Either I’ve been delusional and those grey hairs aren’t coming in too early or there’s something about shopping with a toddler that brings on a fatigue unmatched by any college-era, there-’til-closing night at the bars.
J, Little Sis, Cousin T and I went to Wisconsin Dells to pay homage to the outlet mall, and instead of being excited about all my purchases at the end of the day, I was drained, and I only had six ramikins, five pairs of underwear, four Oshkosh-emblazoned items, two baking sheets and one squiggly, wiggly child to show for it. A squiggly, wiggly child that spilled milk all over his lap, chanted “NO!” loudly at the family seated to our left and spent all of the leftover time at Denny’s trying to get out of the booster seat and screeching over Cousin T’s touys. A squiggly, wiggly child that only got 45 minutes of good naptime on the drive back and STILL rattled the bars of his crib-jail until 9 p.m.
Now, I’m so overtired I can’t sleep. I’m calling it a shopping hangover. I’m ignoring the fact that I could just be getting old.
8 responses so far ↓
1 Michelle // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:51 am
I say you’re right–that’s actually a decent haul for shopping w/ a toddler :)
2 Stacy // Jun 20, 2008 at 7:46 am
When I went shopping with Anya when she was little, I would put her on my back in the Mei Tai and she would fall asleep. You can’t try on clothes, but at least the kid was contained! ;)
Now I just don’t take them shopping with me. :)
3 DC // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Outlet malls are so amazing!! I’m jealous of your shopping adventures! :)
4 Queenie // Jun 21, 2008 at 7:37 am
At least you can blame it on the toddler. I feel this way when I’m done, and I generally shop alone!
That photo of your son is amazing! You are a great photog, and he’s sooo cute.
5 Kim // Jun 21, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Shopping with kids is like running a marathon! nclm
6 starfish // Jun 22, 2008 at 5:02 am
Oh yes, I’ve had those without even having a kid. But I can see how shopping with an almost 2 year old would bring that to a whole new level. It’s exhausting!
7 Heather J. // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:17 am
I KNOW what you mean! You’d THINK that shopping with a child would be cute and fun, but it is SO not. ~LOL~
(Hi! from NaComLeavMo)
8 Katie // Jun 25, 2008 at 5:36 am
Via NaComLeavMo…
I know exactly what you mean about not being able to sleep when you’re absolutely exhausted. Had quite a bit of that reccently!
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