Showing posts with label Wishlist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wishlist. Show all posts

Monday, May 23, 2011

“Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.”

After this coming weekend (payday) I will have just under $4,000 in savings. I will continue to save up for my vacation (to Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt and Italy) through about October...

I want to have an iPad for my trip.
I want to have entertainment for the flights (over 30 hours on a plane), I want to be able to journal my entire trip. I want my itinerary and information at my fingertips. Not to mention access to maps and directions while we are in Italy (ya know, as long as I find wi-fi.)

I bought a TV in 2006. It was just over $100.
I bought a camera last January. It was just over $100.

I have never spent more than $150 on ANYTHING, EVER.

I keep staring at this iPad...the single item in my cart...

OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($640 if I want the 32GB)

I just can't pull the trigger on it yet.

Over five hundred dollars.
Sheesh.

I'd have to do 34 mens haircuts to pay for that. (Ahem, I'd have to have more than a few male clients who pay me to cut their hair.)

I'd have to get a decent tip from over 160 clients at work to pay for that.


Somehow I can feel OK with paying $4,500 for a vacation but appalled at paying $500 for an iPad. Maybe because I haven't actually paid for the vacation yet...or because it is broken down into smaller pieces: flight, cruise, hotel etc.

Sunday, December 05, 2010

2010 Christmas Wishlist










































I'm sure more will be added...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

And so a Bucket List forms...

* See a shuttle launch
* See Titanic artifacts
* Be a part of a flash mob
* Reread all of the Nancy Drew books
* Overcome a fear (heights, people in costume, etc)
* Visit as many small community museums I can find
* Fly first class
* Fly in a helicopter
* Go whale-watching
* Buy a star from those cheesy companies, name it after myself
* Visit 4 Corners
* Go out to dinner in full formal wear
* Plan and execute a large dinner party
* Go the the taping of a favorite show
* Visit every continent (except Antarctica)
* Visit my ancestors' birthplaces (Sweden, etc)
* Go on a trip alone
* Be on a jury (hopefully an awesome one. SEQUESTERED!)
* Be a seat-filler at an awards show
* Ride a scooter around a Hawaiian island
* Learn German (conversationally fluent, not just the random phrases I've got down now. "Ich kann nicht schlafen. Ist es schlimm?" I can't sleep. Is it serious?)
* Go to Oktoberfest in Munich
* See the pyramids in Egypt
* Explore Rome, only after learning all about the history
* Explore Greece
* Drive Route 66
* Roadtrip across the US, stopping at the places featured on Food Network shows
* Visit Graceland
* Visit the Mütter Museum, and be aptly creeped out
* Watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in person
* Act in a community play/musical
* Write a novel
* Introduce someone else to my favorite places from past vacations, including:




Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire, Wales


Neuschwanstein Castle in Füssen, Germany


The beaches of St. John in the Virgin Islands


The Louvre in Paris, France


Warwick Castle in Warwickshire, England


Smithsonian Museums/National Mall in Washington DC


Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA


Monticello in Charlottesville, VA

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Oooo, I want that

Torrid is having a 50% off Clearance sale right now and I WANT IT ALL
Unfortunately I don't have any money :( and it pains me.





$19.99
 Green bubble dress





$21.49
Cranberry maxi dress




I know, right?! How darling is that collar/neckline?!

Black secretary dress
$25.49





I tried this dress on in the store a few days ago. It is...wow. (It was in black, which is not on clearance, unfortunately.)

Aqua bandage dress
$19.99




Purple Snakeskin gladiator heels
$14.99




Black lace-trimmed jacket
$19.99



As usual, pictures link to the ordering page. Uh...because I like early Christmas gifts? (bwahaha)

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

25 on the 25th

Amanda: What kind of presents do you want for your big 25? And if you say nothing I am going to get you something really crazy!

Susannah: A 6'2"-6'5" brown hair, brown or green eyes, funny, single male between the ages of 26-31.

Amanda: Hmmm...is it kinda weird that my brother fits that description? Like exactly!

Susannah: oh yeah. uh...hey Ryan... 

Amanda: Hmmm...well, I will work on it!

Susannah: hahaha, ok

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I suppose it is once again time for Susannah's Wishlist










new professional clippers/trimmers



Nintendo wall graphics (because, come on, thats cool)



Plush microbes (I have common cold, sore throat, and flesh eating disease)


Mini plush microbes in petri dish



A work in progress...

Monday, April 20, 2009

naked lightsaber battle



Marty the Slurpee Man

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Susannah: "Ba dun dun dun bada dun ba du ba dun dun dun badun dun..."
Meridith: "Could you...not?"
Susannah: "You don't like my banjo version of the Wicked soundtrack?"
Meridith: "Haha, no. But the real question is: did you realize you were doing that?"
Susannah: "Hahaha, nope."

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Susannah: "Yes...yes it is. Why yes it is. Yes. Why yes it is."
Meridith: < stares wide-eyed >
Susannah: "Don't look at me like that! If you look at me like that I won't feel comfortable being weird with ANYONE!

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Honeyman: "You are a dork. A funny cute dork."

