I am a catalog junkie. It’s like shopping without having to worry about spending money. (As much as I love catalogs, I hate buying things I can’t touch first.) A fresh, unopened catalog is like a wonderland of possibilities, you never know what you might find inside. I blame it on the Sears Wish Books of my youth.
My current favorite is ThinkGeek. They have the cutting edge in weird and wonderful toys for geeks of all ages, and we get a steady supply of catalogs because my son orders something about once a month.
Since I know I’m not alone in this, today’s poll is this: What is your favorite catalog to drool over?
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IKEA. I don’t even have my own house to put the stuff in, or money to buy the stuff. But I can imagine.
I will confess that I am a sucker for The J Peterman Company. I’ve ordered from them perhaps twice, as the general style is not something I’d wear, but I cannot resist the micro-stories that accompany each piece. Who could?
i like the Manly ones like hotrod parts, motorcycle parts, firearm parts. I’ll spare you all by listing those.
there was one that I used to love but I don’t remember the name we ordered the Brides maids dresses for our wedding from it
Think Geek
Uncommon Goods
Those two are the ones that I actually put little post it flags on (tauntaun sleeping bag FTW!)
And I have a new love for Carol Wright, the junk magazine, because it now has a section of sex toys!
Also the magazine that has all kinds of pagan-y, witch, metaphysical stuff that I can’t remember the name of.
Catalogs are something 2007 freelance and debt-ridden thebleach loved with a passion but new, improved, and credit-card-free thebleach cannot even tempt herself with.
So instead I offer you CatalogLiving, which if you are not year familiar, gives you “an exciting look into the lives of the people who live in your catalogs.”
http://catalogliving.net/
I like Think Geek, too, @SaraB! I also really enjoy the Unemployed Philosophers Guild. Where else can you get Freudian slip…pers?
Good lord, they have a pillbox section. I have an unhealthy attraction to small metal boxes.
My unhealthy obsession is sticky notes. Not counting the big, yellow pad actually supplied by the office, I currently have… oh, God, I just counted 12 different types of stickies in or on my desk. You can imagine what that site does to me.
I’m a major Uncommon Goods fan, though I try not to go to their site at all unless I’m actively looking for a gift or something.
I enjoy ThinkGeek too, and I’m also a fan of Uncommon Goods (http://www.uncommongoods.com/ ). I’ve yet to order anything from them, but they have a lot of great, unique stuff for around the house as well as jewelry and some accessories.
I have never seen Uncommon Goods before. That place has everything. (I wonder if I can get myself into the artisan section, hmmm…)
I would love some of this gear!
That site is great. I think I love this in the free section the best. :)
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Fancy!
I don’t get any catalogs by mail, but I am loving boutiques.com lately. It allows me to get all my window-shopping done and shows me mostly stuff that I will absolutely drool over.