Down the street from us there is a house where the owners can't control themselves (or their spending)...we call it affectionately "Chateau Enough Already". Not only do they have a fountain and swans in the lake, but every holiday gets a light display (yes even halloween). Shopping, dressing and decorating are a little like that. I don't want to be a "little miss enough already".
Shopping is great...it is the salt and pepper to who we are...a little seasoning is great, too much makes it uneatable. Everything in moderation! My Mom always told me to always take off one piece of jewelry before I went out and to ALWAYS blot my lipstick!
Shop away and enjoy Halloween, but don't be "Chateau Enough Already"!
Thursday, October 13, 2011
A mans life (or woman's!) does not consist of the abundance of his possesseions
Someone famous once said "a man's life does not consist of the abundance of his possessions", yet in America it seems thats what we are all about. It has not made us any happier, just more in debt. Recently we "downsized" from the big house to a smaller one, and to make that happen I had to do a lot of purging of stuff and furniture (I am still having stuff sold, picked up and given away!). The new rule is that if I don't have to have it (useful) or I don't absolutely love it, it goes. Taking care of a big house and all the accouterments is exhausting and expensive, and like I said before there are better things in life than things...
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