Sooo, I took my son to see ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ last night.  We watched the first two movies two weeks ago and ‘Afterlife’ on Friday night, so we were set.  Got there 50 minutes before it started because it was raining.  That meant we had to stay in the lobby for a bit.  In the back of my mind, I had a feeling there was some special merch, but I wasn’t sure.  I mean, it’s Ghostbusters.  There had to be something and I had to be a mature adult who saves money . . . Then, I spotted it.

A guy walked buy drinking from a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man thermos.  I thought that was cool, but knew a drink would mean I’d miss part of the movie for a bathroom break.  I could resist.  My son said he could do without it, but I realized that he hadn’t seen the thermos.  He saw one in another person’s hand and his eyes went wide.  We got on the line to get him one and then I saw the GHOST TRAP POPCORN BUCKET!  Someone walked buy with it and I had a real internal struggle.

Of course, mature logic won out.  My son was thirsty and he could handle drinking during the movie.  I wouldn’t be able to achieve that feat.  I was hungry and his braces meant he can’t eat popcorn, so the trap would be mine.  We each get a souvenir to remember this special father/son outing.  He didn’t realize he could fill it up at the theater, but ran off cheering when he was told he could.  I had a big grin on my face while talking to other adults about the trap, which one was getting and the other had bought a version of it when ‘Afterlife’ came out.  They said it was a shame this one didn’t light up and helped me juggle a few things to make sure I got the popcorn poured into the trap.

Anyway, movie was a lot of fun and that’s when some extra comedy happened.  I didn’t have the ghost trap on my lap, so I didn’t realize it HAD WHEELS until I picked it up.  I can roll it around or even push it to someone across a table or floor.  This wasn’t even the last thing because I was walking up to my front door when I accidentally pulled a weird plastic tab off the bottom.  I thought it was strange since it looked exactly like what you would find in an electronic device where a battery is found.  There was a switch.  THE GHOST TRAP LIGHTS UP!  It is now sitting now to my laptop where I will put snacks, candy, or fruit in there when I’m writing.

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