I buy and am bought for, therefore I'm broke

D came to my job on mother’s day and presented three cards and a gift. One card from him, one from the kitties and one from the dogs. The gift- a beautiful gold butterfly pendant and matching earrings encrusted with diamonds. I stood there staring with a big fat dumb “DUH” look on my face. The moment was broken when my pharmacist walked by and said “What’s that for, you’re not a mother.” D replied with “She may not be a mom but she’s the best wife in the world.” I’m still a little dumbstruck over it. I’m not a big jewelry person because I’d rather pay bills than buy myself (or ask for) sparkly things. Man o’ man, when D buys it, since he knows it’s such a rare thing, he goes all out! If he was going for ‘shocked, amazed and beyond grateful’: Mission Accomplished!

Thinking back over the last week I feel kind of bad. Earlier in the week I fell into the retail therapy trap. I was a little bummed so I bought myself a ‘90 days on the new job, pat yourself on the back for not going postal’ present which was the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Vol. 1 box set. Then a few days later I was in Walgreens and saw the Spin Spa (*in a big booming voice*) As Seen On TV!!!!! and just had to buy it. D rolled his eyes when he saw it. “Aza, you know that ’as seen on TV’ crap is just that. Crap.” To my and D’s surprise, it works great and I love it! He bought his mom one for mother’s day. (Here’s where I can already hear some saying “Whoa! Wait a minute! D bought you super expensive jewelry and his own mother a Spin Spa??? WTF!?” There’s a loooong story behind D’s relationship with his mother and we’ll just leave it at- she’s lucky she got anything for mother’s day.) Anyway, the Spin and box set was $40 bucks I could have lived without spending- especially after what D spent on the gift.

Looking on the upside, I won $50 dollars on a scratch off today so I guess the $40 I spent is now covered.