Wanty

For the most part, I don’t have a long wishlist. I have a nice house, great friends, cute cats, etc, etc. But everybody must have a vague sense of ‘if I only had more money, I’d get…’ So these are some of my wanty things.
1. New SmartWool socks. These are the only socks I wear in the winter. I have four heavy-weight pairs, two medium-weight, and two light-weight. I used to have three of the light, but I wore holes in them. And now they’re all wearing thin on the bottoms. Holes in regular socks can be repaired, but when the cushioning goes, it’s hard to fix that. And the socks average about $15 a pair, so they’re more on my ‘want’ list than ‘to buy’ list.
2. A ceramic (glazed) travel mug with a lid. It’d be nice to have something to bring to the coffee shop that would keep coffee hot for longer than an open mug, but that wouldn’t be paper or plastic or metal. And I’ve seen some ceramic, lidded mugs that have a sort of rough finish to them, and that’s just the worst.
3. A new ice cream maker. The sort that has a canister that you put in the freezer, so you don’t have to futz with ice and salt. I know exactly what kind of ice cream I would make if I had one. It’s a secret until I actually make it. But it’s gonna be goo-ood.
4. An iPad. Okay, I don’t actually want one. But I was proofreading today and doing a search and replace, only I had to review each instance and click either ‘replace’ or ‘next’. I realized it would be SO much easier if I had a touch-screen tablet and could just hover two fingers over each of the buttons, instead of needing to move the cursor each time. So what I really want is an iPad that can run Word. And is several generations down the line.
5. An older Jaguar, like this XJ from the ’80s. I know absolutely nothing about Jaguars (except that Rob says they’re not very good/efficient), but I think that older style (and the newer S-Type) is so classy. I saw what I would guess to have been an early-’80s XJ sedan in a sort of minky grey when I was in Sandstone last time. Grabby hands.
Do you like how my list got more and more greedy as it went? I kept thinking of other little things today, but — predictably — I forgot most of them as soon as I started writing. Oh, and Beany has nothing to do with my wishlist, obviously. All she wants is somebody to play with, a lap to sit on, and some food to eat.