tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post2528017235038430234..comments2023-11-18T01:21:55.631-05:00Comments on My Open Wallet: Weekend SpendingMadame Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536189690094235926noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-89234584159038172432007-03-28T14:06:00.000-04:002007-03-28T14:06:00.000-04:00Yikes. She's still there? I love my folks, but 48 ...Yikes. She's still there? I love my folks, but 48 hours is all I can stand and they don't like visiting me since I have a small apartment (courtesy of them no less.)<BR/><BR/>Man, I don't know what to tell you. It's nice having a pretty place to live, but I'm never home and having so-so surroundings hasn't bothered me since I'd rather have cool experiences in life than have more stuff that matches. It's hard to break that mentality if it's been working for her for so long.<BR/><BR/>I think I get a little of my eclectic decorating style from my mom. The bedding doesn't match entirely. Some of her towels match, but never an entire set. I did have full matching bedding in college. My mom was super nice and sent me off with a really awesome set, but as long as it's 200+ threadcount percale cotton, I'm happy.<BR/><BR/>More power to you! Chin up! (And bummer that you have to go back and return stuff but maybe you'll find something on sale you like better!)<BR/><BR/>Good luck on the bed purchase!mapgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141234159609900257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-27175963036379210252007-03-27T21:11:00.000-04:002007-03-27T21:11:00.000-04:00laugh...hang in there!laugh...hang in there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-54468789473327681182007-03-27T17:48:00.000-04:002007-03-27T17:48:00.000-04:00Wow, you are so much nicer than I am. How long has...Wow, you are so much nicer than I am. How long has she been there? Weeks, right? I start to twitch when my family stays longer than, say, five days.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like you're finding balance as well as you can, but I'd think about setting a limit in your mind on how much more you're willing to spend to satisfy her desire to see you living a beauty-filled life. Plus, I'd check in with yourself again and see what you are going to buy in the next six months regardless and use her presence as a motivator to just get it done. Bed? Buy it. Bookcase? Buy it. Towells? Maybe it was a blessing they had to go back.Tiredbuthappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292908687495239545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-36085322780533991952007-03-26T23:13:00.000-04:002007-03-26T23:13:00.000-04:00wow - that was a gorgeous and raw post all at once...wow - that was a gorgeous and raw post all at once. You gave your mom something wonderful - the opportunity to be your mom, in her home-decorating-mom way, and to exercise her talents. You also maybe gave to you, too ... ANY chance that life will feel qualitatively a little lovelier with your new acquisitions?<BR/>(at what point do we decide live is to be Lived, in tension with care about spending?)<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I was struck by the fact that your mom could be one of the women who are homeless in my neighbourhood - I live on a quite well-off street, oddly juxtapositioned against one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods. Many of the women (and men) once had a 'life' but like your mom, didn't quite have a handle on some important things, but unlike your mom, had nowhere to go, or no-one willing to help.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the poignant post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-60053946822684104302007-03-26T16:25:00.000-04:002007-03-26T16:25:00.000-04:00Mothers are like that, give her what she wants.You...Mothers are like that, give her what she wants.<BR/><BR/>You probaly wanted something when you was young and your Mom could not afford it and maybe she sacrifice to get it. BUY HER THAT TRAY.! and give her a little kiss....L. Marie Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742625250214975088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-60182674364195453182007-03-26T13:01:00.000-04:002007-03-26T13:01:00.000-04:00Maybe you could suggest to your mom that you reall...Maybe you could suggest to your mom that you really can't spend all that money at once, and if you make a list and buy a few more things she'll be happy and leave.<BR/>I can tell she's passionate about making your house beautiful, but it is your house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-58169142839348002042007-03-26T11:10:00.000-04:002007-03-26T11:10:00.000-04:00Hum... A Mother who won't leave - that is a real p...Hum... A Mother who won't leave - that is a real problem. Anyway you could talk your Father into selling the family home and purchasing a nice two family instead? That way they could live together while still having seperate apartments...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com