I first noticed it in Venice... we were in this tiny shop where old, Italian ladies were hand-sewing lace, making baby clothes, table cloths, and lots of doilies. I almost cried looking at a bib thinking we just had to get it for our future child(ren), and what a story it would be to say we bought it during our carefree life in Europe. Ryan's response... "um, no."
It happened again in Zurich. I went to this really cool store that mostly sells kitchen gadgets, but (conveniently) also has a baby section. Where, after lots of mental back and forth, I successfully managed to walk away from a set of blocks (mostly because they were really expensive).
Then in Florence, I came across this little gem. I got smarter, and started taking pictures. For those reading, this may be proof of my insanity. For me, this is a tool I will use to find my way back to this photo album.
Ryan thinks my wanting to hoard items for a child that doesn't exist is crazy with a capitol C. And is not ashamed to tell me. And even though I know it's crazy, fictional baby K would have a lot of cool stuff by now!
It happened again today. I was perusing a favorite blog when I noticed this. And there was the switch - must... have... bunny lamp. It would look perfect in my pretend nursery.
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ReplyDeleteI love this post! I think it's completely normal!! Miss you guys!
ReplyDeletethis post is cracking me up - and i adore that baby book and lamp! i'm all for hoarding - you never know what you are going to be able to find when you actually need stuff and how much more fun to design a nursery of stuff you have picked up in your worldly travels??? also, did you guys get to catch any of the tour de suisse? i will be so jealous!
ReplyDeleteI like that you girls are with me on this one. Alexis - we left on the exact day of the tour de suisse! Sucked. However, last year we were lucky enough to see if from our building, where Lance Armstrong himself rode right past us. It was awesome.
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