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.

