I am a Marketer's Dream. Yesterday was our first day of summer vacation at the beach, and not surprisingly, we found ourselves amidst the other beach goers in the aisles of Wal-Mart loading up on what the kids deemed "necessary". Every year, they are attracted to more and more, and every year I cave to desires for water guns, beach balls, and sand molds. But this year, I wasn't prepared for the marketing that was Toy Story.
It was everywhere. On plates, on food, on sunglasses, on pull ups. Everywhere. Quickly, the "necessities" were announced and collected as follows:
- Toy Story Mac N Cheese $1.00
- 2 Pac Goggles $1.50
- Toy Story Cereal $2.68
- Toy Story Flip flops (for him) $7.00
- Talking Buzz Lightyear $14.86
- Beach Barbie $5.93
- Boat with Toys $5.00
- Fishing Line $7.36
So, even though we spent more than we had gone in for, the look on their faces when we got back to GrandMoms house were worth it.
They call me..."sucker."
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Nope they call you Mom...one of many. I can't resist a "pleeezzz" from Cristian. I never got little somethings from the store when I was a kid (other than maybe the occasional double bubble...grape, of course), so it is important to me that he gets them every now and then. Buzz is his fave too.
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