What, this old thing?

Life used to be so complicated. Time was, spending my money was almost as much trouble as making it, and there were specific steps involved:

1. Entertain the thought that making a purchase was a distinct possibility.

2. Make the decision to search out choices for said purchase.

3. Get into the car; drive to retail establishment.

4. Return home to retrieve purse. Drive back to retail establishment.

5. Choose one:

(a) Speak with sales associate
(b) dodge sales associate
(c) give stink-eye to sales associate who is dodging me

6. Attempt to narrow choice of items by (choose one or all three):

(a) impossibly long mental list of pros and cons
(b) 2 phone calls to ask others' opinion
(c) eeny-meeny-miney-mo

7. Decide to purchase item in all four colors.


8. Give them my money.

9. Return home with purchase.

10. Regret that I hadn't purchased items in larger size.

Now, all I have to do is open my inbox. Every day--several times a day--I receive emails from the most thoughtful folks who are happy to tell me about that thing I hadn't known I wanted but, as it turns out, simply can't live another minute without. For the purposes of illustration, I've included some examples of items I didn't know existed when I woke up this morning, but have since determined to be essential. Because I am thoughtful, too, I'm linking them for you (just in case no one has yet told you what items you can't live without today).



It's a wonderful time to be alive.