I wouldn’t describe myself as a particularly spiritual person, but by the other side of the same token I would neither call myself overly materialistic. With this disclaimer in hand and just as quickly out of my hand, in the company of pigs in pokes and cats out of bags, I want to share a deep, dark secret with you, my devoted, beloved, Dear Reader(s).
Sometimes, in my lowest hours, I know, I just know, gripped in the surety of despair, that possessing a certain item will bring limitless joy to my poor, impoverished existence. More often than not, the item is the same thing, recurring in my visions and haunting my adumbrant days. What could this most fabulous of objects (apologies to Time Bandits) be, you ask? Some splendiferous jewel? A sportscar so sexy one needs to reenact childbirth in reverse just to get inside it? A housecat who can clean her own litterbox, run the coffee machine and make fabu martinis? No, none of those.
What I desire when all hope has ebbed from my soul is the Marie Galant Makeup Trunk. What? you may demand, incredulously, a mere piece of furniture? To this I reply that the Marie Galant Makeup Trunk is an item of transformative beauty and fulfillment. Behold its awesomeness:
How could anyone deny its magnificence? It was obviously conceived and manufactured with hedonism and sybaritic tendencies in mind. It’s wondrous. I would bow down before it like the apes in front of the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Once. Then I would say it’s mine and use it, or at least pet it and stroke it, every day for the rest of my life. And poke anyone in the eye with the temerity to approach it without permission.
I know I’m exaggerating. What I need most in life costs a helluva lot more than the $2500 needed to take this baby home (delivery extra). But it doesn’t stop me from wanting this particular piece of furniture. Calling it “furniture” makes it sound so tawdry, don’t you think?
So, confess. What is the secret, completely impractical object that you’ve been lusting after? (nb: both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are off-limits.)
Tell the world! Or at least the small part of the blogging world that visits this particular dusty corner. Go on!
p a n n a c e a e a e 
27 May 2009 Wed at 12:36 am
i’m telling you, this thing looks like a kaboodle, circa the 80s. either that or a transformer.
my object of materialistic longing? for the last six years, i’ve reeeeaaaaaalllly wanted a louis vuitton epi st. jacques (large size) in red. but i refuse to part with insane sums of money for a PURSE.
one thing i did buy for myself that was a splurge: in 1999 i was on vacation with my parental units in the bahamas and i purchased a cartier trinity ring for about $500. i had never spent such a princely sum on ANYTHING for myself before. (my mom squawked about me buying it, but 2 days later she went and bought one for herself!)
i wear the ring every day and still LOVE it. the way i figure it, i’ve paid $4.16 a month for the last 120 months to own the ring. well worth it! the art of owning anything worth more than $100 is to look at the big picture. :) hahaha.
27 May 2009 Wed at 9:57 am
$4.16 a month works out to $1.04 each week. i like that. very tidy.
27 May 2009 Wed at 10:00 am
i feel slightly schizo with my dual blogging identities…like i’m having debates and converstations with myself.
27 May 2009 Wed at 11:36 am
I have wondered about having readers with multiple personalities. Another item which would help to increase the wonderful quotient of my life is the Pelikan Souveran series fountain pen, which ranges in price from about $225 to nearly $600.
27 May 2009 Wed at 12:34 pm
WOW. That makeup trunk means BUSINESS. I’m not so big on makeup but I love love love skincare products.
As for my ‘big’ item, I’m convinced that my life would be so much better with the Love Bungalow completely painted and hardwood floors.
A girl can dream.
27 May 2009 Wed at 12:46 pm
Oh, I could never imagine filling it solely with cosmetic products or using it only for makeup application. I just need to own it.
28 May 2009 Thu at 7:17 am
Beautiful case – if that’s not too pithy a word for it.
Right now the only thing in the world I want is to SELL OUR HOUSE.
28 May 2009 Thu at 9:53 am
I love the Marie Galant Makeup Trunk. It truly IS the awesome.
Things I lust after?
1. a Mini Cooper car.
2. new couches for the lounge
3. bedside lamps from the 1960s
4. a “book deal” but of course that would mean I had actually WRITTEN my book.
28 May 2009 Thu at 11:20 am
I would like to build an addition to the house (which we do not own and only rent a portion of) and create the ultimate workspace complete with a tiny waterfall, a mammoth desk where I can draw and write, book shelves galore, a mini-bar fridge and a popcorn machine.
I’m a woman of simple pleasures. Plus, I also have lusty feelings for your fancy Caboodle thingy. ;-)
30 May 2009 Sat at 9:31 am
i would also like to own a really nice watch…something ridiculously extravagant (but not ornate). you can just add that to my list.
02 Jun 2009 Tue at 11:02 am
Are you giving out presents? Make mine green. GRACIAS!! xoxo
02 Jun 2009 Tue at 11:04 am
PS: I mean the color – although eco-friendly is good too.
PPS: Curly, been meaning to tell you – that enviro-sac you sent me. Women up here are going GAGA over it. I use it all the time (keep it in my purse) I’ve had several actually stop to ask where I got it, etc. Many thanks again!
02 Jun 2009 Tue at 8:27 pm
funny–someone at the library tonight just complimented me on mine. i do love them! i keep one in my car and one in my purse at all times.
02 Jun 2009 Tue at 8:28 pm
gah. that was some horrible syntax there…how about ‘tonight, someone at the library complimented mine.’