Good morning! It's over, all the hustle and bustle of shopping, preparing, cooking and entertaining for the Eatser holiday. At our table everyone gets an Easter basket with the usual and is personalized with something special picked just for them. I'm a lot like my Mom that way, I love to give...there is something about picking something special for someone and what I call dressing (wrapping/boxing) the gift that gives me creative joy. My favorite piece this year was for my youngest,!I found an adorable Betsy Johnson bag at a discount store that was so her and it may have been mispriced to my favor..so I bought it, lined it and stuffed it full of cellophane bags filled with yummy goodies.

while in the store I saw a pair of Coach sneakers that I've been eyeing up since I was out with a friend shopping over a year ago. I'm not much for labels however, I was away with friends and borrowed my friend's coach sneakers and fell in love I couldn't bring myself to spend $100 on a fashion sneaker but gym shoes are a different story. Anyway, I've been looking for a pair of Converse black and white sneakers but I found the black on black (so the C's aren't as visible) Coach version with a slim white toe bumper and silver metallic accents for less than the Converse so Happy Easter to me!!! That was my guilty pleasure, so I gave up all sweets for myself in lieu of the Coach sneakers and I have no cravings for chocolate at all.

Funny I dream in chocolate and often joked "just give me an IV of chocolate" but I don't care. Sure they were more expensive but I was going to buy a pair of Converse anyway...win win. I was actually a little embarrassed at first and thought about returning them because most people "that I personally know" that are into labels are materialistic and a bit shallow and I didn't want to be perceived that way. I guess my altercation with the woman in the hair salon last month added to this thought process but then I realized I was allowing others (possible views) dictate what I should or should not have. How stupid I was being! I am the least materialistic person, I generally stay away from main stream labels with the exception of my new Coach shoes and a Bulova watch, both scored with deep discount prices. I just look for things that are interesting and speak to me, the shoes had detail I liked and so I work FT, my bills are paid and I paid cash so why not? Why not me? I think there is some soul searching to be done hear...for some deeper reason I hesitated and needed to validate this purchase but why? Why can I spend freely on others but not on myself...hmmm that really food for thought.

On that note it's time to go, lots to do around the house today.

Have a great day!