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I’ve Decided I’m Pretty Much The Worst Shopper In The World. Period.

November 2, 2012

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Despite the horrific, mortifying experience that happened this summer when we attempted “Back to School Shopping,” I ventured back to Gymboree today.

Mission? Obtain Coordinating Christmas Jammies and Coordinating Christmas Outfits.

(on sale, mind you)

Never mind that I don’t like clothes shopping under normal circumstances.  (I don’t even enjoy shopping for myself — the search for trendy womens clothing is exhausting)  No, I had to add two goals to my shopping adventure . . .

And, I took ALL three children.

During a time when they SHOULD have been napping.

Idiotic, right?

(or, at the very least, insane)

Add to the mix a big sale that meant everyone was coming in and buying the same items I was trying to get . . . and a weirdo little boy who kept bullying my children (hit my daughter on the head … yes, HIT HER ON THE HEAD) and knocking clothes onto the floor . . . and you have the oddest, most stressful, chaotic shopping experience ever.

I realized that I am just not meant for shopping.

I don’t like it (I think we covered that, right?).

I have a REALLY hard time visualizing outfit or determining if patterns “work” or not, so I spend the entire time stressed and unable to make decisions.

I can’t shop and watch children at the same time, which was apparent this summer when Mr. Boy stripped in the store.

I go all Mama Bear if some little bratty kid starts being mean to mine.

Yes, I think I’m just meant to be a stay-at-home, online shopper.

No bullies.  No stress.   And, the best part, I can do it my pajamas.

Sounds good to me.

 

disclosure: this post was sponsored but the experience described and all opinions expressed are my own.

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Rachel Lacy is the author of Following In My Shoes, where she blogs about Mommyhood, Family-Friendly Recipes and Bento Lunches, and Life in Texas. She is a lover of all things Coffee and Nutella.
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