This is Snuggie Weather!

As everyone knows, Oklahoma City was recently blessed with a record amount of snow; I believe the final total was 14 inches. Along with the snow came very high winds and frigid temperatures, perfect weather to just stay indoors and keep warm. One might even say it was the perfect conditions for a Snuggie.

I have been told that Jerry, the Irritated Tulsan has a Snuggie and that he loves it. During the Blizzard of ’09, I was wishing that I too had a Snuggie to keep warm. Since I did not have a warm, comforting, supple Snuggie to keep me cozy I was forced to improvise.

Personally, a Snuggie looks like nothing more than a house robe that is worn backwards. So I went to my closet, got my robe and wore it as though it were a Snuggie. I have to say it was a little bulky and the back of it gaping open reminded me of the time I had to wear one of those gowns in the hospital.

I have to admit that my improvised Snuggie-Robe was very warm and snugly.  For some reason my wife kept laughing at me, personally I think she was jealous that she had not thought of the idea first.

My son is at that age when he sees me do something, and then he wants to do it so he can be just like his daddy. He brought me his robe so that he could wear it backwards just as I was wearing mine. My son and I might have looked a little goofy, but we were warm an in the end that is what was important to us.  My wife’s laughter continued, once again she was just envious of what geniuses my son and I were.

While wearing my Snuggie-Robe I came to realize that there is a serious flaw with the Snuggie concept. When it comes time that you need to use the bathroom you have to either disrobe or squat like a woman. After learning this little piece of information about the Snuggie concept, I could not help but wonder about the rumors I had heard of people wearing nothing but their Snuggie.

While I briefly entertained the idea of stripping down and wearing only my improvised Snuggie-Robe, I reconsidered. I did not want my son to also want to do this, so that he could be just like me. I also thought that if I was running around our house with my butt hanging out the back of my Snuggie-Robe, it might cause my wife’s laughter to get so out of control that she might damage something internally and need a trip to the emergency room.

Considering how bad the roads in OKC were during the snow storm, I did not want to do anything that might warrant a trip the hospital. Furthermore, I can only imagine how things would have played out once we made it to the emergency room and she had to give a statement on how the injury occured, it might cause an outbreak of hysterical laughter that would lead to more unnecessary injuries.

After my realization of the major flaw with the Snuggie-Robe, I chose to take it off and wear it was intended. My son however seemed to enjoy wearing his robe backwards, then again he tends to enjoy wearing most of his clothing in a manner different than what might be typical. Then again, he is only four years old. I would like to say it is a phase that he will grow out of, but he might very well grow up to be a little odd like his father.

While I did not get to experience the true joy that must come with wearing a Snuggie, I did manage to stay warm during a record setting snow storm, not to mention giving my wife a good laugh.

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