I can't find my sims whims anymore please help

The title pretty much says it all... my sim is perfectly happy, but she has *no whims* whatsoever. Not even the standard "buy a dishwasher" one! Is this a bug? Is my sim just really unambitious?

*EDIT* Heh heh... didn't know you could deselect "Show Whims" in the options menu, yet somehow I did. Checked the box, and everything is back to normal!