Window Shopping

After a week of rain, rain and more rain, we had a beautiful sunny weekend. Today RJ and I joined some friends for lunch and a stroll through the Carlsbad Outlets. While my friends did some shopping, RJ and I enjoyed the beautiful day and walked around, enjoyed the sun, and ducked into just a handful of stores.

I have to admit, it pained me a little that I couldn't shop like I used to. I hadn't been there for a while and was pleasantly surprised to find that they now have a Michael Kors outlet store as well as a Ferragamo outlet store. I walked into Ferragamo first and went straight to the shoe section. I was practically drooling when I caressed the soft and smooth leather of many beautiful shoes. Of course, I hit the clearance section first and was shocked by how low the prices were on some shoes! My first thought was, "Wow! What a steal!" My next thought was, "But where am I going to wear these now?" (since I'm usually in flip flops or sneakers - I only wear dress shoes to church nowadays). My last thought was "Holy Crap! I used to spend this much on SHOES!!??"

THEN we walked by the Michael Kors store... my heart raced when I saw the signs - $299, what!? $199, whoa!, $99 (gasp, gasp, gasp!!!), and even a sign for $69 - whaaaaa????!!!! It was too much for me to handle ... I didn't want to be tempted, so I didn't even walk in the store.

Seriously though, I know that I don't need anything. I've got my health, a healthy and wonderful son, a fabulous husband... and many more things that money can't buy :)