Shopping, Shopping, & more Shopping

It seems like around this time of year I do a bit more shopping than usual. 

It usually starts around mid August and last till the 16th of September.  That date is my birthday and I have a way of justifying numerous purchases by stating “it’s for my birthday!” 

Please tell me I’m not the only one who does this?

It started with this purchase back in August.

I already had a smart phone but honestly it didn’t seem very smart because there was very little that I could do with it.  After three years of living with the old dog, I broke down and got an iPhone.  Wow, so this what owning a (real) smart phone is like!  I am lovin’ it!!!  (after I learned how to use a touch screen.  Literally took me 15 minutes to type out my first 6 word text message!)

HOWEVER, my teenage daughter mentioned to me that I should be careful when texting or emailing someone because it likes to GUESS at what word you want to use and changes it.  I went back through some of my messages and oh boy….. did it ever!  I apologize if you were one of the recipients of those early messages. 

Also, the delete button and the reply button are right next to each other.  I did accidently erase a couple of messages/conversations when in fact I wanted to reply.  Again, I am so sorry if you asked me a question or we were talking right along and I never got back to you.  I guess in some cases you do need to be smarter than your phone.

  Have you ever hear of “Blacklion”?

I’m not sure if it’s a local thing, but it’s a huge store (think like super Wal-Mart huge) that is full of home décor, accessories, and furniture!  Even walking through quickly took about 2 hours!

Isle after isle of beautiful eye candy!

What I brought home….

and some incredibly soft creamy white fabric! (not photographed)

Miss Becca from Adventures in Decorating “PINNED”  a photo on Pinterest that caught my eye….. Pottery Barn Mercury Glass Pumpkins!    I really wanted these.  A whole pumpkin patch of them, please.

I thought I would humor myself and hop over to the PB website.  There they were with FREE shipping!   Uhhh, the agony.  I wanted them but still couldn’t bring myself to checkout.  Until….. an email popped up from PB with a 10% off code!  SOLD

I sure there are more splurges that have been made and will be made, but there really is no reason to completely rat myself out!  lol.