When you become a parent, everything you own becomes communal. No one tells you that really, even though I suppose it's obvious. You expect it to ease as the kids age, but it becomes worse. My make-up, has finger dents in the foundation mousse, the lids are broken off all of the eyeshadows, lid marks in the lipstick and all of my mascara dried up a substantial time ago. And this is vandalism from an 8 and 10 year old? They have even started raiding my clothes! Admittedly it's all oversized on them, but they they seem happy enough to steal it. I treated myself to a new tee-shirt to wear for bed, one from a kooky website where you can get them with kooky pictures and slogans. I bought a Jaws tee-shirt, with the classic film cover on it, in an XL size to fit an 8 month preggo bump in. I wore it once before it found its way into 8yr old girl's belonging.
It's not just my possessions, but my food too? Sometimes they have literally taken the cereal from my spoon. I suppose it will get even worse when I have to share a car with them.
It isn't just the children, but OH too. He even "shares" my shower gel/hair conditioner/shaving gel/tweezers etc. Being Mum or Wife is equivalent to abdication. You are suddenly queen of nowhere and no-thing.
I rarely spend money on myself but knowing I face a birthday this week and am not likely to receive gifts (see future blog) I decided that it was time for a treat.
Inspired (I'm so impressionable)by Not such a Yummy Mummy's Book Challenge and the fact I had recently found some time to actually read, I went mooching around Amazon.
Like I said, today, on a Sunday, a parcel arrived.
Inside are some pure little luxuries... just for me.
Oh I love receiving parcels and I love getting new shiny things. I hate it when they lose that newness!
ReplyDeleteIs that what I have to come :( . Maybe I will stop at one.. hehe... I now have visions of a younger me stealing my make up and expensive hair products!!