Snuggies are Practical, no Really

So at this point I am pretty sure everyone (because even I have with my strong distaste for commercials and my strong addiction to my DVR) has seen the long commercials advertising the newest in a long line of As Seen on TV products, the Snuggie™. It is a ridiculous commercial showing the advantages of their product over your run of the mill blanket.

Now some of you are saying, yeah that product sucks, I watched the Snuggie™ Parody on Youtube and it's so true...Well I am here to tell you, you are wrong. See my wife suffers from overcolditis a common affliction for wives, girlfriends and chicks in general. So I thought what a great product for her but I need to interject with my theory on As Seen on TV products:

So as many people know I have a slight addiction to infomercials, especially the GT Express 101. The products just look so amazing and they keep lowering the prices and throw in an extra one to sweeten the deal. But then I get online and go to the website thinking how could I go wrong, that is until I see the shipping and handling. They usually want to charge like 10 times as much as the product is worth and then me being a cheapskate when it comes to S&H, has second thoughts, and realizes that I don't need this product.

So any ways back to the Snuggie™, so I had pretty much written off this product even with the buy one, get one free and the amazing automatic book light. They wanted almost $16 for S&H doubling the price. But then a gift from heaven. Costco online decides to make it all happen. They offered me 2 Snuggies, 2 booklights all for $14.95 and here is the hot spot, no shipping!

Needless to say, I ordered immediately and 4-7 business days later I have a package in my hot little hands. I quickly walked over to my wife, we work together, who was conversing with a few coworkers and presented her with the gift, she opened it and laughed with fear. See just the day before she had shown me an article in Time magazine discussing the success of the Snuggie, they have sold a crap ton of these things.

But after all this we got it home and guess what, it is a great little product that makes sense. So yes I am telling you, I am a man's man with a manly moustache that owns a Snuggie™ and not afraid to say it. I scored bonus points with my wife (she wouldn't tell any one that) and we will save hundreds on our heating bill while still being able to blog or eat popcorn. Now I just need to find my Clapper and I will be set.