Lots O’ Dough To Be Made, People

About one month ago I was sent into a frenzy over Olivia’s bunny security blanket. Around here we call it “bun-buns” and that is how I will refer to it in the rest of this post. We thought bun-buns was most definitely lost. There was going to be hell to pay unless it was found, or a new one mysteriously appeared out of nowhere. I’ve mentioned bun-buns before, but please take a look at how Olivia’s preciously precious I-have-to-have-it-at-all-times looks brand new, and in the present:



I remember in detail the day it was declared lost. Josh took the girls to Santa Cruz because it was a nice Saturday and mommy decided she was going to get her hair done, and well, four hours needed to be occupied somehow. The day came and went. Then six o’clock rolls around. Olivia is wondering where bun-buns is. I ask Josh who says he brought it in from the car after the beach. The house turns into disarray from couch cushion and bed sheet dismantling. Nothing in the house went unturned. It was nowhere. I even looked twice. I asked Josh if it was maybe still in the car. He said he brought it in. I turn the car upside down looking for it, and I don’t find it. I declare it lost. At bedtime, Olivia wants it. I tell her, “You see. It is lost. Mommy has to find it. We might not find it. We can get you a new one, ok?” She didn’t put up a fuss.

That night I started scouring the Internet in search of a new bun-buns. Josh almost had me convinced to drive back to Santa Cruz and look for it. It was definitely an option worth considering. But, what would the success rate be of finding that thing that almost looked sand-colored in its current condition? It was so not likely, people. Back to the Internet search. Seriously, how hard could it be to find? I at least knew the brand (Carter's) and knew what bun-buns looked like in my sleep. Additionally, my mother got this for Olivia as a baby, so it was super special and even if I had to replace it, I would. What I was about to discover was amazing...

I thought that Carter's would still make the same security blanket 2 ½ years later (kind of like I thought a newborn child would just sleep all night long). Clueless. Carter's makes a new design batch of security blankets every season. I even found a site dedicated to Carter's security blankets listed out by year and season with picture. I quickly backtracked to winter of 2006 and there she was, the sweetheart bunny security blanket. Text flashed before my eyes next to the photo: DISCONTINUED. NO LONGER AVAILABLE. GOOD LUCK FINDING IT SUCKER. EBAY IS YOUR BEST BET. Maybe those last three were a joke, but it was seriously true. I ran all kinds of searches and guess what I found?

Price of bun-buns back in winter of 2006: About 10 bucks

Price of bun-buns now: Anywhere between $50 - $100

PEOPLE THERE IS MONEY TO BE MADE! My first thought was “NO WAY IN THE WORLD AM I PAYING THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR A NEW ONE!!!!” But, I thought about it more and yeah, I would totally spend 50 bucks. But I really needed to think about it overnight and sleep on it. And then I told myself that I was going to go to Carter's that very next day and buy ten of the new security blankets. Why? Because of people like me. Their kid loses the ONE TREASURED item they MUST have, and you really have no choice. In order to make said kid happy again, it must be replaced. At any cost. Right?

Seriously, dollar signs flashed before my eyes. I can do this and make a ton of money! And then reality set in and I suddenly felt like I would be robbing innocent parents who just wanted to replace this missing item that their child loved. People like me. Couldn’t do it. But, damn, there is money to made in the security blanket industry fo’ sure. I’m so stifled by this still! Diaper counting and security blanket markup, what in the world has come over me in these last few posts?

So, the next day when all this set in and I was going to pay the fifty bones for a new bun-buns, Josh mysteriously found her UNDER one of the car seats inside the car. Go figure.

Long live bun-buns.