Williams-Sonoma is My Porn

Williams-Sonoma is my porn. I used to wait with bated breath in anticipation of the arrival of the catalog each month. I would pour over each page with lust, first reading the catalog cover to cover. Then I would go back and evaluate what my imaginary (and extraordinarily large) kitchen really needed. Of course that would need to be re-evaluated a couple of times over the next few days. Finally, I would sigh and choose just one or two things that I would love to have in my kitchen. Then I would never buy them, because, let's face it, their beautiful merchandise is a bit on the spendy side.

Now that I no longer receive the catalog in the mail, I pour over their extensive website, oohing and ahhing. On one hand, no one can see the beaten up catalog lying on my coffee table and give me an odd, slightly concerned look, but on the other hand, it is almost more dangerous. On the internet, the website suggests other items I might like. And often it is correct. I would like those items! Another dangerous part of the online perusing is that I now have access to the entire Williams-Sonoma inventory - including their sale items. And unlike the catalog, it is really easy to just click on things and put them in your cart. Once I even clicked "checkout" and gawked at the total, then the total with shipping, before emptying my cart and closing my laptop.

The following are some especially exciting items:

This is a reversible meat tenderizer. You may not know this about me, But I love to tenderize my meat! For years I have been using the back side of an ice cream scoop, while all the while lusting after this beauty. This year I finally broke down and bought a much more affordable, but not nearly as cool meat tenderizer from IKEA. This is still on my wish list.

 

They call this an Ebelskiver pan. Apparently, ebelskivers are filled pancakes, and you can fill them with almost anything imaginable - chocolate, whip cream, apples, caramel, etc. This just looks like way too much fun.

Here is a picture of someone actually making fruit filled ebelskivers using the special pan and tongs. Why get the pan if you aren't going to spend the extra 11 or so dollars on the special ebelskiver tongs?

You can't tell, but I am drooling as I gaze upon this picture. I really want this 10 piece glass bowl set. First of all, I have no little tiny bowls. Second of all, the one small, green, plastic mixing bowl I have from the dollar spot at Target that has a slight indentation where someone (not me this time!) put a hot pan up against it is just not cutting it. What if I want to mix two things at once? Or what if I want to make a normal sized batch of cookies? Right now, that is just too bad. But imagine what I could do with these 10 glass bowls......

 This is an insulated tea pot. It keeps up to 6 cups of tea warm at a time. I could just bring the tea pot into the living room with me, and sip away at my tea all afternoon. I could go hours without having to get up and go to the kitchen to reheat the water! Imagine the convenience!

 This is just about one of the most amazing things ever. This is the 11 piece Le Creuset bakware set in the color "flame" (or in normal people talk - "orange"). Never mind that these pots are super heavy and I am a weakling. Once there is food in them, I am sure I will never have to move them from one place to the other. Or I could just get my imaginary, devoted boyfriend who looks amazing in flannel to move these once I start cooking. He won't mind. And sure, I have no where to store this set, but remember, this goes in my IMAGINARY kitchen. That is where my imaginary boyfriend is anyway. As for the absolutely ludicrous $1,310.00 price tag, don't worry about it. My imaginary, devoted, amazing boyfriend who looks fantastic in flannel just happens to be a young, successful, brain surgeon.

These pancake molds make pancakes shaped like the moon, the sun, and Saturn if they all had happy, smiling faces. Need I say more?

Ignore the fact that I have a folding table that is actually supposed to go outside, and pretend that I have a beautiful dining room with a large dining room table where I frequently entertain and my guests eat food I cooked in my orange Le Creuset bakeware. Wouldn't this tablecloth look great?

All this and more keep me entertained at the Williams-Sonoma website. I probably spend about an hour a week looking, admiring, and lusting over their gorgeous merchandise. In other news, last time I was up in the Twin Cities, I stopped by the store and got the Halloween pancake molds on clearance! That was very exciting. I don't see why one can't eat bat shaped pancakes all year round. I may get clever next fall and try to make pumpkin pancakes in the shape of a pumpkin.

I also signed up with my new address to start receiving the catalog in the mail. I can't wait!

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