Day 170: A few shopping excursions

The alarm went off and I had a hard time getting up.

There is just something about being all cozy in bed and not having to get up to go do anything. Since that doesn't happen very often I like to plan it out if I can.

I'm not sure if it was a self fulfilling prophesy or if I just was planning ahead because I know myself, but I set the alarm early so I could curl up in bed and not have to rush to meet the wine guy this morning.

We met up for coffee and just some time to 'hang out'. We ended up wandering in and out of a few stores and I have to say he totally cracks me up.

Walking through the home store we started checking out coffee machines and true to form he was playing around with all of them goofing off. I had to laugh.

A little later, we were talking about the massive quantities of product in the store and saying when you come in it's difficult to stay on track... and you need to focus.

About a nano-second after I said 'you have to focus' he responded with 'oh look a marshmallow gun!'. Once again, I laughed... and replied with 'you have to focus!' LOL It couldn't have been planned any better, and the thing is it wasn't planned at all.

Very few people make me laugh out loud so humor is good. Patience and understanding are also good because I am difficult at best. Sure I'm low maintenance and down to earth but beyond that it can get ugly, but I am who I am.

We had to cut the day short but I was happy to have a few hours of his time.

All that shopping must have gotten into my subconscious because instead of heading home to curl up on the couch for the afternoon, I decided to hit the mall on the way home.

I told myself, it's going to be cold the next few days and I need some new long sleeve shirts.

I think I have a shopping problem. Recently I can't NOT buy things!

I ended up with a few shirts that were reasonably priced, but I also picked up a wool sweater that was waaay overpriced. Sure it's super cute but how many times am I actually going to wear it? There are possibly 4 cold days here a year!

From there I popped into the cell phone store to see if they have the latest blackberry phone. I certainly didn't need a new phone but I wanted to check it out so I could go and weigh the pros and cons and make an educated decision later.

Wouldn't you know it. I am eligible for a new phone and it was on sale with a rebate... how could I pass it up? Well I have no idea, because I didn't.

On some level I think the cell phone translates to our society in more than just a hip new gadget.

It's kind of like the joke the old man says about his wife 'I'm trading her in for a newer model.' The same holds true for our phones.

There was nothing wrong with my phone but I wanted one that was shiny, new and flipped for me! We all get sick of what we have and are enticed by the glitz and glamour of something new and exciting.

While I beat myself up for spending the money on something I didn't need, all I could think of was... what is wrong with me? I can't get into the Christmas spirit, I can't even contemplate buying my family gifts, yet here I am spending all of my hard earned cash on myself.

Sure there's nothing wrong with pampering yourself every now and then, but I've been doing it a lot and its so not cool to do it all during the holidays when you should be spending your money on others.

But I do have a fancy new phone and a cozy sweater to keep me warm on our cold days.

Not a bad shopping day all around, from the window shopping with the wine guy to supplementing my own wardrobe... it all worked out in the end.