Thursday, May 15, 2008

13 Things I Have Erroneously Justified Buying Lately


1. A vat of hummus at Costco – I love hummus. So what, if it’s enough for an army and it expires next month and I will never be able to eat it all. It’s healthier than cheese dip.

2. More wine – Wine = antioxidants. It’s a health food.

3. Chocolate – See reasoning on #2. (You would be amazed at how much I can justify with this one.)

4. Going to Starbucks three times last week – I ran out of espresso pods for my machine. What am I supposed to do, go a week without a latte?! That’s just crazy talk!!

5. Four new pairs of shoes at Payless – BOGO sale! Buy one pair, get another pair half off. It’s not like I could only buy three!

6. $25 of new espresso pods for my machine – See #4. And yes, $25 worth. I order the pods on Amazon, so it’s not like I can just get a few at a time.

7. Necklace on ebay – I had a hard time justifying this one. The only thing that I could use was “At least it’s a helluva lot cheaper than the Tina Turner tickets my husband bought.”

8. Goo Goo Dolls fan club membership – See reasoning on #7. Plus, the GGD Web site has exclusive backstage videos. Where else can I see a video of Johnny Rzeznik washing his hair in the sink?! Worth every penny, I tell you!

9. Lunch from McDonald’s – It was either take both kids to the grocery store because we didn’t have food, or go through McDonald’s drive-thru and get lunch. That was an easy choice.

10. Dinner out with my friends – Okay, for a stay-at-home mom, this is a necessity at least once every two weeks. If I didn’t have that, they would be carting me off to the looney bin.

11. Two half gallons of ice cream at Baskin-Robbins – Have you noticed that the ice cream containers in the store are getting smaller (they’re down to 1.5 quarts), but the price doesn’t change. At least when you buy a half gallon of ice cream at Baskin-Robbins, you get a half gallon. And they have Jamoca Almond Fudge! Yum-o!

12. Hypnotherapy – See reasoning on #10.

13. Highlights – Okay, I don’t care how broke I get. I will never give up having my hair highlighted. I think my best friend Stacey said it best. “You can’t give that up! We’re not barbarians!”

10 comments:

Desert Songbird said...

Perish the thought! I would NEVER give up my highlights.

Donna. W said...

I've never been to Starbucks; I'm totally an old lady cheapskate. But I made the mistake of buying Starbucks coffee beans at Sam's Club last week, and now my hubby and I are hooked on it. Dang it, it really IS better.

Oh yeah, and I'm with you on all the anti-oxidants.

Lori said...

I was never a stay at home Mom but my sister is. I know she can relate to #10. Happy TT.

Cecily R said...

Ummmm, I could have written 9 myself...it's sad really, how often I use that kind of reasoning. This week nothin'!!

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Thea @ It's Me Vs. Me said...

My kids would die of starvation if it weren't for drive-thrus...

Anonymous said...

Ice cream makes the world better

:-D)

Tammy said...

I think you needed all 13! Happy TT

Deb said...

We do #9 all the time, except for dinner instead of lunch. :)

Elaina said...

Yeah I agree with # 10 totally. I go nuts if I can't get out of my house at least once or twice a month with the girls.