New clothes

I have several new posts and lots of pictures I still need to put up and since Peter is on-call this weekend, I just might finally get it done.

But I did want to quickly post about the fun experience I have had over the past few days going clothes shopping. For those who know me well, you will understand that this is something I never do. Never. I can count on one hand the items of clothing I have purchased for myself in the past four years since we've been married that hasn't come from birthday money sent from grandparents. Since my mission, I have programmed myself to not even think about buying clothes in efforts to budget and be frugal.

But the time had come. I went to the store thinking I would buy one, maybe two new shirts so I would have something nicer to wear to church on Sunday. But Peter came with me and picked out a big pile of clothes for me to try on. (No blacks, browns or dark blues were allowed). And in the end when I was trying to make a decision on what to buy from all the ones I liked, he insisted we buy all of them. I stalled for awhile but eventually gave in. Peter looked surprised but extremely pleased.

And so today, we went to a different store and saw more cute clothes on the clearance rack. Peter and the nice lady at the store chose more clothes for me to try on. My defenses were weak given yesterday's splurge so when Peter once again suggested(?) we buy all the clothes I was trying to decide between, I only pretended to argue for a minute before I agreed.

And I will admit that I love having cute, new clothes!!! Wow, it has been a long time.

I am also learning a good lesson. It is good to be frugal, but it is also okay to spend money on yourself now and again. And now that I know that Peter is so willing (actually, he is always telling me I need to spend more money on myself), maybe I'll have to update my wardrobe more often...