1. My dad loves books as much as I do, but we have different tastes. So while he's happy to get me books for my birthday or Christmas, if left to his own devices he'll end up getting me some really obscure sci-fi novel that I have no interest in. So I just email him the books I've been eyeballing lately, which in this case are The Polaroid book, The Sartorialist's book, and The Selby book. All coffee-table/picture books! Normally I go for fiction or poetry, but not this year apparently.
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2. It's also up to my dad to find me some cheap film for my Polaroid online, which is the only place you can get it these days. It gets really expensive just for a pack of ten photos, and I'm running out of film.
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3. My siblings don't really have a lot of money or shopping finesse, so I always tell them to get me candy. This year I will also tell them that Target gift cards...
...magazines (I NEED to subscribe to Vogue)....
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4. A car.
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You might have noticed that clothing, oddly enough, isn't included on the list at all. That's because I prefer to do my own shopping when it comes to clothes/accessories/bags/etc. I always feel bad when my mom gets me expensive jewelry that isn't my taste, or spends money on a shirt that I hate, so from now on I've banned it. No worries, though. The next post will be entirely fashion-related. It'll be so much fashion, in fact, your head might explode. Don't say you weren't warned.
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