What do I want for Christmas?

My family has exchanged names for Christmas and my sister wanted to know what I want. Here's the things I can think of:
Scarecrow and Mrs King Season 1 DVDs
Smallville Season 9 DVDs
Pride and Prejudice (the LDS version, Excel Entertainment) dvd
Hunger Games book or Mockingjay book
Biography of President Monson

Oh and I love to shop so I think giftcards are about the best gifts ever. So...
Giftcard to any of the following:
JoAnne Fabric, WalMart, Hancock Fabric, Shopko, Amazon.com, or Kohls.

And I love to eat, so I wouldn't mind a gift certificate to any good restaurant.

And if you're really feeling generous, I'd like a treadmill that could fold up and fit in a bathroom cabinet or somewhere small like that. That would be nice!!

Thank you Santa!

Mean Parents, Clever Kids

I am a mean parent sometimes. What's more, I am also a book fair scrooge. A while back I put the nix on spending money at book fairs. The kids feel all this pressure to buy something and nothing there is a good deal. I know that it is a school fundraiser for the library, and I'm all for books, as anyone who knows me understands. But it just kills me to pay full price for books when I could get them cheaper anywhere else. And there really are no cheap books. So when I tried to limit them on the amount they could spend, they ended up buying $3 erasers. Ridiculous in my opinion. So finally we just said, "No, we are not buying anything at the book fair. I'm sorry. I'll buy you a book out of the next book club issue or something."

My girls, being the clever girls they are, found a way out. They help the librarian (who is their best pal because they hang out there all the time) set up the book fair and she gives them each a $5 book fair gift certificate for helping. They are able to buy one book, and I don't have to spend any money. And there's no begging or whining involved. Smart kids. Everyone wins. I love them.