the shopping cycle (obsession?)

I have some obsessions.

Working Out, Blogging, Shopping, Reading, Skin Care…Every week (or day, or hour….) it changes.

Right now I’m in the shopping category.
Do you ever find yourself in a strange kind of shopping cycle?

My sister and I were talking awhile ago about how we seem to go through phases of only needing clothes, then suddenly purses or shoes….or in my case right now, shopping to redo my entire house. But, what’s funny is it never seems to be all things at once, to my credits cards (and husbands) happiness.

So, being that I’m 7 weeks away from my due date, I could be in nesting mode. But, whatever the reason is, I suddenly want to redo my entire house. I’ve been frantically searching online for ideas and inspiration, and have spent way too much gas driving from place to place to find just the right thing.

Here’s what is keeping me from my writing this week…(besides eating and working out to combat all the eating…)

First of all, I’ve decided my black and white room needs a splash of color. Desire to Inspire has helped with this, so I’m now looking for some art that has a touch of yellow.

Then my sister sent me a link to these adorable decals (we like to feed each others addiction to shopping), and since then I’ve been all obsessed with finding just the right decals for my rented home. I think I found every kind of decal on Etsy and here’s the one I’m definitely going to get for the baby’s room.

Oh, the baby’s room. That’s the real time taker. Rate My Space and I became quite acquainted on Saturday and I found this room that I adored!!! Suddenly, I needed much of the details I saw to be in my baby’s room as well. I am already ordering the swirl from etsy, Jimmy is drawing the hat/coat rack this week, and I’ve added in the touches of green to break up all the pink and brown. I also need the hat boxes to sit alongside my rocking chair, but I can’t seem to find them anywhere….and….(the obsession continues).

So, now you see what’s been in my head for the last week, and will continue to be in my head until I finish. I have this thing when I get an idea, it needs to happen and be finished NOW! It’s one of the qualities that my husband really loves about me (not really), especially because he is EXACTLY the opposite. I’ve learned to get an ETA from him now when I hand over a project…

But, that’s another topic for another post.

And here’s my day about to start: I just finished eating, heading to the gym soon to burn off the unnecessary chocolate I ate at 8 in the morning, and then off to TJ Maxx and Michael’s to get more things to feed my obsession.

When all is done, I will post the finished products. =)

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