Shopping

For the record, I hate clothes shopping.  I don't like standing infront of a mirror trying to figure out if I like the way something looks on me.  Heck, I don't like standing infront of a mirror normally with clothes I already own.

The one thing I do like about shopping though is when my kids are learning the process of budgeting.  This year Kiya came into a little bit of money after making a deal with her daddy.  Each time we have gone to the mall Kiya has bought herself a little something.  Now this is where my fun comes in, not only do we have to budget for the money she has brought with her, I also make her decide if this is something she truly wants or whether it is just something that will spend her money and sit in her room and collect dust.

The last time we went to the mall over March Break, Kiya decided to take her $40 that she received in her red envelopes from a family friend and bought herself some shoes.  Now they aren't your typical shoes but they were something she had seen with her grandfather.  So it was not an impulse buy.  This is the kind of shopping trip that I truly enjoy, when my girls go out and find something that they have thought about for a while and the joy they experience in making the purchase themselves. 

Mylee also got shoes that day, and she has been wearing them around the house for a whole week.  I think we are all just waiting for spring so we can show them to our friends.