Why do stores dedicate an entire aisle or major section of their store to things that come out of an Easter Bunny's Girl parts? Why are all of the pre-made baskets, candies, plastic eggs, jelly-bean pooping chickens and bunnies so obviously visible? Why are they marketed to the children who are supposed to believe in the stupid plastic egg laying rabbit?
Or, maybe it's just to tempt the millions of us who don't NEED to see Orange Cream Whoppers, Robin's Eggs, and other assorted malted milk balls? Perhaps to the thirty or so women in the aisle yesterday - loading their carts with Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs, Cadbury Caramel Eggs, and more candy than even the Octomom would need for all her baskets. That candy is so not for the kids. Yeah, the kiddos will get their basket-share of hollow bunnies and marshmallow animals, but you know who's going to be putting the rest away in a cabinet and eating it piece by piece - the moms and dads.
We are so guilty of it, in the past, I would buy my own bag of those pastel covered chocolate eggs. Mr. was ALL about the Reese's. We bought and filled baskets - just to have the candy! Candy! Candy!
Yesterday, not a bag jumped in my cart aside from gum, those pooping animals, and some other random non-chocolate crap. Don't think my hand didn't GO for the Whoppers, it did. I stopped.
I left the aisle. It was INSANITY. The conversations between parents in that section, they were stressing out over CANDY. STRESSING OUT. "Liam needs to have this, this, this, and OMG, we need this, and then there's this, and what if he doesn't get enough and, and..." One, was freaking out, she was apparently shopping for her step-kids, and didn't really want to.
I know people have to buy basket goodies, but, do we have to have it so flaming-ly blinking flashing arrows GET YOUR NAUGHTY ON HERE in the grocery store?
"I WANNNN CANDY!"
"Does the bunny shop at Wal*Mart?"
We don't even celebrate the holiday. We're celebrating the marketing of candy to the kids, aren't we? (Don't answer that, I know.)
Why do stores dedicate an entire aisle or major section of their store to things that come out of an Easter Bunny's Girl parts? Why are all of the pre-made baskets, candies, plastic eggs, jelly-bean pooping chickens and bunnies so obviously visible? Why are they marketed to the children who are supposed to believe in the stupid plastic egg laying rabbit?
Or, maybe it's just to tempt the millions of us who don't NEED to see Orange Cream Whoppers, Robin's Eggs, and other assorted malted milk balls? Perhaps to the thirty or so women in the aisle yesterday - loading their carts with Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs, Cadbury Caramel Eggs, and more candy than even the Octomom would need for all her baskets. That candy is so not for the kids. Yeah, the kiddos will get their basket-share of hollow bunnies and marshmallow animals, but you know who's going to be putting the rest away in a cabinet and eating it piece by piece - the moms and dads.
We are so guilty of it, in the past, I would buy my own bag of those pastel covered chocolate eggs. Mr. was ALL about the Reese's. We bought and filled baskets - just to have the candy! Candy! Candy!
Yesterday, not a bag jumped in my cart aside from gum, those pooping animals, and some other random non-chocolate crap. Don't think my hand didn't GO for the Whoppers, it did. I stopped.
I left the aisle. It was INSANITY. The conversations between parents in that section, they were stressing out over CANDY. STRESSING OUT. "Liam needs to have this, this, this, and OMG, we need this, and then there's this, and what if he doesn't get enough and, and..." One, was freaking out, she was apparently shopping for her step-kids, and didn't really want to.
I know people have to buy basket goodies, but, do we have to have it so flaming-ly blinking flashing arrows GET YOUR NAUGHTY ON HERE in the grocery store?
"I WANNNN CANDY!"
"Does the bunny shop at Wal*Mart?"
We don't even celebrate the holiday. We're celebrating the marketing of candy to the kids, aren't we? (Don't answer that, I know.)