You all know that I love our dog Burger, but you probably don’t know that I was originally a cat person. From my love of tigers as a kid to taking care of my cat Casper through high school, I’ve always had a preference for felines… until I met Sherry and her cat allergies (which resulted in a compromise of sorts: a cat-sized dog).
But there’s good news. I’ve FINALLY convinced Sherry to let me bring a cat home. And she doesn’t even have to worry about getting itchy eyes or a scratchy throat because the kitties we’ve got our eyes on are these awesome cat lampshades from Lamps Plus. We just need your help when it comes to picking the perfect illuminated furball.
So which do you think is the purr-fect choice? The Sleeping Kittens Pendant, the Laundry Cat Table Lamp or the Cat & Butterfly Swag Chandelier? It’s a painfully hard decision because they’re all so amazing. If only we had room for the whole litter! Or should we just employ the trusted eeny-meeny-miny-meow technique?
Oh, and by the way, we’re totally kidding. Happy April Fool’s Day!
Images courtesy of Lamps Plus, which does actually have a great selection of normal lamps too.
John let’s not forget your breakthrough performance as the cowardly lion.
Oh geez, Jamie. This is why it’s sometimes dangerous when my college friends are also blog readers. You know too much of my past.
For those who are wondering, Jamie is referring to a video of my 2nd grade class’ performance of The Wizard of Oz. Fortunately, that video is NOT available on YouTube.
-John
Haha! You guys almost had me–I was about to leave a comment saying all your readers will have an intervention for you if you got that lampshade! Happy April Fool’s :)
holy cow. mini heart attack. good laugh. thanks!
I was all, “What the eff.”
You could always get a “Mr. Bigglesworth” from Austin Powers hairless breed. Now that’s a snuggling cat…. =)
Hahahaha! For a moment I was a little dubious.. then thought to myself, “Maybe they have a special thing planned where they’re going to somehow make it look good?”
So was the April Fool’s Day joke just the shade, or are you really a cat person? :)
Hey Virginia,
I think it’s safe to say that John is now a total dog person (as he’s completely obsessed and enamored with Burger). But he really did have a cat named Casper that he adored growing up. I know John’s totally satisfied with Burger the cat-sized-dog, but maybe we should also bring in a ceramic cat for good measure!
xo,
Sherry
haha. I couldn’t imagine that fitting in with all your other decor.
All that was running through my mind was, “Where are they going to put that ugly thing?” Funny one!
Nice one! I was totally going to suggest the first shade on the second lamp! You got me!
OMG.. I just got extremely confused and was going to ask if you’d lost your mind. Great joke!
Phew! I was just about to lose all respect for you two. Ha ha…good one! You actually got me and I’m not easily “got.”
Oy vay……….I just kept muttering under my breath while reading. You got me!! Happy April Fools Day!!
You guys got me!!
Fell for it…and was going to say the table lamp, which could easily be moved to a closet.
You got me! I was trying to come up with a nice way to tell you that I think the feline shades are hideous!!!
oh my word I thought you had lost your mind!!!! Very clever :)
Hahaha – if that was for real, I just might have unsubscribed… :) Hilarious.
Yep, you got me – I was thinking, wow – wonder what room this would go in? So glad it was just a joke!
For a minute my heart stopped, but then i remembered it was April Fool’s. Thank God!
Oh wow. I was worried. You have such a lovely decor …. um, yeah. Thanks for the laugh!
lol thank god you are kidding…
i totally forgot it was april fools!
Actually I think the whole video should go up on youtube. Jordan and I watched it when I was in NYC last summer and had a great time – there were about 10 lines that we kept rewinding and watching again and again.
oh.my.
nice one.
Yep, you got me. :-)
I was swallowing HARD as I scrolled down & saw the hideous cat lamps and wondering(SORRY to anyone who loves them!!!) Cats are cute, but cat lamps not so much.
HAHAHAHA!! Good one guys!
you had me worried for a moment. nice work.
LOL – I was already thinking through how exactly I was going to word my comment to basically *politely* tell you those were the tackiest lamps I’d seen in a while! Should I just not comment? Can you go up against JOHN & SHERRY??? ;) I was ready to gently declare you both nuts… glad I read the whole post :) Happy April Fool’s backatcha.
Jacci
Oh my word – the one on the left is 300 bones. Yeesh.
I was about to post a meanie note about where you’d put such trash in your beautiful home! Haha, nice work!
Pfft… if you’re going to get a cat lamp, go all out and get a CAT lamp!
http://www.amazon.com/Quoizel-Kitty-Tiffany-Accent-Lamp/dp/B000VL1XKE
We love ’em – these are perfect for moggit!
Joy and Janet
I would totally pay you 50 US DOLLARS to hang one of those in your house and then post the photos on your blog…I’m not kidding. I love a good dare.
Catty!
Wow! As I looked at the lamps, and read John’s post, I thought, “Those are so not their style!” Nice.
lol, you totally got me. I was in a state of disbelief for a few moments there.
That was GREAT. I was beginning to think your taste had gone in the toilet!!! ;) Nice one…
Kudos… I was TRULY horrified :)
Ha ha! I’m so late getting to my RSS-feeds, but I knew this one just HAD to be an April 1st post!
I wish my web-cam was on when I was looking at these awful lamps. I was giving Sherry a lot of credit for letting you bring one of these lights into your house. You got me…boy am I glad that was a joke!!!!