An Online Wishlist to Rock My World
I’ve only utilized an online wish list once. That was when I was pregnant with Lukas and all the family 3,000 miles away wanted to buy things for the new baby. I went on to Target.com and made a baby registry. It worked out great. After that, however, it just never occurred to me to use an online wishlist.
I’m one of those people who is a huge pain in the ass when it comes to buying gifts for me. When people ask me around Christmas and my birthday what I want, my reply is always “I dunno,” or “You don’t need to get me anything.” I get yelled at all the time about it. When it comes to Jessie buying me gifts, he usually just takes me to a store and says “Spend X amount of money. Merry Christmas.” I’m usually ok with that since I don’t feel that I need wrapped gifts under the tree. That morning is for Lukas and for Jessie to get his one surprise present. That’s where my fun happens.
Last week I was on Amazon looking at books that I wanted to get. Since I am terrible at remembering things like that, I started adding these books into an Amazon Wish List. As the night wore on, I started searching for other things on Amazon and adding them to my wish list. Things like imported salted and canned fish that I’ve always wanted to try. Weird things.
I mentioned through Twitter that I was making a wishlist on Amazon when a friend told me to try Kaboodle instead. I took a peek that night before going to bed, and wasn’t super impressed. Then the next day I took a longer look and was like “Holy shit, I should have been alerted to this a LONG time ago!”
The great thing about Kaboodle is that you aren’t restricted to only what’s on the site. You can go to other sites that offer online shopping and add those items to your Kaboodle wish list. But that’s only half of why it’s so awesome. This site has a huge community of list-makers of every category. I can spend hours and hours looking through these lists and adding items to my own lists. Seriously. HOURS.
I was just doing this for fun and as a reminder to come back and buy these things later when I realized, “HEY! Those people who are always bugging me around Christmas and birthday times would really benefit from this list!” Yes. I had a revelation. Instead of sulking in front of a computer two weeks before Christmas, angrily trying to find some stupid little gift someone can get me, I can just tell them to go look at my list! There’s a wish list and a list for stuff to get Lukas. Oh this will simplify my life greatly! And it’s fun to sit on there and daydream. And look at kitchen gadget lists.
Go. Look. Make a list. Friend me. Maybe I’ll buy you stuff.
Adiel said,
February 5, 2010 @ 12:01 pm
Isn’t making wish lists a blast?
Somer Canon said,
February 5, 2010 @ 12:14 pm
Absolutely. It’s amazing that I was able to take a break from the lists to write this post!
Aschlie said,
February 5, 2010 @ 1:17 pm
I didn’t realize you liked owls so much, lol.
Somer Canon said,
February 5, 2010 @ 1:30 pm
Yeah, I do. They are retro in a way that reminds me of my grandma. But it’s one of those things where I hesitate to say that I “collect” them because then people will start buying me every tacky/cheesy/hideous/scary owl out there and say “For your collection!” So I am just an enthusiast
Aschlie said,
February 5, 2010 @ 4:39 pm
Lol! My grandma had a whole bunch of “antiquy” looking owl stuff, so it reminds me of my grandma too
Denise said,
February 6, 2010 @ 8:54 am
What I like about Kaboodle, well there are several things, but what I really like is how easy it is to make multiple lists and add things to whichever list you want. So I can have a 2009 list or a 2009 this is the craziest SHIT list (not that I want anyone to buy it) or a 2009 buy this for Michelle list or a things to do in whatever city BlogHer con is located in this year, and another for next year. And, those lists become kind of a history, a time capsule of what was cool or what we were into back then.
OK enough kaboodle talk for me for today.
Somer Canon said,
February 6, 2010 @ 7:06 pm
You and TW have CRAZY lists. Seriously, it took me FOREVER to go through all of them, and I got quite a lot of giggles from them
Will my Kaboodle ever be as epic, I wonder?
Jessica said,
February 8, 2010 @ 6:45 am
I used Kaboodle for a long time until I discovered MyRegistry.com through a friend’s wedding registry that was there. I ended up switching because of all of the extra features on this site–you should check it out!
Somer Canon said,
February 8, 2010 @ 9:35 am
I’ll do that, thanks!
helen said,
February 8, 2010 @ 11:30 am
ha ha … you are an owl enthusiast… when i read that post about being leary of saying you collect i could just imagine someone buying you a figure of an owl in flight with a small animal (mouse,frog,ect.) clenched in its feet…lol .. and getting it because you COLLECT them..lol…ahhh… well i thought it was funny…lol
Somer Canon said,
February 8, 2010 @ 11:38 am
That is exactly WHY I don’t want to say that I collect them. And it would be a person who visits my house and would say, “Where is that owl I bought you?” It would be rude to tell them that I burned it and then sprinkled the ashes with holy water.
Aschlie said,
February 8, 2010 @ 2:49 pm
I will be seeking an owl figurine now…mwa ha ha! And it BETTER be displayed, LOL!
Somer Canon said,
February 8, 2010 @ 6:50 pm
If it’s awful, it’s place will be in the shitter!