Wishbook

When I was a kid every year we'd get the Sears Wishbook, until they stopped making it.  My sister and I would circle items that we just had to have for christmas.  And the rules were that we couldn't choose the same item.  So it was a race to see who could 'get' what.  I think my parents did it so they would know what to get us, but moreover it was just entertaining.  We'd spend hours just looking at the 20+ pages of Barbie bubble-gum-pink-paraphernalia hoping Santa was watching and knew exactly what we had circled in the wishbook.  Whether or not he was watching, circling items in the book became a big deal for both of us.

During college I worked for Sears in almost every department learning the many facets of the day to day operations of the store.  I no longer work there but received a small gift card from them this year due to a class action law suit.  Also this holiday I got a gift card to Sears from my grandma.  Now I am in a similar circumstance as with the wishbook.  I have over $400 to spend at Sears.  And their website, the digital version of the wishbook, has become the new place for me to 'circle' items I want by placing them into my shopping cart.

Circling all those toys when I was little was a fantasy.  Hoping that I would get maybe one of the large playsets was all I really wanted.  And I imagined if I had the money that I would buy all of them.  Well now I 'have the money' and I can't decide what to get.   I keep thinking 'practical', use it for new glasses in the optical department, or go 'indulgent' and get those $169 Ciao Bella Boots.

Off to peruse my wishbook.  Happy 2010 everyone!  May you have a safe and happy holiday and I'll see you in the new year.