Friday means something altogether different to my children than it does to me, which is as it should be. Someday when they’re older, I shall share with them the sacred ritual of the Amazon Friday Sale. I do think they should be making more than $1.75/week when I tell them, though.
We used to use one of these tandem thingies
This isn’t the one I have, but I’ve heard excellent things about this GPS unit
Need a sewing machine
Maybe you’d prefer a stroller for your dog
I believe the technical term for this baby is big-ass fan
Sometimes people ask me how to figure out what would be good “gift closet” items. I’ll buy something like these ornaments
I know it’s impractical, and I would never buy it (because I have no one to give it to), but I sort of love this pocket watch
I am off to start my day; have a great Friday!
Mir – I love this site, and you are very pretty. I would like to respectfully disagree and say that this http://tinyurl.com/c9yy5 is a big-ass fan. 🙂
Bike trailer thing. Very tempting. You see, I have this issue with getting my son to school. School is only a mile away, so we can walk, but walking with someone who is not yet 5 is very, very slow. Even if I give us a full half-hour, we still wind up arriving just a few seconds before he’d be Officially Late. So I drive him, and suffer agonies of guilt because I am DRIVING him ONE MILE to the school I selected specifically because it was close enough to walk! I can’t have him ride his own bike to school, because A) I don’t trust him near busy roads, and B) his school has no bike rack.
So the bike trailer seems like a good idea, assuming that I’d be able to ride back with the trailer part empty. But those reviews are very mixed… and oh yeah, I don’t own a bike.
My husband owns a pocket watch! (And he wears it, which is an important distinction.) I always hated that he didn’t wear a watch, and when I happened upon the perfect pocket watch for him, I realized that he was a POCKET watch guy and not a WRIST watch guy, which is why he never wore one. I showed it to him before buying it to make sure he’d wear it first, and he agreed that he would like to have one.
I think they’re pretty cool, and many pants still come with the nifty little pocket watch holder (even though most people have no clue what that little pocket is for).
I have my great-great grandmother’s pocket watch from 1850-something. It’s beautiful but would need to have it fixed to use it. Considering I hate wearing a wrist watch, maybe I should consider this.
Thanks for pointing out the Lenox ornaments, I ordered the bells and the angels. Brilliant idea for teachers, and they are probably tired of getting Bath and Body Works hand soap from me anyway. When in doubt, I go by the rule “give what you’d like to get” and I would love to receive these ornaments.
As my kids say, you’re a rock star, pretty Mir.
Oh, I’m also guilty of buying a “set” and breaking it up. I have a few co-workers who need to be appropriately “gifted” each Christmas. This would help.
As a former teacher, I’d cheer over a Christmas ornament or anything consumable (including that BBW hand soap, groovecatmom).
Please don’t buy teachers apple or chalkboard kitsch. They have enough– more than enough– already.