want of the day: fantasy gifts

I love Holiday catalogs. Why? Because it’s this time of year that companies tend to rollout the most extravagant, beautiful, limited-time products/vacations-for-purchase (remember that Tory Burch trike last year at Neiman Marcus?). When I was little, I’d spend hours paging through “The Book” obsessing about what I wanted Santa to bring me for Christmas. Sadly, not much has changed since then! This year, Anthropologie + Neiman Marcus are offering some pretty fab fantasy gifts. First, there's NM's International Flower Show Tour which includes stops at the Tulip Festival in Morges, Switzerland + the Altera Rosa Festival in Avignon, France. NM's daytrip to Stone Barn Farms isn't too shabby, either: purchasers of this $9,500 gift (100% of which is donated back fo the farm) get a private "edible garden lesson" with the farm's manager as well as an amazing cooking lesson + four-course organic meal. Last on my fantasy gift-list is Anthropologie's boxed set of vintage society books. Curated by Kinsey Marable, I really do belive that it was made for me. To unwrap this number on Chrismas morning would be nothing short of pure bliss (hint hint!). Note to self: 'Tis better to give than receive. 'Tis better to give than receive. 'Tis better to give than receive...