It is. I swear it! I don’t know where it’s all coming from – but on the other hand, it explains where all the money is going. What am I talking about? Stuff connected to Disney/Pixar’s “Cars” movie of course.
With two small boys, it was inevitable that this movie was going to be a hit with our little ones. What I didn’t expect was the deluge of “Cars” related merchandise that now lives in our home.
Yesterday I was tidying up the boys’ toy area and that’s when this revelation hit me for the first time. As I picked up art items, stickers, collector’s books, small copies of the cars, stationery items, I realized how much money we had spent on this movie, and for a second wondered if Disney cared about my contribution to their profits for 2006.
I think the icing on the cake, so to speak, came later in the day as I was tidying away the last of the Holiday things and came upon half a packet of candy canes. At the time I hung them on the tree, I didn’t take any notice of the packaging. As I checked the packet for a use-by date, it seemed to flash out at me, these weren’t just any old miniature candy canes – they were “Car’s” candy canes. For the life of me I can’t figure out a connection between the movie and the canes, but there you go. I have to say that I didn’t actually buy these ones myself, they were sent as a gift to the boys by their Godmother – who also sent them cookies that were decorated to look like 3 of the cars in the movie!
It’s not just the toys and candy though, Christmas “Cars” related gifts for the boys also included pajamas, slippers, clothing and a bath towel! These to go with the lunch box and drinks glasses they already have.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I object to buying the merchandise, it’s oh so tempting to indulge my boys when they see items with their favorite cars on them, but it’s incredible how this stuff seems to breed when you aren’t keeping a check on how much of it they have!
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