Dave is the young mens president in the ward and there is a big hike coming up in Yosemite. The sad thing is that the leaders are way more excited about it than the boys. Suddenly, Dave finds that he needs all this hiking gear- Boots, backpack, self-inflating mattress, pedometer, and that is all he has mentioned right now. So 500 dollars later his wife is on the verge of a heartattack. Would I feel better if I went out and bought the 3oo dollar wheat grinder or a new camera to replace our dead one or an acoustic guitar that I have been thinking about learning to play? I don't know but I would definitely use them more often than his inflatable mattress or maybe not. I also wouldn't be able to hold any bad feelings over his purchase if I made some of my own.
Curse you thriftiness gene. I love you and despise you. I love how you saved us through college though I am sometimes embarrased for myself looking back with how little we had but at the time it was great. I hate that I have to debate everything at the grocery store that is not on our necessary list. I hate that I cringe everytime that Dave spends money(I have realized I am more of a control freak than I used to think.) and then I cannot forget about it. I look back on foolish purchases that I make and they still haunt me to this day. I hate that I cannot look at other people who have a lot less $ and yet more stuff and not be judgemental.
So last night we went to Bass Pro and I spent the whole night worrying about what Dave might spend and chasing the kids around the store. Lily hates riding in a shopping cart now and so I get to play chase all the time. The shoe/boot salesman asked my husband "Are they ALL yours?" Lily left a puddle somewhere in the store as she had gone on the potty within the hour so I thought she was safe. I am sure it was on the party boats that the kids were climbing on. I guess I just helped someone get an even better discount on the floor model. Amazingly all my worring about Dave was ill founded because we walked out only $7 later and that was on Noodles for our pool and that was MY purchase. We did get FREE smores when we left so that made everything better.
Curse you thriftiness gene. I love you and despise you. I love how you saved us through college though I am sometimes embarrased for myself looking back with how little we had but at the time it was great. I hate that I have to debate everything at the grocery store that is not on our necessary list. I hate that I cringe everytime that Dave spends money(I have realized I am more of a control freak than I used to think.) and then I cannot forget about it. I look back on foolish purchases that I make and they still haunt me to this day. I hate that I cannot look at other people who have a lot less $ and yet more stuff and not be judgemental.
So last night we went to Bass Pro and I spent the whole night worrying about what Dave might spend and chasing the kids around the store. Lily hates riding in a shopping cart now and so I get to play chase all the time. The shoe/boot salesman asked my husband "Are they ALL yours?" Lily left a puddle somewhere in the store as she had gone on the potty within the hour so I thought she was safe. I am sure it was on the party boats that the kids were climbing on. I guess I just helped someone get an even better discount on the floor model. Amazingly all my worring about Dave was ill founded because we walked out only $7 later and that was on Noodles for our pool and that was MY purchase. We did get FREE smores when we left so that made everything better.
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