Oriental Trading Company Sure Does Send Out a Lot of Catalogs

I like OTC for cheap bribery; the level of cooperation that I can get from a 6 year old by dangling a 10-cent trinket in front of him is amazing, and it’s a tool that I have absolutely no reservations about using.

I’ve seen a bit of a flaw in their business plan, though. This week alone I’ve gotten three different catalogs from them (party supplies, crafts, hands on fun), and I got the same catalogs at the school. Sometimes it seems like I get a catalog a week.

If they cut back a bit, or sent out one big catalog, it would make a lot more sense.

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These are the little things I think about after summer school is over and my vacation has really started.