catalogs

[flea]

The print catalogs are flooding in at an even greater than usual rate (yes, they found us after we'd moved). They vary so much in their projection of the ideal vision of like, that I found myself pondering:

1. What catalog that you receive shows the life that most resembles your ideal?
2. What catalog that you receive shows the life that most resembles your actual life?
3. What catalog that you receive do you actually order the most from?

My answers:
1. Garnet Hill, or White Flower Farm.
2. Lands End, I think. LL Bean is a bit more my style, but we're not actually that outdoorsy.
3. Probably Lands End, but Hanna Andersson is probably a close second. If their shipping were cheaper or they had free shipping coupons (which I can almost always find for Lands End online) I'd probably order more - their sales are good.

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Hmm. Probably:

1. Orvis. I think that I think I'm going to be all settled in my (fictional) den by the hearth with my dog, with sturdy expensive furniture. Funny that this is such a masculine image of ideal.
2. Gardeners' Supply. Not that I'm really all that active gardening yet, but it's that vision of outdoor life. Nature, birds, weather, fresh foods. The things they depict are things I actually do, like eating on the patio.
3. Lehman's. All well-built hearty equipment for self-sufficiency. It's the most practical catalog I receive, and I regularly order from it. Particularly things that are hard to find here in a small Arizona town, like Nellie's natural laundry detergent and stuff like that.