A catalog of catalogs
It's that time of year: Christmas is coming, and everything is for sale. You don't even need to go out. It all comes to you. When I picked up our 5 weeks of vacation mail from the post office, about 2/3 of the volume was made up of mail-order catalogs. I don't know how they find us, but Jeremy and I get personally addressed catalogs from about 15 different retailers, most of whom were previously unknown to me. Some are cheap and nasty, some very tempting, some just ridiculous.
So I thought I'd just share a quick sampling from 2 of the catalogs to give you a taste of how things range from the sublime to the ridiculous.
First, let me introduce you to the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. Apparently, it has been "offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected for 160 years." No kidding. Some of the items I personally will be resisting this Christmas include a small-scale remote-controlled Ferrari arno hydroplane (only $2000, with hand-planed wood!), a personal oxygen bar (?!?!), A Thomas Kinkade Sitting Santa Statue that reads Christmas stories... and my personal favourite, the ride-on cooler: you can transport your 24 large cans and yourself at up to 14mph! Cup holder included.
Alternately, I could purchase from the catalog which calls itself "The Most Important Gift Catalog in the World". Actually, I'm quite impressed with this one. Heifer International allows you to purchase (and donate) an animal (or part of an animal.... as in 1/20th of the cost of, not as in, a leg of...) to the needy somewhere in the world. I could help give a family a llama, for less than the cost of a ride-on cooler, which would help feed and resource a family for over a year. Impressive, huh?
Who knew there were so many options from catalogs?
So I thought I'd just share a quick sampling from 2 of the catalogs to give you a taste of how things range from the sublime to the ridiculous.
First, let me introduce you to the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. Apparently, it has been "offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected for 160 years." No kidding. Some of the items I personally will be resisting this Christmas include a small-scale remote-controlled Ferrari arno hydroplane (only $2000, with hand-planed wood!), a personal oxygen bar (?!?!), A Thomas Kinkade Sitting Santa Statue that reads Christmas stories... and my personal favourite, the ride-on cooler: you can transport your 24 large cans and yourself at up to 14mph! Cup holder included.
Alternately, I could purchase from the catalog which calls itself "The Most Important Gift Catalog in the World". Actually, I'm quite impressed with this one. Heifer International allows you to purchase (and donate) an animal (or part of an animal.... as in 1/20th of the cost of, not as in, a leg of...) to the needy somewhere in the world. I could help give a family a llama, for less than the cost of a ride-on cooler, which would help feed and resource a family for over a year. Impressive, huh?
Who knew there were so many options from catalogs?
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