some crazy shopping
Posted on April 25, 2007
… is what I need. Shopping is therapy for any girl. Buying nice things, even if they're for other people, has never failed to make me feel a bit good especially if the money spent for it is something I can afford to lose.
Unfortunately, I've haven't done some crazy, therapeutic shopping for quite some time. Lack of money to do this is the only reason. Just yesterday, my sister and I went to the mall to buy birthday gifts for Ramil. We were able to look at some clothes also and I suddenly missed buying loads of them for myself. We looked at some dresses we might be able to wear to a wedding we will be attending, some looked liked some celebrity clothing. I was able to find a really pretty green halter dress. Problem is, it costs five thousand pesos! Unless I'm able to find some unnamed wallet with loads of cash in it, I could only wish I could buy it.
A visit to the mall is never complete anymore if we don't stop by the baby department. We were able to look at baby toys. I bought a squeaky hippopotamus in pink, yellow, and blue colors, which my sister named Gloria, for Mateo. Boy, did he like it! He kept on looking at it and trying to touch it. He would crinkle his forehead whenever the toy squeaks. I would have wanted to buy more toys for him but even if we have the money, Ramil doesn't want to. He wants Mateo to focus and play with toys one at a time. Having handled kids with ADD and ADHD, we wouldn't want Mateo to have problems being attentive.
The last thing we bought were Ramil's gift and his birthday cake. I wanted to buy him a new cellphone but again, I didn't have enough funds for it. With our laptop's cd drive malfunctioning, I decided to buy him a usb flash drive so he wouldn't have difficulty bringing files along with him in school. My sister also bought him a striped yellow polo shirt.
I guess it may not be the kind of shopping I used to do but it was relaxing nonetheless. Hopefully, we get to do this more often.
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I need to do some shopping too but that would have to wait until after enrollment. After payment of utility bills. After payment of insurance bills. After payment of real estate bills. Maybe this will come after some time and the cycle of payments would be repeated again and there’s no more left for me. *groans…*
Anyway, we enjoy going to the supermarket. We enjoy having nature walks. We enjoy staying at home. So still, life is good.
Naku Julie, ngayon ko nga lang nadi-discover yang mga yan. Hehe! It seems that shopping for oneself really takes a backseat when you have your own family already. Unless you’re one of those born with a silver spoon in their mouths. Even so, kami din ni Ramil we enjoy staying home na and playing with Mateo. Sometimes nga we’d prefer to just stay home rather than go to a crowded mall