The holiday season is here and I've become an online shopping addict. I've spent countless hours comparing prices on books, CD's, DVD's, and strange little knicknacks for those near and dear to me. In the hunt for a bargain, I've found quite a few things to add to my Amazon wish list as well. My most recent discoveries include the special widescreen collector's edition of Top Gun, a brand new Shakespeare biography called Will in the World, an intriguing book titled Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, and a Cocomotion Hot Chocolate maker.
I also get at least 3 new catalogs a day in the mail and am finding treasures in them as well. I think I'm on the museum list since I continually get catalogs from The Art Institue of Chicago, The Met, & MOMA. Last year's Christmas cards came from the Art Institute, and I may return again this year. I'm also on the strange knicknack list too, but I think it is because my mom gets all those catalogs too and they say, oh, well, here's another family member to add to our list. I feel like a kid looking through the JC Penney and Sears catalogs circling all my desires.
Then there are all the friends and family I'm buying for, and trying to maintain a budget, but keep seeing more cool stuff to get. I swear, if I had the money, my friends and family would hit the motherload this year. But, alas, I am making little more money than last year, and the budget will have to stay close to its boundaries.
One good thing about my addiction is that I've only ventured to the mall and Hamburg once on my quest, though I think another visit to Hamburg is in the cards this weekend. I guess its just not Christmas without mingling with the irritated public on a weekend in December.
Happy Holidays and happy shopping to my 2 loyal readers out there. May you find what you're looking for, and not encounter too many grinches.
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