My resolved about focused spending was tested a few hours ago.
My hubby whom I called Popsey picked me up from the office so we could both go to Macro and buy a small round table paired with one yellow and one green chairs at Php2199. I spotted the three-piece set on display and decided that it would just be right for my kids’ bedroom – for Jarell to work on his school assignments and Jassen’s drawings.
In fact, it is mandatory that I buy them some table and chairs that would fit in their room so they would have a definite place to do their things. If I procrastinate some more their room may no longer have real walls to speak of only murals!
Jassen, the middle child, found it rather convenient to just work on their white pristine non-moving super steady walls than do his doodles on his bed with the bumpy mattress that messes up his drawings! The first time he did that I thought I would collapse. Oh, no! This child meant business for he did not just draw something on the wall but rather filled the the entire length he could reach with all manner of squiggles only his three-year old mind could comprehend!
That started me on shopping for a table and chairs to go with it. I liked the set because of its rather classy rattan-like design made of durable plastic materials and therefore may just stand the roughing up of three little boys. Practical that I am I thought the set would fit in quite nicely in one of our three little terraces when the kids have outgrown it.
While we were at it we picked up a new ironing board after some discussions about the urgent need of the old one to finally retire. I very reluctantly allowed the demise of that wobbling board. On the way to the counter we saw on display several types of Christmas lights and picked up two small boxes.
After an enormous lunch I told Popsey that there’s just a book I wanted to check at the National Bookstore so we went in. I saw the book and tried to decide if I should buy it. While mulling it over I saw that there’s already a Part 2 of the book. Popsey said ok let’s buy both. So we carried both books which would total to less than a thousand bucks and fell in line to the counter. And I thought, hey, we’ve already went beyond our planned spending for the day. Instead of the original table and chairs set we have already packed two unplanned purchases and now two more books!
So I hurriedly escaped the line found a spot among the book racks and scan the books. And left with my eyes closed (figuratively!) otherwise something else may just caught my fancy!
