Get those credit cards ready because Neiman Marcus is out with its splashy annual holiday shopping catalog, the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. Sure, you could reasonably scoop up the $12 mug listed in it, but such earthly pleasures are no real fun to fantasize about. Nope, what we're dreaming about -- and in many cases totally baffled by -- are the book's famous "fantasy" gift items. Come along with us as we scratch our heads (and OK, drool too) over some of the catalogue's most bewilderingly over-the-top items.
Neiman MarcusHere's a math problem: If time is money, and this hair dryer costs $700, and it purports to dry hair 70 percent quicker, how much earlier do we have to get to work each morning until it pays for itself?
Neiman MarcusThere are so very many questions we have about this one. Like for starters, what exactly is a Global Falconry Companion?
Neiman MarcusWe've been going to the art museum all these years when we wanted to look at the work of Jeff Koons and other modern artists. How lame were we?
Neiman MarcusWe're going to feel so sorry for those plebes who actually go to crummy old movie theaters with other schlubs while we're watching our flicks on this cozy 201-in. screen. That rises out of the ground. In our backyard. Hello.
Neiman MarcusIf we're spending $500 on lace underwear, we're wearing it on the outside. Just saying.
Neiman MarcusOne potential upside to buying an exercise machine that costs the same price as a car: It might motivate us to work out nonstop, around the clock, just to justify the purchase. Imagine the lithe physique after all that guilt riding!
Neiman MarcusOur general rule of thumb is that our perfume should cost less than our rent. Have we been doing it wrong?
Neiman MarcusWe've been looking for something quaint to add an extra pop of color on our mantle. We were thinking family photo or candle but, hey -- this not-even-attractive $4,800 tchotchke could be just the thing!
Neiman MarcusThink of it this way: If you divide this $588 set of 12 lipsticks up and give one to each of 12 friends, you've only spent less than a paltry $50 on each tube of lipstick and think what a substantial gift a single tube of lipstick makes! Oh wait. Yeah, OK, never mind.
Neiman MarcusWell, shoot, if we can't afford the Bespoke Global Falconry Companion we've always wanted, at least we can have some blinged-out tweezers, right? Alesandra Dubin is a Los Angeles-based writer and the founder of home and travel blog Homebody in Motion. Follow her on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.
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