The itch
I’ve scratched the itch a little bit. We went shopping this morning, hitting up the department stores that were having clearance sales. I got:
- a whistling tea kettle;
- a safety rail for Isobel’s bed;
- a loaf pan;
- a white-board;
- a mini grill.
The tea kettle is replacing my five year old electric one that my ex MIL gave JDawg and I for Xmas. It’s not very cleanable. It makes me think of germs and dirty getting in every single of the 20 cups of coffee that I drink a day. This new one is silver, with green accents and whistles! How cool and retro is that?
Isobel will be moving into big-girl bedville shortly. As soon as I get her brand-new big-girl birthday blanket and sheets washed. I found out while we were moving that the railing on her crib that lowers can actually come right off. Can you say day bed? Can you say a little high day bed? Hence needing the safety rail.
Isobel doesn’t eat bread. Normal bread, that is. But she loves banana bread and I bought the loaf pan thinking that if I put some effort into figuring out other veggie and fruit breads, she’ll nom them up, too. Plus, there’s my plans to augment an Amish Friendship Bread recipe, to make it just as yummy, but healthier.
The whiteboard is going to be paramount to me following my own advice - to make a list of three things to tackle each day and accomplish them. I’ve been so sporatic lately - I need more routine and guidedness, instead of this constant state of staying afloat that I’ve been living with. The barely getting things done is leading me to feel unsuccessful and like I’ve been in a state of fail, so I’m just going to get rid of that lack of accountability. To myself.
A mini-grill. I’ve been lusting for a new boyfriend appliance, since someone told me about the wonder of hers. But I’m cheap when it comes to dropping money. I didn’t need need one, and the cheapest I ever saw them (when I tortured myself with looking) was for around $80. Still too rich for my blood - and too big, to be honest. But today, I saw this little tiny grill, big enough to cook two hamburgers on. For $20. And that’s all I needed for him it to get thrown in the stroller.
I feel good. Like I overspent, but not on anything that I didn’t really want/need/deserve. And this will only help to make our lives easier.
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