Evolution of Shopping

When I first got an income at the age of 14, I have loved going shopping. I bought cute things for me me me. I know this sounds shallow, and don't get me wrong I did buy things for other people and enjoyed that too... But I really enjoyed shopping for me the best. Every time it was exciting to have something new. Something to show off or something to cherish.

I started getting buyer's remorse when I first lived on my own. I had to learn to budget and manage money. (Not gonna lie, I'm still not that great.) Since I never had to do that before it was a hard/humbling lesson to learn. I still loved to shop, but I thought twice about what I was buying, and if the line to check out was too long, I usually over thought and ended up not buying anything at all.

This went on til about the time when I started dating Michael. Then it turned from enjoying shopping for me to him. I had more fun buying clothes and hats and shoes for him than I did for me. It was a challenge to see if he liked it, and how good it looked on him.

When we got married, it went from Mikey to house-wares. Bedding, decorations, furniture, rugs, appliances, kitchen stuff. I love shopping to make my house, my home. I have returned a lot of stuff, mostly my impulse purchases... Michael can't shop for things, but he loves shopping for house stuff. I had a willing partner in crime! So we'd go shopping and usually came home with something for the house. Ranging from furniture to plants to paint and nails. It was our thing to do when we were bored on a friday night. We'd go to Lowes or Home Goods... RC Willey Scratch N Dent was the big guilty pleasure...(still is!) I think we left there once without buying a thing.

And then we found out I was pregnant. We didn't buy anything for a while. I think it was the shock of it. But I got over that real quick and started looking at cribs! Its one thing to shop for cribs, but when you get it home and set up, its a-whole-nother thing. I think Michael and I sat in that room staring at the crib for a while just trying to get used to the idea that we owned a crib. And as we sat there, we realized that we will have something to put in that crib soon... Which is more weird...

I am now caught up in my evolution of shopping. Except now its baby stuff instead. I got a little taste of buying baby stuff yesterday and I completely loved it. Sadly I am under strict rules that I cannot buy any more because X-Mas is coming and so is my baby shower...

So.... This morning as I was sitting here thinking about how cute baby stuff is, I thought how funny it is that shopping hasn't changed, its me that has changed. And I really I couldn't be happier with what is going on in my life. I can honestly say I am soo blessed to be where I am. I can't believe that I actually made the right decisions to get myself here.

I know, from baby clothes to thankfulness in one thought. Who knew?

I Love Life.