Ordering windows now has me window-shopping in the traditional sense, not the literal sense, or whatever. Lots of things lined up that I am lusting after.

First and foremost, the Raynox DCR-250. It’s a snap-on macro filter, that is currently out of stock at all major camera operations, and only available on eBay. Of course. And new on eBay it’s more than B&H, but  . . . I looove it! And for $60 total, it really isn’t a bad deal. And before you say "ew, snap on filter?" check out the flickr pool for it. Way. Cool.

Speaking of flickr, and apropos of yesterday’s post, I also want to order some MOO cards, using the playground images at my bangorbaby flickr account (and making them bangorbaby cards — the email is fwded to my regular account, so it works as a contact info card for me as well, just makes them skip by my website first, really.) but those are $20.

Speaking of MOO cards, I saw this etsy store and love the wallet/moo card holder thing. I think. Wallets are hard to buy sight unseen, I think. I like the purple one okay on the fist page, and I liked this one in her sold items. $35, though, and I’m not sure I’d really like-like it.

I also came up with an interesting solution to the Darwin stairs — we still have no railing, because a railing means never getting anything in or out, ever again, and that’s just a pain in the ass. But! I had the flash of almost-genius of doing some sort of tall bookcase like thing, on a hinge, or bolted to the ceiling joists somehow, so that it provides a barrier, but is easily movable. Something like our friends’ secret door or maybe something like this mudroom thing from LLBean.  I’d also like to replace our two doormats just inside the door with one like this — not super pretty, but the jute one and bristly one suck. One that would keep the wood from getting shitty is what I’d like to have, screw cute.

But, what I do have is Ingrid’s christmas presents (table & chairs and easel from IKEA, these cardboard blocks from Lillian Vernon — total steal!), a roof over my head, an emergency propane heater (uh, Dave got a little freaked about the storm last night) and two! new! windows! coming soon. Yay!