Plenty of holiday shopping left to go
Let the Christmas shopping madness begin.
Actually, it already has, but I’m just getting around to writing
about it now. It has taken me a couple of days to drag my
turkey-stuffed body away from the Thanksgiving leftovers, even
though there was one last piece of pie just begging to be
eaten.
That’s what I’ve been doing, rather than shopping. Pigging
out
– and proud of it.
Plenty of holiday shopping left to go
Let the Christmas shopping madness begin.
Actually, it already has, but I’m just getting around to writing about it now. It has taken me a couple of days to drag my turkey-stuffed body away from the Thanksgiving leftovers, even though there was one last piece of pie just begging to be eaten.
That’s what I’ve been doing, rather than shopping. Pigging out – and proud of it.
At any rate, all good things must end, and so do leftovers, eventually. Or someone gives them to the dog. Whatever. At any rate, I’m proud of the fact that I did very little in the days following National Turkey Day, and didn’t set foot even remotely near a department store.
Black Friday came and went without me participating; so did Cyber Monday. I will get around to Christmas shopping at some point, but I’m just not emotionally ready yet.
However, I did spend some time gazing at the computer screen and catching up on news tidbits (also known as celebrity gossip) when I ran across a few articles on what trendsetters say is the hot toy of the 2010 Christmas shopping season.
In a word: Squinkies.
Thank goodness I don’t have to buy toys for little kids anymore.
I have been through many cycles of the must-have Christmas toy epidemics — from Power Rangers to Furbies to Pokemon stuff.
I ran across a rather sad-looking Furby in a pile of stuff around the house the other day, its batteries finally kaput. I had to go through a lot to acquire that Furby some Christmases ago, and now it’s just another thing in the dust heap. Well, it was fun while it lasted.
At any rate, every holiday season, it’s always something. And now it’s Squinkies.
I had never even heard of a Squinkie before this year, so as any intrepid reporter would do, I looked for the Squinkies website, which of course is Squinkies.com. The website is very pink, very cute, and plays annoying music whenever you open the home page.
Squinkies, I have found, are tiny collectible toys in the shapes of pets and babies. They come in numbered series and for whatever reason, are all the rage this year. Each pack of Squinkies comes with a “surprize” (their spelling) inside.
Of course you can buy accessories of various sorts, like the Cupcake Surprize Bake Shop, the Gumball Surprize Playhouse, and so forth.
It reminds me an awful lot of the Littlest Pet Shop toys, which are also small, cute, and come with carrying cases that can be used as play sets. I’m not sure why Squinkies are such a big deal, although they are “squashy, squooshy and squishy,” according to the website.
Maybe there is something about the squashiness that makes them desirable. Who knows?
All I know is I won’t have to stand in line to get any of them, which is fine by me. It’s possible I have some nieces who will want them, but I’m afraid they are out of luck. I’ll give them gift cards and they can buy their own Squinkies.
My boys have long since outgrown Power Rangers and Pokemon, and are now more intent on getting the latest computer or cell phone gadget. Not as adorable as Squinkies, but certainly more practical.
After all, in a few years, no one will be fighting over those “collectible” Squinkies any more. They’ll be resigned to some forgotten cardboard box in the closet. And the Christmas shopping world will be going on to whatever the next new thing is.
