Digital Webb: The DW Blogger: Slushy Magic & Pawggles??!?

Ok, so I was not the ideal mother this morning as I tried to get my kiddo to sit down and have a good breakfast while I rushed around the house, getting my own self ready to take her to school. I plopped her down in front of the tv with her bowl of cereal, something I usually reserve to do on weekends or during vacation from school. Today, of all days, she asked to watch a non-educational channel that had station breaks and regular commercials (which for our family, is extremely uncommon for us to watch anymore since we have almost completely sworn off regular television as well as cable all together). I figured "just this once" and BAM! two commercials for things that made me stop dead in my tracks and make me wonder how many people are actually buying to these gimmicks and why haven't I thought of the next million dollar get rich quick as seen on tv product.

Those two commercials were for Slushy Magic and Pawggles.

For those of you who haven't seen the commercial for Slushy Magic, feast your eyes on their website since they have a video of their commercial right there. Now really, what makes this product so damn magical? Has any of you tried it yet? All I can see from the commercial and photos on their site is it a couple of plastic-y reusable ice cubes and a long tupperware cylinder (I am not even going to get into the "magic spoon straw" part). Am I wrong? I am sorely tempted to go to BB&B and buy a few reusable ice cubes (since I already have the cylinder container) and see if my ("magical") science experiment will work just as good, if not better than spending $19.99 for two of these. Heck, I am sure 7-11 won't mind if I take a couple extra "magical spoon straws" on my next trip. ;-P

The other product is Pawggles. They are (I am guessing from watching the commercial a couple of times now) half plushy doll, half slipper and the bottom half POPS open to slip your foot in. Wow. Really? For $19.99? Maybe if the pet designs looked a little more appealing and if I was able to touch them for quality control, but I've seen much better looking slippers for about the same price that are lots of fun like the white tiger slipper feet my daughter got as a present after we took a trip to Busch Gardens in Tampa.