When I grow up I want to be the mom who has a kleenex.

Wow, 30 comments! I think that's the most I've ever gotten. THANKS you guys! You totally made my weekend. Seriously.

Everything is crazy with school starting in a week. I'm getting ready for life to be put into hyperdrive. It's the same feeling you get when you're in line for a waterslide. You know it will be fun, but you also feel totally out of control while you're hurling through the tunnels. But I'm determined to be better this year. I want to be the mom with the safety pin in my purse. Or at least not be the one giving my kids cookies for breakfast (ok, that only happened once, but the guilt scarred me for life). Anyway, today I'm doing something that I always swore against. I'm getting a membership to Costco. In the past, I always thought that place was gross...like who needs fourteen pounds of mayonnaise at once? Not to mention the overwhelming lines and parking lot. Yuck. That's what Costco meant to me. But this weekend we went through a whole (HUGE) pack of waffles in one sitting and I had to break down to the fact that we have turned into candidates for bulk purchasing. I just need to accept it. And even embrace it. After all, it might bring me one step closer to always having snacks. Oh, to be the Mom With Snacks. 

I had two fun shoots this weekend. The third was reschduled because of rain. I'll try to get them posted soon. I'm still behind on posting shoots from weeks ago, and Kentucky photos too. Wow, the whole safety pin thing is already not looking good at this moment.

Here is a laugh if you need one. I love her site.

Have a good Monday internet. 

Comments

[mama]

That was funny... sitting between a girl with a blue mohawk listening to a blaring ipod and a dweeb reading his bible. The best would be sitting next to a girl with the blue mohawk listening to her blaring ipod, reading her bible!

As for safety pins... now you can buy them in bulk at Costco!

[Leah]

Aw, thanks! You totally just made my day. :)

[Leah]

ps now i need to go update so people have something new to look at - thanks for the motivation! :D

[Jennifer A.]

I felt the same way about Costco till I realized how great a deal you can get on "adult beverages." Your membership will be totally worthwhile just for that if you're past the diapers & wipes stage. I bought those purse-sized kleenex packages so I'd always be prepared...but I keep forgetting to actually put them IN my purse. Not surprising. : )

[Chasity]

yes, the costco conversation revisited....i swear, it's hard to swallow when you realize that you could do 90% of your "regular" grocery shopping there but it's worth it! i love the feeling when i come home and realize i have enough ranch dressing to fill the garden tub!

[Kal]

Go Costco Go Costco GO! We have a membership mostly because the BOOKS are so cheap. Magazines, too. Seriously, my entire library was purchased there. OH, and I really like Jelly Bellies. Aloha back at ya today.

[Susan]

I don't have a COTSO membership for all those reasons and we don't have basements in this state..so where does one store all the bulk items????

[Melody A.]

You know, I am the mom with snacks in my purse. But they are usually not the right ones. I throw things in there thinking they will suffice if needed but the girls are usually looking for something different. It's all a facade, an unattainalbe idea. At the end of the day, your family knows what's real.