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I covet stuff, which is a sin no doubt, so it’s a good thing I’m not religious.

Posted on March 12th, 2010 by Karen

I haven’t done a covet post for a while so I thought I’d do one now.   Because why not?  There are at least ten things I SHOULD be doing so blogging a random “shopping” list of my wants seems like a totally appropriate use of time.   My excuse is that I actually have done a lot of writing this week AND I have been plagued by migraine, asthma, random pain, and generalized angst.   Generalized angst is pretty much my permanent state-of-mind.   So fake-shopping is really actually healthy!  It’s like therapy!  Sort of!  In that it makes me happy!  If by “happy”, I mean “depressed that I don’t have these things”!  But if I DID have these things, there are other things that I’d want!   Quandary!

True story:  Before I start writing every day, I look at house listings and drool over floor plans.   It’s a fact.  I do not know why I do this.   I love the house that we currently own.   I.  Just.  Can’t.   Stop.   SOMETIMES ON WEEKENDS I GO TO OPEN HOUSES.   I do.   I confess.   I’m sorry, house, but I am always looking for something better.   And then I find stuff that is OBVIOUSLY better because it’s millions of dollars and then I look at it for ages and sigh sadly and convince myself that if I finish THIS book then I will become rich like J.K. Rowling and I will have the house!  And the dress!  And the shoes!  And a reason to own the dress and the shoes!   And weird hippie vest!  Because!  Rich!   Except I’m not really insane enough to believe that I will ever be rich, I just like to pretend because it makes me happy.   Then, happy, I set off to write, full of delusions of grandeur and other symptoms of severe paranoid schizophrenia.

Here, then, are five things I covet.   Enjoy!

1.   Traced Twhirls Dress.

Pretty!  And flattering on everyone who I’ve seen it on (i.e. one person).   In any event, I want it.   I HAVE NO OCCASION EVER TO WEAR THIS DRESS.   But who cares, right?

2.  Cydwoq Traction.

When I have sore feet (always), I crave flat funky shoes.   Cute!   But actually there are a lot of other shoes I covet MORE than these shoes but they all have heels and heels = pain.    Reminder to self:  Covet only unrealistically expensive FLAT shoes.   DONE.

3.   This House.

Ha ha ha.  I put a house on my covet list!   I am so wacky.   But I love this house.   And also, mostly, the beach where it is located is my favourite beach ever.   The water is SO WARM in the summer and it is full of sea life and interesting explorable nooks and crannies.

ONE POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, PEEPS.   Who wants to buy it for me for my birthday?   Oh, I kid.

Unless you really want to.   Then you should go for it.  Who am I to tell you not to do something so insane?

4.  Alecia suede platform peep toes.

I would never wear these shoes.  But they are pretty.   So I want to look at them and say, “Oooh, nice shoes.”

Oooh, nice shoes.

Now I’m done.

5.    Strata Vest

It speaks to my inner hippie.   It does.  Is that how you spell hippie?  Hippy?   Hippo?   Whippy?   Does it matter?  No.   I would wear this RIDICULOUSLY OVERPRICED KNITTED THING with jeans, a tank top, and my Frye Carson boots that I’m never going to earn because at this rate I’m going to spend ALL my writing time fantasy shopping on the internet and NONE of it writing the books that would earn me the money to maybe buy one of these items if it went on a really good sale and by that I mean, “NOT THE HOUSE.”

Back to work!   STAT.

But wait!  I AM ADDING A SIXTH THING.   A bonus thing, which I want and YOU will want to when you see it.   It’s a camera bag, and it is prettylicious.   It is!   And yes, I made up that word.   I am writing a book right now (well, not RIGHT now because this is the procrastination part of the program) with many many made up words suitable for 12 year old girls.   Prettylicious, FTW.

6.  Epiphanie Camera Bags

It’s a flash site so I am too lame to figure out how to cut and paste a pic of the bags over here.   But I likey.   I do.   Now to stare at them for a while and figure out exactly which one to put on my covet list.   This bag would make my poor abused camera so happy.   One day, little camera, one day. ALSO! Currently on their blog, they have a kick-ass contest in which YOU can win a fantastic Canon 5D Mark II. Holy moly. Go there!

OK, NOW back to work.

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