Ew! What is that?
Is it something the cats coughed up?
Actually, it’s the fuzz that I collected from a Brookstone Comfy, which is basically a Snuggie by a different name. You have heard of the Snuggie, right? It’s that goofy blanket with arms that became so immensely popular a few years ago.
The original Snuggie, when it first came out, seemed appealing. But then it occurred to me—it’s just a loose robe worn backward. Hasn’t anyone else noticed that? So, being a smart person, I figured I’d either continue to make do with a blanket or start wearing my robe backward like a dumbass and thereby save myself some money.
Then someone bought me this Imitation Snuggie for Christmas last year. And you know what? I was happy to receive it. After all, I wouldn’t look any more ridiculous in it than I did wearing my blanket (just ask my husband), and pregnancy had made me far too fat for my robe.
Then I washed the darned thing. Everything that went into the washer and dryer with it came out covered with balls of beige fuzz. So I washed and dried it again, this time by itself. It shed enough to clog the dryer’s lint screen, but it was still covered with fuzz. Just think how much more material must have washed down the drain. There’s probably another whole Snuggie’s worth of fuzz at the bottom of our septic tank! Sewer Snuggie. Ew!
I almost gave up and threw the accursed backward robe away, but I decided to give it one last chance. I took a lint brush to it. Ten minutes later, I had created the pile of lint you see in the photo. But the thing is still shedding. What the fuzz!