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Honeyman: "On a first date you have to be...more girly. I mean, you're capable and like guy things, which is cool, its one of the things that makes you the perfect girl, but you need to tone that down at first. You're kind of...I don't want to say a 'manly girl' but..."
Susannah: "Thats ok. I'm a manly girl. I'm OK with that."
Honeyman: "No graphic tee shirts for at least 3 dates."
Susannah: "Hahaha, ok, deal. So skirt and heels?"
Honeyman: "Yes. Definitely heels."
Susannah: "...what if its skirt, heels, and graphic tee shirt? hehehe."
Honeyman: "No."
Susannah: "Come on!"

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Susannah: "I haven't been on a date in like four years!"
Meridith: "...with a guy."
Susannah: "HAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHA, touché. But I didn't know I was dating the lesbian until she told me The Rock was the only man she'd go straight for."

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Susannah: "DON'T CHUCK MARTY! ...ya jerk."

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Honeyman: "Whats that rattling sound?"
Susannah: "Your mom."

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Honeyman: "They're two geeks. There is going to be a naked lightsaber battle at some point."

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Susannah: "In the movie [17 Again] Zac Efron and Thomas Lennon get in a lightsaber battle with a master replicas force fx lightsaber. I want that!"
Honeyman: "What?"
Susannah: "I want a master replicas force fx lightsaber! They are like $90 to $180 depending on where you get it."
Jessica: "Whats a lifesaver?"
Susannah: "That pains me."

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Susannah: "I want one. The red one. Just so you know: I want one."
Honeyman: "No."
Susannah: "Come on."
Honeyman: "No."
Susannah: "I'm just throwing it out there: I want one."

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< phone rings >
Susannah: "Hey!"
Sarah: "Hey."
Susannah: "So guess who I just got a call from...oh wait, sorry, you called me. I shouldn't just start talking."
Sarah: "I just read this article...the president of Iran says his country is racist."
Susannah: "... ? ...Was that the reason for the call?"
Sarah: "What? No."
Susannah: "Oh, ok. Bwahahaha"

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Brady: "You seem so happy and have a lightness about you and you have a spring in your step that you haven't had before and it makes me so happy to see you that way."
Susannah: "Oh."

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< whispering during church >
Susannah: "I cut myself shaving! Look at this..."
Susannah: < throws leg over Ryans lap >
Susannah: "Can you see all those little cuts?"
Honeyman: "Uh...yeah."
Susannah: "Oh. Was that inappropriate?"

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

universal wishes and disney dreams

It is almost Christmas. And by almost I mean stores are already setting up their Christmas tree ornament aisles, and therefore I am PUMPED for Christmas already. You see, I have not seen my whole family since the first week of June, and I won't see them until Christmas. June to December is a freakishly long time...or seems that way to me.

I am one lucky Auntie because I have 15 of the sweetest, most darling nieces and nephews ever. And I love spending time with them.


Caroline, Emma Kate, and I are going on a roadtrip to California in five years. They will be 15 and 13-years-old (which is absolute crazy talk because theres no way I will be almost 30! ok, so I guess there is a way...its called being born in the mid 80s, but still...I'm convinced I'm still 17.)
I figure five years away is close enough to plan it out now, and far enough away that I could possibly save a little bit of mula before then. (Ya know, if I can do enough slave labor to make a dent in my $24,000.00 tab.)

We are either going to Disneyland or Universal Studios. I'm leaning more toward Universal, because of their ages. But who knows, maybe they'll still love Princesses when they're teenagers, haha.
I would love to take all of my nieces, at least the older ones, but am afraid to. (I'd hate to turn into a chaperone rather than a fun Auntie.) Thats a lot of precious cargo on my shoulders!

(Asher is looking less newborn and more like a baby now, so cute!)




Friday, July 11, 2008

Wishin' and hopin'

My birthday is in two weeks from today, eek, that year went by very quickly. I will be turning 24-years-old, and solidifying my status as spinster should I return to the Happy Valley.

My little sister Meridith asked me to create a wishlist, so I am doing what I can to oblige...



DUDE, THEY ARE GIANT EARBUD SPEAKERS!
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* Humidifier

A humidifier like my Momma has. I don't know what brand it is, but it is the kind that puffs out the little white cloud of cold weird smelling steam. I loooved this thing when I was sick in bed one day in the late 90s. I set it up on my windowsill and had the little cloud streaming right on my face while I sucked cough drops and read Nancy Drew books.
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* Rug

A large bright red rug to put under my table in the kitchen. Something to tie together my colors of red and black between the kitchen and the living room.
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* Mononucleosis and a fat cell

I love these. Clarke gave me the common cold and sore throat a few years ago.
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* Modem

I need a USB external modem so I can get the Mini online.
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From previous wishlists

(images linked directly to their ordering page)


The Office season 2

The Office season 3

Perry Mason season 1 volume 1
(I have season 1 volume 2)

Perry Mason season 2 volume 1

Monk season 1

Monk season 2

Monk season 3

Monk season 4

Monk season 5

House season 1

House season 2

House season 3

Arrested Devlopment seasons 2 & 3
(I have season 1)

CSI Vegas, NY, or Miami any season
(I have CSI:NY season 2)




Uno

Scrabble

Boggle

Catch Phrase

Taboo

Phase Ten

Chocolate Fountain