Since there are people who ask me every year for a holidays gift wishlist, here it is for 2010:

First choice:

• Donate any amount you like to my favorite charity: Charity Water (link goes to my personal holiday fundraising campaign). Charity Water has one simple goal: to dig wells for communities in developing nations without access to clean water. It costs $5000 to dig one well, and each well serves the entire community. This charity’s overhead costs are paid for by a private donor, so all monies donated via the Charity Water site go toward the costs of digging wells.

Alternates:

• Lamy fountain pen ($25) & Noodler Inks (~$12) – I currently have one pen with a gray body and silver clip, and one with a transparent/clear body and a silver clip. I do not use disposable cartridges, but instead use Noodler‘s bottled ink  in a refillable cartridge (I have blue, bulletproof black, eel black, and blue ghost already).
• Fashion accessories that are Victorian in style. Please see note below on “Steampunk”
• Things that used to be listed here now live at the link on the next bullet.
• There are also some items on my Wishpot list (link). I need to go in and update that list. Hey! That link didn’t work. Now it does…

*Note* While I appreciate the “Steampunk” aesthetic, I am not particularly interested in dressing in things that are steampunk *and* are industrial in nature. This includes things like gears (ok in pocket watches), lab/mad science themes, etc. There are many things for sale out there labeled “Steampunk” that are less steampunk and more elegant gothic Victorian. Elegant = yes. Morbid = yes. Ruffles = yes. Mechanical parts attached to clothing = no.