Dear Orvis, You had me at the cover.

Raise your hand if your mailbox is overflowing with mail-order catalogs. It's a good thing my mail man drives around in a big honkin' Suburban because this time of year, I'm getting about ten pounds of catalogs a day. But I'm not complaining. I love to shop as much as the next gal, just as long as the experience doesn't involve malls and parking lots and people and leaving my living room.

Yesterday's catalog roundup included the usual suspects – Eddie Bauer, Land's End, Cabela's, Land's End, Drysdale's, Land's End, B&H Photo, Land's End. Some of these guys are very persistent. The catalogs will sit in an ever-growing pile on my coffee table for a few weeks until my Christmas shopping is done and it's safe to throw them away.

But this one? This one I can't ignore. This one is following me around the house telling me to buy everything inside. And you know what? It's working.

Smooch already has a suitable dog bed, but now I'm confronted with 30-some pages of deluxe, super-duper dog beds, with names like Comfort Couch and Dog's Own Lounger and Double-High Bagel Bed. These beds have real dogs sleeping on them, convincing me that Smooch is just as deserving of a quilted microfiber dog's nest with memory foam as they are. And doesn't every dog deserve to have her name embroidered on her bed?

Count me among the demographic that indulges the needs and wants of our children pets. I will peruse the Orvis Dog Book many times over, ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the pictures from their cover dog photo contest and all the fine merchandise. And this bed here? I think this one could have Smooch's name on it come Christmas time.