Is it just me, or are you all getting BLASTED with catalogs these days?? I am overwhelmed. They all go straight to the paper recyclable bin, because I don’t need more clutter and debt!
Oh, but one catalog I got by surprise that I actually liked was from Despair.com. Those guys are hilarious! I was surprised to get their catalog, because I hadn’t signed up for it. It was kind of cute. But I did a double-take when I saw this on the back of the magazine. The address sticker is placed over the photo and not in the empty spot!

The dudes at Despair.com realized it, too. Because in small, printed lettering, this was their message on the bottom of the page:




I’m a married mom with 4 kids. We live in Upstate New York in an old 1855 house with our five pets (yes, five, *sigh*). Life is never dull, and exciting things just seem to always happen to me... why me... when I'm not running around the house fixing things, I do freelance writing and blogging for national media outlets.
I've even been interviewed by TIME and The Wall Street Journal about blogging. Can you believe it?! Here is where I express my zany, creative, motherly side. Read more 














November 3, 2009 at 10:38 am
Semantics can be a bummer, especially when you’re having a really cool day and it’s ninety degrees out.
November 3, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Oh, my!
So funny!
November 3, 2009 at 7:50 pm
That is totally hilarious!! Wonder if the guy who made the mistake ever saw what they wrote…
November 3, 2009 at 10:12 pm
That is so funny! Yes, I am getting a lot of catalogs now that the holidays are approaching. Ugh.