Impulse buy

I went to the grocery store today to pick up a few items. Now one thing you have to understand about me is I have very good self control when it comes to impulse buys; magazines, candy and anything else they put there to entice you to buy at the very last second. I don’t normally bother with any of that stuff and I’m trying to teach this to my children too. I think Natalie will be fine; William on the other hand, would buy anything I said yes to, even if he didn’t want it. I’m also not a flower person, I’ve never like putting them out in a vase and looking at them. I’m really bad about throwing them away after they’ve died and I told Ed a long time ago not to waste $ on flowers.

I’m not sure what happened to me today but I made an impulse buy. Sitting right there at the entrance to the check out line were these really pretty fall colored flowers. I bought them! The colors were just so pretty, the bouquet has deep reds, oranges, and bright brilliant yellows in it. I have no clue what kind of flowers they are (I think there are carnations in there, they are the only flower I know by looking at them) but the colors are great. My counter is nice and clean and I actually knew were a big vase was so I put them in water as soon as I got home.

Now my kids know I NEVER buy flowers for myself, and Ed gets them for me only when his school is selling them for a fund raiser (this is the only time I let him spend $ on flowers). His mother saw the big bouquet of roses last year and yelled at him, “What did you do?” Ed was shocked and told her “nothing, I just wanted to get Jenn flowers”. She didn’t buy it until I reassured her that it was the fundraiser and he gives them to me every year at that time.

Now there are some flowers I truly enjoy getting; these are from Natalie (with Grammy’s help) she loves to surprise me with flowers; all summer when my mom’s gardens are in bloom Natalie gives me flowers. She and my mom go out into Grammy’s garden and they pick out which flowers would look good together and which ones are at the proper stage to be cut. Natalie is now old enough to use the clippers (with a lot of supervision) she thinks she is such a big shot being able to use the cutters. Then Natalie talks my mother into lending her a vase and I have to go into another room and close my eyes (and pretend I don’t know what’s going on) then she brings them to me. I gush over the flowers and take them home and Natalie reminds me to water them so I don’t kill them. So those are the only times I have flowers in the house.

So William got home from school today and saw the flowers I got today and said

W: Wow they are pretty flowers
M: I know I like them too
W: Was Grammy here?
M: No why?
W: Because I thought she got you the flowers
M: No I bought them at the store
W: Can I smell them?
M: Go ahead
W: YUCK that orange flower smells GROSS! But the red one smells good.

I cant’ wait to see what Natalie has to say.

About me killing all plants; the gardening gene skipped me. Natalie loves to tell this to people and told her second grade teacher that I kill plants. The conversation started when they were growing lima beans in school. The teacher was sending them home with the kids and Natalie informed her that she wanted her plant to live so she was taking it to Grammy’s house. “Mommy kills plants and I don’t want my plant to die!” Her teacher laughed as she told me about the conversation last year. I can’t yell at the kid she is correct, I do kill all plants.

I will enjoy today’s purchase and try to dispose of them in a timely manor when they are no longer pretty! Wish me luck!