Have you heard about this year’s biggest kids toy for Christmas?  You know – there always is one…  remember the Tickle Me Elmo days? 

The other day I heard about these cute little toy hamsters that have their own little habitat aka Zhu Zhu Pets.  It’s the perfect pet solution!  I immediately knew that my boys would LOVE this!  So…. I headed off to find a few hamsters & accessories to order online.  My search went something like this:

Walmart – Sold Out
Target – Sold Out
Toy R’ Us – Sold Out

Amazon:  We’re in Luck!  Well sort of… you can pick up an in stock price gauged (we’re talking 4x the price) Zhu Zhu Hamster or accessory on Amazon…

Tonight I got an e-mail from Toys R’ Us.  We’re in Luck!  SUNDAY morning I can be at Toys R’ Us (which is an hour away from here) and if I am one of the first 50 people in line, I am allowed to purchase ONE…  (Yeah, 1 for 4 kids).  On Sunday morning…(remember my husband is a pastor – church is our priority) Yeah, probably not happening. 

The Zhu Zhu Pets main website does say that Wal-Mart will have them in stock beginning tomorrow.  Our Wal-Mart is little town rural tiny – so that means 1 of 2 things.  A.)  They won’t have any at all.  or B.) They will have some because no one around here is in the know about the craze yet.  My schedule is a bit cramped tomorrow, but I just might have to make a trip to see what I find. 

It certainly isn’t the end of the world to me if I don’t end up with some for Christmas – I don’t think my kids even know about them – they haven’t asked for them – their hearts aren’t going to be broken if I don’t find them.  But…  truth be told – now that more and more people are saying they are going to be impossible to find…  it brings out the competitor in me, and I enjoy the challenge! 

So I’ll keep you posted – we’ll see if I find some hamsters to make our own Zhu Zhu Zoo!  How about you?  Have you heard about Zhu Zhu Pets?  Are you on the lookout, or is this the first you had heard about them? 

C-

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