Affordable Five Nights At Freddy's Merch

Both of my kids have played Five Nights At Freddy's. It's a video game where animatronics kill you, which yikes, after I typed that out, sounds horrifying. I could never play the video game because they have "jump scares" where the character essentially jumps out of you. My nerves could not take it. No wonder why my daughter screams whenever she plays the game. There are so many different versions of it and I never know exactly which ones they are playing. 

Anyhow, they made a movie based of the game and both of my kids enjoyed it. (You can watch on Peacock.) 

The sequel comes out December 5th and of course they will be going to see it. I said I'd go too. The first movie was pretty entertaining with good actors. 

Since the movie is coming out this year, it seems more merch has been released. If you have a family member or friend who are fans of the franchise, I managed to find some things. A few will be stocking stuffers for Christmas, others my kids bought themselves. 

First up are these Five Nights at Freddys' Squishmallows. I found these at Five Below at $7 each. (Don't get me started how the squishmallows there used to be $5 and larger. Ugh.) Anyhow, they had Freddy, Foxy, Chicca, and Bonnie: 

Five Below also had keychains. My duaghter's favorite is Bonnie, so she bought this one for $5. 

There are in expensive Funko Pops of the characters. Natalie picked Balloon Bonnie up on Amazon for under $10. You can find Funko Pops at most stores as well. 

Spirit Halloween had a little Five Nights At Freddy's section and my daughter found this Freddy for $14.99. She has it set up in her college dorm. 

Walmart has Freddy, Foxy, and Bonnie light up blow molds for $19.99. This will be added to the Halloween decor. We always decorate for spooky season and Bonnie will be a fantastic addition:

Finally, I was at the grocery store and found this Freddy Fanta for a little over $2. Natalie drank the Fanta and kept the bottle to display. She's going to fill it with orange tissue paper. 

So there you have it! A bunch of affordable Five Nights At Freddy's items. Both my kids are freaking out that there is a Five Nights at Freddy's house at Halloween Horror Nights in California. 

Do you have someone in your life who is a fan of the game and movie? 

Trying Not To Text Like Buddy The Elf

So it was difficult when my son moved into his college dorm a few years ago to not bombard him with all sorts of texts. 

Texts like: 

How were your classes?

Did you talk to a lot of people?

What did you eat today?

I had to remind myself to back off a bit. I had to wait until he came to me. And he did. Eventually. His form of communication is to text me pictures of what he's eating. Sometimes he'll tell me about a class. But it's mostly the food thing. 

Here was the brunch he ate the other day:

My daughter recently moved to her dorm. It's her first year, and again, I wanted to send her all sorts of texts.

How are you?

Do you still like your roommate?

Did you put all your clothes away?

What's your favorite class?

Who is your favorite professor so far?

Seriously, all these questions remind me of Buddy the Elf from the movie Elf. If you've never seen it, he basically asks questions one after the other. It can get irritating. 

This is who I feel like when I'm asking questions. Or who I am trying NOT to sound like. So I limit my questions to 2 per day. Sometimes 3 if it's pressing. (Did you get your meal plan to work at Chick-fil-A?)

Luckily my daughter texts me more often than my son. She let me know that her history professor is cool because he listens to Queen and she thinks her math professor might be German. Yes, her dorm room is nearly organized. 

And I did get a first day of college pic without asking!

I will always want to know more than my kids let on. But I have learned to relax a bit and wait until they come to me. I will never know everything. I will never know as much as I did when they lived here. 

But I'll know enough. 

(I hope.)

Hey, It's Okay

I got this idea from Glamour magazine. You can link up any day of the week. All you have to do is make a list of what you're okay about. Simple! Please do not link up a post that has nothing to do with Hey, It's Okay. It's rude and I'll delete the link.

HEY, IT'S OKAY....

.....to have moved both kids into their dorms last week. The house is quiet. It's odd. But they'll be home this weekend for Labor Day. 

......to not be doing much for Labor Day weekend--just hang with my kids and see how their first week of classes went. Natalie and I have been watching This Is Us so she needs to see why I get so emotional when I see a Crock Pot.

.....to have finally checked out a Spirit Halloween. They always have the coolest things. And one is opening even closer to me next month so I will be back. I am annoyed that their coupon changed though. There used to be a 20% off sent in the mail for any one item. Now it's 20% off an animatronic. Boo. They do a 10% military discount at least.

.....to think what Felon 47 is doing with the White House is tacky. All the gold? Pulling out the rose garden and putting in a patio? Ick. 

......to have finished reading Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid and loved it. If you like a book with bad ass women, this one is for you. Set in the 1980s, it's about Joan, who applies to the NASA space shuttle program when it is open to women. She gets in and meets the other women who made it. She meets men in the program--most who are nice, others who do not believe women belong in the program. And in between training, she falls in love. But can Joan have the relationship she wants AND be an astronaut? I was riveted by this book. Space has always intrigued me. I know I'm not smart enough to ever be in the program (math! Ugh!), but it was such an interesting to read what women went through in the 80s. It was between the time where women were still expected to pop out kids, so it wasn't easy for many of them. Pick this up!

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