Retail Therapy

Why does spending money make us feel better sometimes? What is it that really just drives a woman to shop, sometimes not even buying a thing. I know it sure clears my mind when I head to the mall or the shopping center, and I typically do this alone. Tomorrow will be different, though. 

I'm headed out shopping in a pre-planned retail therapy adventure with my roommate. We sure have a lot to talk about, meaning we'll be shopping for a long time.. hopefully my frustration doesn't all come out at once on my credit card. It might hurt the poor thing to be swiped multiple times, though.. and by poor, I don't feel bad for it.. I've just got to check my funding!

If my headache doesn't go away by tomorrow, I might have to leave my wallet in the car so I can drop my cash on a massage or a facial at @UrbanNirvana- it really helped me feel better last time.. it's just expensive!

It does amaze me that shopping often times lets out frustrations with school, girlfriend drama, stress, and most of all for now- boys. What a consistent topic. Boys just seem to be heartbreakers. It's just that a lot of the time they don't really know it. It's not like we can tell them though- at least most of the time I'm not willing to start that conversation. I just feel like sometimes they just don't get it. But what can you do? Certainly not just sit around and sulk. That's not worth it, there's more fish in the sea, right? Well I'm trying to follow my own advice there in a sense, but also kind of wait it out. Patience is a virtue, and God sure has graced me with a lot of it. 

It's funny to see how some people can pick up on so much, except for what's right in front of their faces. Or hate drama, and avoid it, except they don't realize that they are actually part of it! I like people to call me out on situations such as these, and I think that others should be more willing to hear it themselves. But some people just always have to be right.. 

Too funny.. is what it's NOT. It's actually not laughable at all. Sometimes it's people picking up their pride, other times it's really just tests.. of faith, hope, and love. Faith in yourself, in the potential other, in God that you're doing the right thing/ that you're listening the right way.. Hope that there is potential, that you don't mess things up, that you don't get your hopes up.. Love of yourself, of others, of God, from God, that you long for.

So the greatest of these is love, right? And how will we find this by shopping? Good question. 

It may not be the best idea, especially for me, but hopefully by the end of tomorrow we'll be feeling better and looking good in our new clothes, shoes, make up, or whatever we decide to buy.. 

And maybe he'll notice.

XOXO