Friday, November 21, 2008

my 10,000 Villages adventure

so, i slogged it to 10,000 villages. my feet got wet, but not where the heels are open-backed, they got wet in the toes, just from the slush-spray and splashing.

at the sale, i roamed around for a good hour, utterly overwhelmed.... too many people, too much noise, too many things to look at, too much money...

...the *one* item i would have gotten for myself if money were no object was an orange/green/cream (sooo my colors!) onyx (which i love) vase/candle holder... which was, i think, $65 or so. waaayyy over budget. but it was the one thing i really drooled over.

finally, i sat down with a cup of fair-trade ethiopian joe (thanks, lisa), and pulled myself together. why, when i gave myself a budget, and permission to buy myself something, was it so hard to choose something? everything i even remotely liked was written off in my head and 'unnecessary' or 'extraneous' or 'that money would be better spent on food' or whatever. it's like i was not allowed to get something nice for myself... i had an extra $20 come to hand, a gift from God right there, to do something 'extra'.... so why is it so hard????

eventually i had an epiphany, and got up and went roaming for baskets. nice baskets to put things in around the house are one of those things i've wanted to invest in for a long time, but are too expensive in the stores usually; they are functional *yet* feel like a luxury of sorts.... and i found some i really liked:




i *did* go over budget by $3.44, but this with a purchase that satisfied both my functional and practical side (and has been on my shopping list for quite some time), *and* was a total treat, leaving me feeling spoiled.

on my way home, the snow had turned to rain, and the wind had picked up and blew my already-broken umbrella totally inside out, so i couldn't use it, and thus got really wet. so i'm off to see if i can fix my purdy umbrelly.... darn wind! (i love it!) lol
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