Retail Therapy

Why does shopping feel so good? Spending money does NOT feel good but getting a deal and decorating my kitchen with clearance items from Kirkland's, puts a serious smile on my face.

When the pandemic started, I remember the hopelessness all too well. It felt like the whole world was a blank canvas and the only color you could paint with was COVID-19. Now, I feel like that same blank canvas can be painted with many colors but the name brand is COVID instead of Crayola.

In order to move past my front door and go out in public, there are so many measures and rules to follow. My newest pet peeve is when people stand too close to me. I want to yell at them, "Back up! That's not 6 feet!" But I just glare with my bitch face hidden under my face mask. I want to take this time to create a new word for the Corona Virus Hypocrites. I'm thinking something like Covocrite 😂. I am guilty of being a Covocrite more than once. For instance, when we went hiking at one of our favorite trails and I complained about the number of people that were there... didn't they know there was a pandemic on the rise?!

This post is a perfect example of my second newest pet peeve where everything reverts back to COVID-19. I wanted to talk about retail therapy and look what happened! I am going to challenge myself, and any other Covocrite who wants to join me, to make it through ONE full day without talking about the virus, the pandemic, these 'trying times', 'difficult times', 'unprecedented times', or any 'times' other than the good times. Waaaaay back when we didn't know what PPE stood for. I am determined to pass this test, even if it means biting my tongue or ignoromg questions and changing the subject in conversation. I would rather talk about my steal-of-a-deal at Target any day over testing sites and conspiracy theories.

PS: Shopping makes me almost as happy as cake... can't wait to go to a birthday party again!

#invitemetoyourbirthdayplease