Between the catalogs my Mom gets, and the ones I get, I could have quite the Christmas display, then gifts galore. If I wanted to pay shipping... Heh.
There is a few that I save out, and circle things that I think would be cool to have, or wear. Mostly wear, anymore. I guess I am not as rabid as I was when I was younger and the Wards, and Sears Christmas catalog would come out. I wasn't as voracious as some of my friends, but I would point out a few items I really liked. Now, the catalogs are MUCH smaller, and usually specialty catalogs, ones I have received recently were Hippie stuff, and NPR stuff. I keep waiting to get the Victorian stuff, NOT VICTORIA'S, VICTORIAN... I normally get those seemingly every few weeks, but now that I want one, to check on ONE product, pbbt. I might have to see about an older catalog, or, (Sob), clean up the area where I store paperwork by the couch...
I don't really buy much anymore by catalog, and rarely by Internet, either. I have been glacially slowly even trying to get RID of stuff, with marginal success. I have threatened, more than once to get the window open, toss all the stuff out, and rent a D8 cat and push it into a big garbage container, for it to go be somewhere else. I have also threatened to get it in a bunch, put a FREE sign on it, and put it on a corner in town. (I would put the sign up by my house, but there isn't that much traffic along our road. Thankfully...)
I keep plugging away at getting crapola out, and keeping good stuff. I do realize good is relative, most people wouldn't think lots of small balls of yarn are a big whoopee, but, I knit all the time, so it's much more important, than say, the food processor that I received, and used... Not ever. So, you get the idea.
I mostly ask for practical things, or stuff I wouldn't buy for myself normally. Clothes, specialty food items (Husband has found a source for Decaf Vanilla tea, and I am SOOO happy for this!!!!)
I tend to make things for Christmas, so when I buy online, or via catalog, it's more for things to make other things, i.e. specialty yarn, or wood... Don't ask, it's close to Christmas!
So, I guess that covers my love affair with catalogs. Don't use 'em much.
Ohhh, look what came in the mail! A new seed catalog! OOOOOOH! Excuse me whilst I peruse!
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