# Favorite Catalogs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953 "2007-04-20T16:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/1 "2007-04-20T16:09:13Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=235296&highlight=Catalog) is our last thread on favorite catalogs. A wonderful threat for those of us who do not get US junk mail. So what are your favorite catalogs (and even web sites) for me to imagine getting? ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/2 "2007-04-20T16:55:57Z")
I’ve had the interesting experience of living at my university’s Catholic Student Association house this year. We get church supply catalogs. They’re bizarre and amazing (I’ve seen a couple transparent plastic lecterns that could easily be transformed into fish tanks…our minister says that wouldn’t be reverent though). I will miss flipping through the catalogs when I move. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/3 "2007-04-20T16:57:14Z")
I get a lot of window-shopping mileage out of [Pottery Barn](http://www.potterybarn.com/?flash=on&cm_ref=http%3A//www.google.com/search%3Fq%3DPOTTERY+BARN%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial%26client%3Dfirefox-a). ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/4 "2007-04-20T17:45:49Z")
I get the one for [Fire Mountain Gems](http://www.firemountaingems.com) on a regular basis and it makes me drooooool. I love making jewelry. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/5 "2007-04-20T18:04:34Z")
I like getting [Signals](http://www.signals.com/), [Wireless](http://thewirelesscatalog.com/), Britannia, and [Design Toscano](http://www.designtoscano.com). Also [The Noble Collection](http://www.noblecollection.com), for having really cool, expensive stuff that I don’t think I’d ever actually buy, but I enjoy the notion that other people buy it. Like Aragorn’s sword Narsil, or Voldemort’s Wand. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/6 "2007-04-20T18:04:48Z")
Mmmm, Levenger. That’s all I gotta say. Well, and the few catalogs that have women’s golf clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/7 "2007-04-20T20:56:04Z")
Bud Plant Comic Arts Catalog is _amazing_! Comics! 19th Century Illustrators! Comics! Artists! Comics! Mucha! Did I mention comics? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/8 "2007-04-20T21:05:29Z")
[American Science and Surplus](http://www.sciplus.com/) “Things You Never Knew Existed” and “The Lighter Side” from [Johnson Smith Company](http://www.johnsonsmith.com/), which also [advertises their wares in the back of comic books](http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0792/bigad.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/9 "2007-04-20T21:16:05Z")
The ones my mom always got: [Lillian Vernon](http://www.lillianvernon.com/home.jsp) and [Miles Kimball](http://www.mileskimball.com/mileskimball/default.aspx). ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/10 "2007-04-20T22:13:51Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] [American Science and Surplus](http://www.sciplus.com/). [/QUOTE] This is truly a marvelous catalog. Just reading the descriptions is a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/11 "2007-04-20T23:45:11Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] I get the one for [Fire Mountain Gems](http://www.firemountaingems.com) on a regular basis and it makes me drooooool. I love making jewelry. [/QUOTE] This is my favorite catalogue also. I wish they came more often… but with how much I spend its a good thing they only show up a few times a year. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/12 "2007-04-20T23:48:40Z")
[Edible Landscaping](http://www.eat-it.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/13 "2007-04-21T02:42:46Z")
Wow, I had no idea Pottery Barn had so much stuff (home office and so on). All of it over priced. Even worse, Levenger. Wonderful catalog. Just the thing to take to your Third-World carpenter to say “Here make me one of these.” Sometime I love living outside the US. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/14 "2007-04-21T09:47:48Z")
I like [Newport News](http://www.newport-news.com/) . I’ve purchased a great deal of clothing from them over the last decade. They’re affordable and trendy (if you like that sort of thing). I _do_ have my own style but occasionaly like to follow the herd. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/15 "2007-04-21T11:39:55Z")
[Archie Mcphee!](http://www.mcphee.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/16 "2007-04-21T12:56:10Z")
Newport News is blocked by the Proper Authorities. I feel so protected. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-catalogs/400953/17 "2007-04-21T13:05:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Newport News is blocked by the Proper Authorities. I feel so protected. It’s good that you’re protected from the ankle length skirts and thick terry cloth bathrobes. At least someone is thinking of the children. :smack: