What to get your nerdy practical girl for the holidays
Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 12:33PM (a.k.a. What Keely Wants for Christmas)
I find that I don't actually want many tangible things for Christmas this year. Unless it's "a really good OB who can troubleshoot my uterus" or "a volunteer vet who wants to fix my dog for free" or "a contractor performing random acts of kindness who wants to reno my bathroom". See? I'm horrifyingly practical now that I'm somebody's mother. I mean, your average fangirl is super easy to shop for: just get her a Buffy Season 8 trade paperback or a plush Harry Potter Monster Book of Monsters or a Star Trek original series replica Medical Tricorder. Or if you're in the money (and trust her not to turn it on you), Saruman's staff of power.
All of those things would have thrilled me in years gone by, but now it's just more crap in my tiny house. Really cool, well-made crap that will be instantly destroyed by the thresher that is my kid.
But, do not despair, there are still things that women in my situation covet. To wit:
1. A Brown Coat. But not just ANY brown coat, a browncoat's brown coat. Totally useful, stylish, and if you're lucky it still smells like Captain Malcolm Reynolds.
2. A Keurig single-cup coffee maker. Countertop real estate in my kitchen is not plentiful. So I would set this baby up next to the computer and game all night, always telling myself I was "just having ONE cup".
Well, or, at least I could have a cup and dream about doing that. Sigh.
3. Star Wars Lightsaber Chopsticks. The people who run the sushi restaurant we frequent (and I mean frequent) already laugh at us for showing up so much. This would just be icing on the cake. Er, sushi.
4. The motivation to get back to working out.
Oh, that one's not tangible either, is it? My bad.
5. A Dawn Simulator Alarm Clock. Now that I have to get up in the cold pre-light hours again, I'm lusting after one of these. Although, unless they have a companion "coma simulator" for hubby, I'll probably just have to keep on lusting. Having the "sun" come up 2 hours after he's hit the pillow seems a little cruel and unnecessary.
6. A snowblower. Oh, shut up. I have two driveways this winter, since we're finally able to use our garage for, y'know, parking a car in. So I need something to make my life easier so I can...make my life easier.
I know, I don't ask for much, right?
Also I'd like world peace and a big mug of mulled wine. But I'd settle for household peace, and a big mug of mulled wine.
What do you guys covet?
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Reader Comments (30)
Light sabre chopsticks? I know two little half-Asian boys who might be tricked into learning how to eat with chopsticks if I could pick up a pair of those.
Whoa, is that monster book a vagina dentata, or what?
You MUST get the Keurig. I justified the expense through the guise of "I can't have a boiling hot pot of coffee near the BABY!", but really, it is among the best $140 we've ever spent on household crap. You'll increase your caffeine intake by like 500%, though.
I love the light sabre chopsticks. I just might have to get me some.
Okay, I feel like I may be one of the few Mommy bloggers whose heart actually took a major leap at the thought of owning Captain Malcolm Reynolds brown coat. Mmmmm. I'd personally love to have Apollo's flight jacket. Funnily, I just mentioned DS9 in the post I just posted.
Anyway, we sci-fi geeks need to stick together. I happen to be personal friends with Drusilla from Buffy, so let me know if you want some kind of autographed thingy for a stocking stuffer.
Oh my lord. I WANT that brown coat. There's only one coat that I want more than that- and it's one of the Lara Croft coats.
http://www.urban-collector.com/star-trek-starfleet-logo-flask-nov091398.html
That would also be super uber awesome.
I could give you a Staff of power, but it is a used model and it is not quite as powerful as it once was!!! HAHAHA!!!!!!
I want a stand mixer so bad. It's terribly domestic of me, but I just can't help it. And now I also want those chopsticks.
I am ordering us those chop sticks immediately. I call Yoda.
Those chopsticks are awesome!
I've seen the chopsticks before - very cool!
I hadn't heard of the sunrise alarm clock - I LOVE this idea!!! When I first moved into my new house at the beginning of summer, I didn't realize that people can see into my bedroom through the sheer drapes at night and I kept the big curtains open because I liked to have the sun wake me up...I'm afraid to think of what the people directly across the street may have seen those first 2 wks! Maybe that's why they don't ever talk to me...
LOVE the chopsticks!
***Ally
Love the idea of the alarm clock, getting up in the dark sucks!!
Very cool chopsticks!
I want motivation to workout also....wonder where you buy that?
chopsticks? You are a freak!
I'd rather have something traditional like diamonds or perfume or a pair of Jimmy choos.
Oooooooooooooo...light saber chop sticks!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT THOSE!!
~Working Mommy
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Awesome Browncoat but $359? Too rich for me. I will have to look into the chopsticks though.
1-3 made me do the fangirl *squee*.
I want everything. That is all.
Hi Keely, long time no chat girl!
Trust me, the Keurig is worth every penny!
The chopsticks are super geeky! Love them! :)
Household peace sounds nice! We've not had any of that around here since the kiddos came along. I'm totally wishing for a digital SLR camera...won't get it, but a girl can dream...as long as I don't get a snuggie, I'm happy :)
Haha, I haven't even given any thought to anything tangible that I might want for the holidays, though those chopsticks are WAY cool! I seriously just hope to come out of it all relatively unscathed, and hope I'll be able to hang onto enough funds to keep bills paid in the coming months.
light saber chopsticks? that's great.
So cool! I love it! I want a browncoats coat too! ESPECIALLY if it still smells like Malcom Reynolds! Mmmmm.
I really want a pan I can make cheesecake in. I know so domestic. I also want sleep at night when everyone else does but for that I've got to convince Bruiser that sleep is a good thing. Hope you get the chopsticks!
I have one of those single coffee thingies -OMG, you must get one. Must. Get. One.
Lightsaber chopsticks? WHere on earth do you find cool stuff like this? I search the internet and I find is junk.
On my wish list: (key word is WISH)
A nanny
A maid
A nanny who moonlights as a maid
A trip to Fiji preferably by my self.
A trip anywhere (even to Target) by my self.
I'm a simple woman you see.