I spuddle.

This is about things. Actual material goods. Items. Stuff. I know we’re all shopping less, but you don’t have to actually buy something to love it. I sort of did buy these things though. They are good things. I would run away to Vegas with this stuff and marry it if I had time and money and actually, no I wouldn’t. I’m going to run off to Vegas one of these days and marry my husband because we forgot somehow to do it before and then life got in the way, but that’s a longer story for another day.

Back to the stuff:

1.

Oooh, pretty! And long! I hate a too-short camera strap, I’m always feeling like I’m half-strangling and constantly bashing my kids on the head with my lens. A camera strap this long allows the camera to actually, you know, hang on my hip and not bobbing around just below my boobs in that no man’s land of upper belly. Go buy one from jrene on etsy.

2.

I’ll admit it. I bought an iPhone. I still don’t know what happened. My old phone broke, as in it died after one call on a fully charged battery. I thought I wanted a new phone. Little did I know… apparently, I was desperate for an iPhone. Was I? Still not entirely sure. It’s neat, but it took me three days to figure out how to get it to ring. What I am sure about is that this little iPhone case from Janine King Designs on etsy is the cutest.

3.

I know what you’re thinking. You are thinking, “Wow, that looks like a big hunk of plastic junk!” And you’re right! That’s sort of what it is. But man oh man, every single kid age 6 and under loves this thing. My son loved his cousin’s so much, I bought him one. For $29. Yes, $29. It’s HUGE. Not so huge he’s going to take a ride on it, but it’s a big toy. It comes apart a thousand different ways, fits together with all other Matchbox toy sets, and they just can’t get enough of it. Your kid will love it. I promise. Even if that amount of plastic makes you feel a bit crazy on the inside, it’s worth it.

4.

This remote control Wall-E is the new love of my four-year-old’s life. It got lousy reviews on Amazon, mediocre reviews everywhere else, but I think it’s basically awesome. It dances, it talks, it moves in all directions. Ours does not tip (as seems to be the most common complaint), and the kids are crazy for it. Maybe the age rating on the box (6+) is a little off. This is for sure a kid’s toy. But it’s fun. And besides, I love those sad little robot eyes. Cute!

5.

Until I met this sweater, I thought that there were clear distinctions between ruffle people and non-ruffle people and I must fall into the latter category as I’d not yearned for a ruffle ever since those awful white ruffle-necked blouses that were popular in the early eighties. You know the ones I mean. Sort of like pirate shirts, but invariably polyester, and what pirate would ever wear man-made fabrics? Think of the smell. Anyway, I think if you’ve lived through that, you never again yearn for a ruffle. But I saw this sweater, and I yearned. So I guess I’m a ruffle person again after all. Who knew? Maybe a bad ruffle experience just leads to a 20-30 year powerful anti-ruffle sentiment, but eventually, the ruffle will win you back.

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