you can't keep a good girl down

Today I'm going to blog about something bad. Something very bad. It's called Online Shopping.

Online Shopping has an evil cousin - it's called Internet Banking.

You see, I've been bored lately. Can't scrap because the pains make it difficult to sit on my butt for long periods of time. So I've turned to surfing the net.

Loads of people are selling things on the net. They turn their blogs into product showcases - lots of pretty pictures to snare the hapless shopper.

It all started with xb - yes, I'm blaming you! *grin* She gave me links to buy pretty earrings. But I was strong. I wrote down a whole list of pretty earrings (and a bracelet) which I wanted. Then I tore up the list and threw it away.

But I'm not so strong when it comes to shopping for my princess... Pictures of cutesy outfits and pretty shoes tempt me non-stop. I've only succumbed once so far - I think it's a good buy! A set of 5 rompers for $11.50! With Internet Banking, I didn't even have to leave the house. Now, I'm waiting for my purchase to arrive in the mail.

What's next? Shoes, I think. The daddy-to-be wanted to buy shoes for his little one the other day. I stopped him - "Babies don't walk, they don't need shoes!" But there's an online promotion for shoes at the moment - pretty shoes going quite cheap! And I'm thinking, so what if babies don't need shoes? Maybe the parents-to-be need to buy those shoes more than the baby needs them. It's a small price to pay to quench a craving that might escalate into something worse somewhere down the road [think branded footwear].

And so it goes. Silent. Deadly. Insidious.