don't believe the hype

A few weeks ago, the girls mentioned wanting Silly Banz. If you are unfamiliar with these things, they are the NEXT.BIG.THING. Basically, they are jelly bracelets that are shaped like things. But, according to Facebook status updates and Twitter tweets, they were very, very hard to come by. As such, whenever wanting to get Silly Banz came up with the girls, I always changed the subject because, well, I'm lazy. I didn't want to drive all over looking for these things.

But, on Saturday, John and the girls' quick trip to the grocery store somehow turned into (I kid you not) dropping stuff off at Salvation Army, an hour at Chuck E. Cheese, and lunch at BW3s. Note the lack of actual grocery shopping. I went to join them for lunch, and on the way, stopped by the Hallmark in the shopping center, which was rumored to have the Silly Banz.

I walked in, spent 5 minutes trying to figure out which Silly Banz I should get the girls, considered buying them Zhu Zhu pets, paid and left. And arrived at BW3s a hero. Either our Hallmark is the most kick-ass store ever, or our neck of the world is immune to the hype around the rest of the country.

 

 

I got them both the Princess Banz. If there's anything I learned from parenting two closely spaced girls is to just get them the same thing to avoid any sort of strife.

They were thrilled. Not thrilled to hear that they couldn't wear them to the pool or to school. But thrilled. And me? I'm still loving my iPhone. And, Hipstamatic.