Since I’m part of the Down That Little Lane blogger family*, every now and then I get to put together a DTLL newsletter. It’s the most therapeutic thing I do each quarter. Shopping, but not shopping is a rather wonderful thing. But not as good as shopping…
Is it because I’m a coveter? I see things and I just want them. I want to gobble them up I love them so much. Actually I have this problem with my friend Laura’s little boy too… I would add Tommy to these DTLL finds in a heartbeat if I could. He’s that juicy.
I don’t shop incessantly (and certainly not for toddlers). You won’t find me leisurely trawling around the stores on a weekend – who are all those people who have nothing better to do? Rather, I binge shop. I’ll stack up in my mind the things I need to get and then go out and get them in one great hit. I even do this with gifts.
The things I find myself buying most for others are arty tea towels. My little thing is to send a friend a random tea towel just to say thank you or happy birthday or missing you or hi. Yep, a tea towel. It sounds so blandly pedestrian when I say it like that, but look at this and this and this and this and… you want one, right?
The things I crave for myself the most are stationery, prints, wooden anything and bed linen. I’m a sucker for the lot. But honestly, look down there – who can resist the whale purse? Or the tin house? Or the batboy pillowcase? Or the eco skateboard even though I can’t say I’m much of a skater.
What do you crave the most? What do you covet most from my finds below? {Click on the title of each image below to jump to the item or click here to go to the full newsletter.}