago we (me AND the girls) noticed they were now selling them at Walgreen's and Wal-mart, but since I was trying to now make them Christmas presents, I told the girls we could add them to their list.
I kept forgetting to go back and get them while they were both in school, so today while Emma was in school and Hannah with her Grammy, I made a trip to Wal-mart. But they were no longer in the front of the store in giant boxes for everyone to see. I checked EVERY toy aisle, twice - nothing. Too hungry to walk all of Wal-Mart, I decided I would just go to Walgreen's and see if they still had any left. On my way out, I passed the home decor section, the blinds, and it hit me - check the pillow section! There they were along with a lady who had the LAST lady bug pillow pet. Besides the one she had, all that was left were 2 dolphins, a few cute penguins and some dogs. She asked which ones I was looking for. As I recanted the story for Matt later, I told him there was a small part of me that wanted to slowly walk past her cart, tell her the lady bug one, grab it and bail! Ha, ha! She did tell me that she saw lady bug ones at the K-mart in Charlottesville - Lady, I REALLY want to go get these for my girls, but I'm not driving that far for a stuffed pillow when I can order them online (or steal it from your cart!).
So off I go to Walgreen's where there was a large assortment of Pillow Pets - just no lady bug! I grabbed the unicorn and tried to call my mother in law to see if Hannah would like a bumble bee since she really wants to be one for Halloween, but I couldn't get a hold of her. So I pay for the unicorn and decide to go home and just order the lady bug online. I had to pre-order one like one of those psycho mom's wanting a singing/dancing Elmo, but hey, they are cute and cuddly. I also needed to spend $5.01 more in order to get free shipping so I ordered the cheap ($4) mascara by Maybelline that actually works the best and a $1 package of tissues just to get free shipping for my darn lady bug pillow pet. But I can rest easy, she's on her way - and the girls are going to be so excited!! I can't wait to give them to them!
All that for a Christmas present! Have you every done anything crazy for one of those TOP Christmas toys?
so happy you were able to find both, even if that meant buying one online!! it's what makes Christmas even more exciting (in my opinion)!! it will all be worth the trouble on Christmas morning! :)
ReplyDeleteI've seen those things all over the place, but never knew what they were. Glad you found the one you needed!!!
ReplyDeleteKayla wanted one, but then when she saw it in person she said "it's too small to be useful", haha. I guess I'll have to find a new hot item to chase all over the place and invest way too much time and money on (helloooooo ZhuZhu pets of '09).
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the kids will love them, and it's a good thing you bought 'em early. I think they were on that list of toys Moe told me about that was the "it thing" of the year. They are pretty cute!