By Jen
I love getting the LL Bean Christmas catalog in the mail and daydreaming about what I would buy everyone I know for Christmas if I had unlimited money.
Even though I don't have unlimited money, one year I did order three of these -- one for me, one for my mom, and one for my sister.
This year, I am also coveting these as gifts for friends. (Or you know, if someone wanted to get me one.) I mean, who doesn't need another good quality bag? And these come in all sorts of great colors, plus you can get them monogrammed.
And how cute is this Snowman Family Kit for someone who lives where it snows? (Not us. We live in Georgia.) It comes with all sorts of little pieces to make three adorable snowmen. (Snow not included. Obviously.)
{All photos: LL Bean}
LL Bean also has fabulous customer service. When I ordered the centerpieces, my mom's was shipped on a random tour of the country and didn't arrive at her house for weeks. When she told me that it still hadn't arrived, I called LL Bean and told them it never arrived. They overnighted her a new one, no questions asked. I mean, obviously any good company will do that, but I still remember how easy and pleasant that phone conversation was and it was more than five years ago now. As a bonus, this year LL Bean is offering free shipping with no minimum order. I suspect some of this year's Christmas presents will be coming from this catalog.
But, but...it snowed last year! There were ice-men all over my neighborhood!
Those kits *almost* make me want to move back to snowy weather. Almost...
Posted by: Tara | November 30, 2011 at 01:40 PM