Why My Woman Card May Be Revoked

Confession: I hate shopping. It turns out I'm not the prototypical woman after all. I realized this past weekend that I actually dislike shopping. (And the tomato throwing begins) I know, I've been ashamed to admit it. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love material things, but I feel so overwhelmed in shopping situations every single time.

Being a cheap ass doesn't help. Since I rarely spend money on anything not necessary, I get a rush of both excitement and guilt that probably increases my heart rate and lowers my level of patience. This makes me feel thirsty, irritable, and then hungry. You see, me hungry is NOT a positive. I start to get short, tired, a headache, aggravated FAST, and quiet. And forget eating before this shopping trip, I'll complain about being too fat to fit into anything. It's such a lose lose for me.

FACT: I am the perfect person for online shopping.
FICTION: All women love getting their hair and nails done. For the record, I hate sitting for hours while I get my hair done, and I hate getting pedicures.

So this weekend when I came back from my shopping trip, I was not overjoyed that I capitalized on good deals, nor that I still had plenty of time before dinner. Nope. My focus was on how I should be doing more with the time that I had before the fun night I had planned. But after a shower (and a few shots of tequila) I finally calmed down enough to LOVE the way I looked in my new dress. :) (You see I am a woman) Ah! I was now relaxed. I looked great, I felt good, and I was winding down from my tazmanian devil shopping trip.

In the end, dinner was better than expected and my date thought I looked amazing. I wonder if he knew all the trouble I went through to seem like a presentable calm and held-together woman. ;) I'm sure in the end, he'll find out.

-Susie