Tis The Season...

...for the mail order catalog, even in these more thrifty , cost-cutting times.
About a month ago, the catalogs came rolling in. As a kid, I loved poring over the pages of the Sears Wish Book (pages and pages of toys and those disturbing matching couples outfits) and the Miles Kimball catalog (always wanted the personalised pencils and the bobbing drinking bird but never got one) And, I still love looking through the mail order catalogs, even though I rarely, rarely ever actually buy anything from them.
Just about every day (although it has turned into a trickle now, the closer Christmas approaches), the mailbox has about two or three catalogs--the old standbys like L.L. Bean and Gardener's Supply Company , the "wish-I-could-order-one-thing-from-every-page" clothing catalogs like Boden and Soft Surroundings, and the "fun-to-look-through-but never-order-anything-from" gift catalogs like Signals, Wine Enthusiast and Wireless.

The Signals and Wireless catalogs, especially, have all those T-shirts and sweatshirts with the clever phrases on them. I am not the type that wears any clothing with writing (or logos, for that matter) on them, so I would never wear any of the shirts, but enjoy chuckling at them anyway. They would make great bumper stickers!
Here are a few of the gems from within the catalog's pages:

I Used To be A Millionaire

Then Mom Threw Out My Baseball Card Collection

(which makes me think of my own mother throwing out my sister's and my own bubble gum card collection-baseball, hockey and football cards from the late 60's and early 70's--we still try to make my mother feel guilty about that )

To Err Is Human

To Arrrr Is Pirate

(with a skull and crossbones wearing an eye patch illustration)

I Will Conquer My Procrastination Problem.

Just You Wait!

Some of the gift items are hilarious, too, but really...after the novelty wears off, do the receivers actually use these things? Like the giant baseball bat pepper grinder ,

or
the little red "Going To Grandma's" cape(admittedly, very cute..)

The item that made me laugh the most however, was this:

Because nothing evokes the spirit of Christmas better than a Yoda Santa, right?