now I see what I was doing wrong...

Who writes these eHow articles? They have one for How to Write a Sonnet which contains this list in a call-out box:

Things You'll Need:

* Godiva or Whitman Chocolates
* Dictionaries
* Thesauri
* Roses
* Boxes Of Chocolates
* Pencils
* Erasers
* Notebook Papers
* Pencils
* Pens
* Spiral Notebooks
* Word Processors
* Pencils
* Pens

Well now I know what I forgot - the boxes of chocolates and the roses. And I did not have enough pencils.