- Mental Junkyard… mind the dogs

some recent observations	Jan 24th, 2008 8:44:00 am - Subscribe
its pretty easy, i think, to approach a 'new baby' with the same kind of excessive fervour reserved for stationary-philes on the first day back at school. I remember feeling like i had to have everything all ready for the first day... success depended on it... but realistically, I didn't even need that calculator till the next year, I wasn't going to really use all of those pencils... and how many pens does a person need anyway. On top of this is the convenience of knowing that there will always be a tomorrow and what I didn't have, I could usually do without and what I needed I could always get. I suppose some people might feel like they need the whole circus before the baby is born, but really, how much do you think that little blob is going to use in the first couple of months anyway? Why spend all that time and money collecting things that you might not need at the end of the day anyway. It seem silly to me. Can't you wait? Perhaps its part of the newness of it all... perhaps its a reassuring 'feeling prepared'... maybe you're never really prepared for everything. And perhaps at the end of the day, some people might compensate for their age and lack of experience with 'things'. I don't know. Its just a really recent thing that has come to my attention... and now its come to yours.
mood: tenacious	(1) comments

	marlene	January 24th, 2008
	I remember going back to school, I'd buy so many pens, pencils, notepads, etc. I just loved that kind of thing, I still do. But I was once a writer, so I suppose I could never have enough. I'm definitely a "don't need, don't buy" shopper. I love saving my money.