Toy catalogues – did they do it for you?
One of the things my children find most fascinating about me is that I sell a lot of toys and can often provide them with really cool suppliers catalogues to peruse.
When I was their age, I well remember the joy for me when the Christmas catalogues would come out and I would study them for hours, and hours, and hours…….
To me, at that tender age, it was almost like I got to have a little play with each and every toy pictured. I studied their picture, tried to imagine their size and devoured the description.
Of course, the price was irrelevant because no-one was going to have to pay for it. For the select and chosen few items I really, really, really wanted…. Santa was going to bring them so the price didn’t matter!!
In our house, Christmas comes early. We are now surrounded by catalogues from suppliers, samples and the early arrival of stock. My children, needless to say, love it. For them, Christmas lasts about 3 months and the build up, expectation and excitement they experience is a wonder to behold!
Of course, they still chance their arm and somedays ask for everything they see. Very rarely though. It goes without saying that my children are fantastic. But I’ll say it anyway. They know that 99 times out of 100, I’ll say…. ‘go way outa that!’ or ‘put it on the Christmas list’ or any other variation on the theme that is ‘NO!’. Sometimes though, they get lucky and it’s a yes to two great kids.
Can’t blame them for asking really, can I? I guess it’s like living in a sweetshop and being given rice cakes as a treat!
