I have a Christmas List!!!

Ugh! It's been a week since my last post. I've thought about posting like a bazillion times, but I never made it!

What have I been up to?

Working on my Christmas List.

I have a Christmas List this year? My.family.was.shocked.

See... I NEVER have a Christmas List. I always just say, "Get me something that you think I'll like."

This weekend, I think I figured out why I never have a Christmas List. Here's the story my mom told to my youngest daughter while we were out shopping this weekend:

Jenna: Grandma, will you get me_________ (fill in the blank with about a hundred things that 13-year-old girls like) for Christmas?

Grandma: I will, Jenna, but you won't do like your mom will you?

Jenna: What's that, Grandma?

Grandma: Well, when your mom was about your age.... one year for Christmas she told me what she wanted, and I got it for her. On Christmas morning, she opened all of her presents. Next thing you know, she was crying! Boo-hooing!  I asked her, "What's wrong?!?"  And she said, "I wanted all that, but I wanted other things, too!"

LOL!

I had forgotten about that story (since the time that she told it last year)... perhaps that's why I never have a list.

Maybe I'm all grown up... or maybe I'm just coveting all the beautiful ideas on Pinterest.

Here's one item on my Christmas List:

(Not the pencil. It was in the picture to show the size of the starfish.)

I want a bag of these. Strange item for a Christmas List?

What's your strangest gift you've ever asked for?