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So I’ve had my Amazon wishlist link in the right nav for a while now, mostly as a lark, and more frequently as an easy way to get the link that others can access, versus the link that I get as the owner of the list (I am logged in 24/7 because sometimes I NEED something at 3 am and dammit my password is long.)

One thing that’s always gotten to me around Christmas and my birthday and other gifting occasions was that it was much simpler to give someone the Amazon list, even though it might not have EVERYTHING I may want, than to give them a billion links to a billion places.

Now, Amazon has answered that need. Last night, as I added some books to my list, they offered me the option to use their Universal Gift List. It works by giving you a link that can be dragged to your bookmarks bar and allows you to add whatever page you are viewing to your universal gift list. No more emails full of links, just a one-stop place where someone can fulfill your wildest dreams… /hyperbole

The only thing I haven’t tried yet is from the gift giver’s side. Does Amazon help fulfill the order (doubtful) or just link you out to the other product’s page?

I just tried it, and it links out to the page, with a nice little graphic. You can input the price when you add it, and flip through the various picture offerings so that the purchaser can see the item before they buy it and see if it fits in their price range.

In short, and I am so not getting paid or reimbursed to say this, the Amazon Universal Wishlist ROCKS.

I have no idea where my camera cords are right now, so here are crappy phone photos of my latest creation. If you will recall:

Now, I made this, THEN read that these birds were hand-stitched. Mine was made on the machine.

Side view… sort of awkward in the breast area…

Bottom of lump. 

Anywho, Erica was the recipient of Lumpy Bird, as I called him. And I bought some things for hand-sewing one while I bought supplies for her birthday craft, which I will also post. And if she is sweet, she might post REAL pictures of Lumpy Bird.

flickr meme

Originally uploaded by kat.folio

The idea:

1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
2. Using only the first page, pick an image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker).

My Answers:

1. What is your first name? Kathryn (might I suggest you NEVER SEARCH THIS ON FLICKR?)
2. What is your favorite food? Today it’s bagel sammys
3. What high school did you go to? Ursuline Academy
4. What is your favorite color? today, lime green
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Hmm… Josh Kelley
6. Favorite drink? Double Choc. Chip Frap
7. Dream vacation? Versailles
8. Favorite dessert? Pumpkin Pie
9. What did you want to be when you grew up? Equine Vet
10. What do you love most in life? Internet
11. One Word to describe you: lol
12. Your flickr name. kat.folio

I was reading a McSweeny’s list on things this guy’d take on a desert island.

So here is my list of three things I’d take on a dessert island:

1. A spoon
2. Wet naps (no jam-hands after I abandon the spoon)
3. Something to make me not feel bloated after eating an entire island of desserts.

Remember when I said I don’t carry purses? That’s all changed now. Putting things in pockets is just not cool when you’re presenting and have a big-ass wallet in your pocket or your pants start ringing. So, I bought this purse, and I LOVE it. It’s the perfect size and slouch. 

So now that I am a purse-carrying adult, I need to live up to that adultness. One thing is being on time and making my own appointments. I bought this Filofax a while ago (after 27 Dresses… cough) But now it lives with me in my purse.

Of course, the next thing marked in it is: Sept 19th- Talk Like a Pirate Day… so maybe not so adult.

It’s no secret I am a huge slob who spills. And adults look well put together. So in addition to sunglasses, wallets, phones and iPods, this is the next item to permanently live in my purse:

After I buy it, of course…