I stood in the aisle at Target for goodness knows how long as I contemplated buying the plush white throw pillow. I had completed all important shopping and my brain wasn’t functioning very quickly anymore as I entered something of a Shopper’s Daze. The store lights, smells and dizzying colors had gotten to me and I debated and debated and debated the purchase of one throw pillow.
In the end, I bought it.
And I’ve found I have officially turned into my mother. “Don’t drool on this one!” I warned Livia right away. “Because I can just see you drinking something chocolate-y and then laying down on this pillow.” She cuddled into the fuzzy stripes and nuzzled her face in it. I took one look at her, and promptly gave her an old couch pillow. Just like my mom used to do. But somehow, despite my mom’s best efforts, I repeatedly napped—and drooled—on the good pillows.
Why we mamas purchase anything new is beyond me. And something white to boot? I’m blaming it on that shopping daze—and those alluring fuzzy white stripes.
9 Comments
Claudia Dec 9, 2010 10:57 PM
Big smile. xo Mom
Moriah @ Please Pass the Salt Dec 10, 2010 7:51 AM
I always buy white. It’s the only color you can throw in with Tide WITH bleach and it comes out new. :)
deeapaulitan Dec 10, 2010 8:53 AM
It would end up on my bed – where the kids don’t usually end up with food – and brought out to impress evening party company when the kids were in bed! :)
I love white. It must be that rule – We always want what isn’t good for us…
Kathryn Dec 10, 2010 10:14 AM
I bought white living room chairs before we had kids… and now we have THREE little boys. Haha.
Alli Dec 10, 2010 12:01 PM
Oh that is sweet. Too bad my dogs would shed all over it. Then again, my hair is the same color as Maples, so maybe my husband would think it was my hair.
Rebecca Dec 10, 2010 12:21 PM
Yeah, the pillow actually feels just like my dog (who seems to think it’s a stuffed animal and wants to eat it). I thought of you, Deeapaulitan, when I moved it upstairs for safe keeping.
Jeannette Dec 10, 2010 10:27 PM
Ooooh, Shopper’s Daze, know it too well. The pillow is very fun and cozy, though.
Claudia Dec 13, 2010 6:29 AM
Charity did they same thing…Sunday afternoon on our livingroom couch. I’d catch her in the act of drooling and stick a kleenex under her sticky lips! Mom L
Rebecca Dec 13, 2010 9:35 AM
Ha! Charity just got called out! Hilarious.