Christmas Wish List

When I was little, my sister and would flip through magazines and exclaim, "I want that!" whenever we saw something that caught our eye. After we had been doing this for a while, my exasperated mom told us that it wasn't nice to want but better to wish for things. I've carried that with me into adulthood. Want puts a certain amount of need in something while wishes leave room for daydreaming but this doesn't necessarily place any importance upon the wish. It's a good way to sort out things you desire from things you actually need.

So, after that little anecdote, I present my Christmas Wish List. It's funny how much thought I've put into it this year -most things I actually do need or will eventually.

1. Vinyl. (Hot Chip, Tanlines, and Youth Lagoon are at the top of the vinyl list)

2. Socks. More specifically, wool socks. I'm not kidding. I wear my Smartwool hiking socks all the time -they're great in the weather up here and so cozy.

3. Boots. Ankle, Engineer, Riding... really, just boots. I tend to wear them out pretty quickly.

4. iPhone.

5. iMac.

6. Pantone swatch book.

7. Leather messenger bag (big enough for my MacBook) or awesome backpack.

8. A ukulele. I started learning to play one at the end of the summer when I was staying with friends in Boulder. It would be fun to continue fiddling around.

9. Snow. What's Christmas without snow?

What's on your wish list?

XO

Christmas Wishes

So now that we've all survived Halloween and Thanksgiving feasts, it's that magical time of year where snow drifts down from the sky, christmas lights sparkle in the evening, and the smell of peppermint or pine is just about everywhere. If only the holidays were really that peaceful. I swear, stores start decorating for the holiday season earlier and earlier every year. I was kind of disgusted at hearing christmas music in the grocery store the day after Thanksgiving. 


Anyway, with the holidays comes the "wish list." This is not a list of things that are necessarily needed per-say, but a list of things that might make existence a little more effervescent for a while. Here's my wish list:


Nikon 1 J1 - The smallest SLR digital camera ever. Oh. My. So sleek.

Stamps - I love writing letters to my friends in far away places but postage is something that I rarely think about buying. If I had a stash of stamps, a lot more letters written during classes would be sent.


Socks - I understand that this is that "really?" gift. But hey, they're something that I really need and want. My feet are always freezing and lately my sock drawer seems to produce fewer and fewer cozies to slip onto my feet.

Steve Madden Ruckus Boots - These I WANT. I seem to wear out cheap pleather boots at a rate of 4-6 months. But I think that were I to posses a quality pair of boots, they'd last a lot longer. And they're so pretty....

iPhone - Yes, yes. The mother of all phones. But I wants it... and in all fairness, my iPod has been slowly dying over the past year, and phones are constantly being replaced or upgraded....I'd take good care of it!

So this year's list isn't the longest but that's ok. I don't want that much. Gift cards are always appreciated since I love clothes so much... and let's face it, relatives whom you haven't seen in a few years don't always pick out the right thing. December starts tomorrow! I have to say that I'm very excited. Finals are next week and then I work the week after and then I head to my snowy homeland for a few days!