Okay, I didn’t do a whole lot of ‘work’ work today, but I had a ton of things to do. Most importantly, I went to Tysons Corner in VA and shopped. Yeah, that’s what I did because I could actually leave Baltimore at 4:30 to get to VA by 5:30. When I was at Firm-by-the-water I didn’t leave the office before 8, so I never really did anything. The good thing was I saved a lot of money. The bad thing was —–it sucked.
Anyway, today I went to VA and met the cousins. One of them has 3 kids and I don’t think she’s ever worked a day in her life. The other is my age, but unmarried. She and I commiserate about our life states. She complains about not being married, I complain about not having kids. Then I look at her sister and think, damn, I wouldn’t want to be at home all day with three kids for the rest of my life either! I guess that proves that I haven’t totally lost my mind. I’m not thinking “awww, she is so lucky with her . . . three kids”. I mean, she is totally lucky, but she isn’t me. I want to be ME with three kids. I would consider that lucky.
Anyway, I bought two different shades of MAC eyeshadow. I actually bought that shade of green that is on that page, along with another, totally flourescent shade of green that may or not bring out the color of my eyes. All I know is that ‘Jackson’, the guy who sold me three pairs of shoes in 10 minutes at Nordstrom, totally dug it.
Yes, you read correctly, with all of my free time it is only taking me 10 minutes to buy three pairs of shoes.
Not a single shoe, not the left one nor the right one, was on sale.
But, they are hot. And, isn’t that all that matters?
Okay – forgive me for being overly sensitive and ranting – but it is an oxymoron to say that someone has “three kids and has never worked a day in her life.” I have two kids, and, believe me, staying home with them is MORE challenging than working ever was (yes, I am a lawyer). Hear me now, believe me later, you have to have kids before you can judge how hard any stay at hom mother works! Or maybe I’m just doing things the hard way?
I wasn’t judging how hard she works. In fact, she has more energy than anyone I know, and works harder than anyone I know.
You are a lawyer. She is not. She never even had the opportunity to be a lawyer since she had a very typical arranged marriage. She didn’t have the ‘option’ of going to law school and then staying home.
See, I think YOU are lucky. I’m sure she thinks the same thing.
Those people at the Nordstrom shoe department rule. I went in there one day to buy a certain type of shoe. The guy found me exactly what I wanted, but then he looked me up and down and said, “Let me show you something else.” Brought out something completely different (casual, not fancy), and I loved it and bought both pairs. Seriously, those guys are good.
mmm….shoes! I followed the link to the Stuart Weitzman page and started drooling. I really hope that once I launch my practice I will be able to buy 3 pairs of HOT shoes in 10 minutes. That may prove to be a good motivator – when I am going through the preparations for launching my practice I can think of all the shoes that I’ll be able to buy and wear when I am a wildly successful attorney!