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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Who Made This Wish List?

My husband a couple years ago got me a Women's Health Magazine Subscription, and you know, for the most part I like it. 

But this time of the year I feel like crossing and rolling my eyes simultaneously.
Who made this  Holiday Wishlist?  What wavelegnth are they broadcasting from and in what dimensional universe?

Here are some examples: 
For Mom:  A tennis racket and gardening tools.
For Dad: Indian head nickel cufflinks and Nut cracker.
For Brother: Fair trades basketball and a cork iphone case.
For Sister: A bike and an athletics jacket.
For Significant Other: Running shoes and a laptop.
For a Friend (no other definition): Makeup and a journal set.

Now reality comes back:
My Mother has never played Tennis, ever.  I can recall her swatting a bee once with a racket.  I can recall when she used to try to do gardening... that was not a long lasting experiment.
My Dad likes golf.  All things golf, anything besides golf is -unless it is Eddie Bauer- is not that interesting to him.  Extra points if it is Eddie Bauer and golf.
My Brother... is  really hard to buy anything for.  But seeing as he did fall off a cliff last april, I'd prob get him  climbing ropes.
My Sister once upon a time exerciesd regularly-highschool.  Not anymore, she is permanently entrenched in Mommyhood.
My  Honey might actually like the running shoes... but he already has some.  And we have  2 lap tops and a desktop computer... no more needed.
For the Friend... I would never buy makeup for a friend I wanted to keep.  Think about the message you are sending there!

Do you see the  beginings of a pattern imerge here?

Know Honey gets the Men's Health Magazine.  And it has the Guys wish list in it.  I really wish they had included some of them in the Women's health magazine.... Here are some of my favorites:
*Dremel Trio ("Cut. Sand. Rout.")  Oh the things I could make with this!
*Snow Shoes
* Philips 12-watt EnduraLED Light Bulb (Wicked neat!)
*Amazon Kindle
*Biolite Campstove


Not in the immediate list, but under what Dad would also like:
* Fishing supplies.

But see I'm a girl... so I must want makeup (Rarely wear the crap), over-priced shoes (if it requires pinching of the toes or more than 3 inch heels you can stuff it), and or something too tight or short to wear in public.
Because I'm a girl I should want to die my hair, and crimp my eye lashes.  I should  get weekly manicures and layer my nails in poisonous colored lacquer.  I should have four types of self tanner and 3 types of misturizer.


Maybe I am not a girl.

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