So, I was out Christmas shopping today.
I had meant to meet up with my sister and things sort of went awry and I figured, since I was ALREADY downtown, I might as well knock out as much gift shopping as I could.
The problem was....it was horrible.
Ken and I have spent the last couple of years getting rid of as much STUFF as we can manage, and the last thing I wanted to do this Christmas was to buy my family more STUFF. Yet there I was today, buying STUFF.
And I remember, walking through Pioneer Square Mall, and looking over at the glitzy, pretty window display at the Bebe store and admiring the cute, sassy outfits they had put together with well coordinated accessories and thinking to myself, "I am seduced by that window display." I know how smart marketing campaigns are, and I know that I am susceptible to them. Seriously, left to my own devices (aka Ken didn't choose our wine) we would be drinking butt-loads of crappy wine with beautiful labels. I know that I don't want to partake in the buying-stuff-for-the-sake-of-having-stuff lifestyle, yet I didn't manage to dig myself out of that mindset this Christmas season.
I love Christmas time. I love decorating my house with Christmas decorations. I love driving around and seeing the Christmas lights my neighbors have hung up. I love getting together with my family. I love cooking for Christmas (I just made this and it is EVERY SORT of amazing). I love Christmas lights and Christmas music. I love it all.
I have just grown sick of the STUFF.
As Ken and I sat at one of our favorite NoPo pubs tonight we were discussing this very thing, and trying to come up with a plan for freeing ourselves from THE STUFF in the future.
Life, and our life together is such a good thing. Why is it so hard to get out of THE STUFF mindset?
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