Okay, my birthday is coming up next month (June 20) and I know you’re all dying to know what to get me. Usually when people ask me what I want, they get a deer-in-the-headlights stare in reply, but this year I actually have two things I reeeeeally want but would never get around to actually buying myself because they seem too splurge-y.

Anyway, here’s the list in order of most important first:

1. Casio Exilim 7.2 Megapixel Camera ~ Red This is $135 on sale at Circuit City plus they often have coupon codes that would get it down even further plus free shipping. Other places carry this too for similar prices so thereCheck here for codes. George has his big, fancy camera but he has to do a bunch of monkeying around to get the pictures off of it and formatted into something I can post here on my blog, which he never seems to get around to doing when I’m ready for them. I WANT PICTURES OF HENRY (and probably some of those other kids once in awhile too)!!! Blurg. This camera here not only takes pictures but a few minutes of video and it’s tiny enough to fit in my purse (plus it’s red, which makes everything better). Nifty!

A case for this camera would also be nice. Here’s one for $14 on Amazon:

And an SD card for $6 on Amazon:

2. The other thing I’ve been looking at for several months now is an ice cream maker, but a slacker one that I don’t have to do anything with (like crank or mess with ice or salt). This is the one I would like: Cuisinart ICE-30BC 2-Quart Automatic Ice Cream Maker for $80 but Bed Bath and Beyond carries it and they have 20% off mailer coupons regularly. There is also a 1.5 quart one that comes in red, which is of course very tempting since it’s red, but this one is bigger and we have a rather large-ish family (you may have noticed). Here’s a list of other places that carry this item. Some of them may have discounts and things as well.

And the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Cookbook to go with this would be quite fancy ($10 on Amazon). Plus, when you come visit me this summer, I’ll make you home made ice cream. YUMMMMMMMMYYYYYY!!!

3. Lastly, I’ve been looking at the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day cookbook for $19 on Amazon. I have two excellent artisan bread recipes that I make regularly and love so I’m looking forward to seeing the variations that this has. So cool!

Okay, so there’s my pathetic birthday begging. That stuff is probably all out of price range for whomever might be buying me presents. Maybe a group gift…..??? Okay, well I’m glad I’m done with this. Now I feel all ooky and weird. What’s wrong with me?? How hard is it to make a birthday wish list??? Sheesh.

Rachel

Happy Birthday on June 20th! I hope your wishes are fulfilled ~ although they won’t be by me ~ sorry………But I’ll try REAL hard to send you a nice card! FYI My B-day is July 1st….maybe we can go to lunch and celebrate together~ some place cheep ~

Let me know if you get that ice cream maker, because I’ll totally be on your doorstep within minutes. Well, maybe that’s an teeny, tiny stretch. I’ll at least be very, very envious of you and your home-made ice cream!
Hey, maybe I can convince Alex that we should get it for each other for our anniversary.

Teresa, that sounds lovely. Lunch with an adult and cheap. Two of my favorite things!

Bethany, guess what? Tanya actually had a 1.5 qt. ice cream maker like this that’s been sitting around her house unused for awhile and she let me swipe it yesterday. I’m not due to go back to the store for a few days but ice cream stuff will be on my list (along with sherbet stuff for me since now I can’t have dairy. ARGH!!!). I’ll report back afterwards.

Rachel