Shopping therapy!

After a few quite shitty days, I decided it was time to cheer me up again. And how better than with 'shopping therapy'! Ok, this will take some explaining, because people that know me well do also know I hate shopping! I only like grocery shopping, and the best grocery shopping is in a supermarket abroad. If Chi ever wants his hands free for several hours when I am in Chicago, he can drop me off at Dominick's and I'll be as happy as a bug in a rug :p

But sometimes, when I am really depressed, shopping therapy can help. It's always better than binge eating ;) (Yes, I have B.E.D., binge eating disorder). I do have one little problem though: hardly any money :') And waaaaaay too many clothes and shoes! So I decided to look online at the websites of the cheapass supermarkets I frequent and bingo! One of them had some great deals! So I took some extra cash out of my Cash Cow (well it's a piggy bank in the form of a cow, hence the name I gave it :p) and jumped on my scooter. With the firm belief I was gonna be a good girl and only get what I really needed.

On the website I saw that they had tableware I bought last year and I broke two bowls of. Too bad the bowls were all gone but they had a new pattern plate and mug. And this year they even had aprons and potholders in matching patterns! So I am the proud owner of a shocking pink apron with white polka dots and the potholders to go with it. Yay! 

And the little plastic baskets were on sale too, so I got a set of 3 silver ones. They also had mixers and baking tins, guess what? Got a mixer, a cake tin, a pie tin and a muffin tin :D And they had the scented candles I like so much too so I got one of those and a totally useless thing: a scented battery operated LED candle :') Hey, you HAVE to get something useless when on shopping therapy, right?

Of course I also got some groceries and at the cash register I noticed I was €5 over budget. But I did have fun! And I'll go even back on Saturday to get the cookie sheet :p Poor Cash Cow will have to cough up the extra €5 so I can get my cigarettes :p 

But it was totally worth it! I am feeling way better now and I am gonna try out my new mixer and bake a batch of brownies! (And call my babygirl to ask her if she wants some I guess :p) At least I have the 'courage' now to send some mails around to my case manager at Social Services, and to a 'friend' that I feel left me hanging.

My day is half over already, but it's a good one! And I wish all of you a great day too!!