A Thick Skulled Observational Follow-Up to my Mr. Kenmore entry
I just posted my apologies to Mr. Kenmore, in which I address
my own pathetic surrender to materialism and advertising ...
Today my 4 year old son sits next to me, on the floor, perusing the Sharper Image catalog (how we got on their mailing list, I haven't a clue) ... Unlike his father, who likes the gadgety things, Tobi-Wan likes everything. Each page gets several emphatic pokes and the insistent call, "Momma! Mommy? Can we buy this? We could buy this! You could buy this, Mom!" From the $12.95 light show wand to the $150 frog-paddle boat, and on up.
One of the many things "you could buy, Mommy" is a little skinny vacuum on a stick. Glancing at the blurb's headline and the price, I read that it is JUST AS EASY as sweeping, (maybe easier, my brain tells me quickly) and only $99 ... not like the Dyson Tobi-Wan pointed out pages earlier because it was Purple. (Why don't they make green Dysons? THEN I'd be sold!) And I hear my response to Tobi-Wan, "Hey, Mommy will look at that vacuum in a little bit!" and realize, despite my insight and semi-public blog confession, the roots of my materialism and advertisement gullibility run deep. I am already thinking another NEW gadget would be the solution to my vacuum whine. I have already considered and rejected the idea that a NEW vacuum would make it all better, yet here is a different new vacuum, tempting me again ... Sometimes it's a little scary to realize how one thinks!
Pathetic Epilogue: To embellish the blog, Kim scuttles off to find a link to the bright yellow or bright purple Dysons and **gasp** finds they DO have at least one with green! Woe is me, the materialistic struggle thickens! Who cares if she NEEDS all the features of that particular one... Never mind the steep price ... it's GREEN, and a beautiful bright green, at that! Surely I need one!
Today my 4 year old son sits next to me, on the floor, perusing the Sharper Image catalog (how we got on their mailing list, I haven't a clue) ... Unlike his father, who likes the gadgety things, Tobi-Wan likes everything. Each page gets several emphatic pokes and the insistent call, "Momma! Mommy? Can we buy this? We could buy this! You could buy this, Mom!" From the $12.95 light show wand to the $150 frog-paddle boat, and on up.
One of the many things "you could buy, Mommy" is a little skinny vacuum on a stick. Glancing at the blurb's headline and the price, I read that it is JUST AS EASY as sweeping, (maybe easier, my brain tells me quickly) and only $99 ... not like the Dyson Tobi-Wan pointed out pages earlier because it was Purple. (Why don't they make green Dysons? THEN I'd be sold!) And I hear my response to Tobi-Wan, "Hey, Mommy will look at that vacuum in a little bit!" and realize, despite my insight and semi-public blog confession, the roots of my materialism and advertisement gullibility run deep. I am already thinking another NEW gadget would be the solution to my vacuum whine. I have already considered and rejected the idea that a NEW vacuum would make it all better, yet here is a different new vacuum, tempting me again ... Sometimes it's a little scary to realize how one thinks!
Pathetic Epilogue: To embellish the blog, Kim scuttles off to find a link to the bright yellow or bright purple Dysons and **gasp** finds they DO have at least one with green! Woe is me, the materialistic struggle thickens! Who cares if she NEEDS all the features of that particular one... Never mind the steep price ... it's GREEN, and a beautiful bright green, at that! Surely I need one!
Posted: Wed - April 27, 2005 at 04:28 PM
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