WHY NOT!

My last post, I must admit, was a little odd. But I do like odd things and since this blog is intended to be conversations to myself, I suppose its ok. The meaning behind it was that my husband surprised me with a new purchase. He bought me a kitchen-aid coffee burr mill. It came unexpectedly quick through the mail so when it arrived unannounced, I wasn't prepared with the supply of whole coffee beans to try it out. So there it sits...quietly on the counter. I am very anxious to use it! We recently came back from a short excursion to visit friends out of state. I hate traveling. Let me say that again, I HATE TRAVELING! I like it once we get there but the process is one that could remove any form of sanity I may have once had. We had a great time once we arrived, we took our time and did some sight seeing. One of the places we went to was a little chocolate shop. It was a rather pricey chocolate shop. One of the friends bought a few pieces of tiny individual chocolates. I must admit, my first thought when we walked in was, "you've got to be silly or so insanely rich that you just don't care about money" to buy anything in this place. But as I was watching the friend pick out the single pieces of chocolate, a thought seeped in. Slowly cascading and covering my previous misgivings of the place, I thought "why not?" Why not give yourself a little luxury, why not try something new that could be outrageously priced? Do I value myself so little that I don't think I can allow myself to spend $2.00 on a piece of candy that's the size of 3 nickels stacked on top of each other?? Ok, so its $2.00 for a tiny little piece of candy and of course I start playing tug of war between how many bags of candy could I have bought for the same amount of money. I guess it all relative to your own likes or dislikes. Some people might think its waste for me to have a coffee mill. Of course we shouldn't live beyond our means, I'm definitely not saying that, but when I think of what I should buy I only think of the "$" value, not the "life" value. Yeah, I might be able to get more quantity for the same amount of money but what about the quality of it? Its almost like we're martyrs, punishing ourselves in our everyday life b/c for some reason we don't think its worth it to spend "x" amount of dollars on something that could give you a little bit of pampering each time you use it. I wasn't expecting those tiny little candies to change how I thought of things. So, why not! Why not give yourself a chance, a chance to try something you might not have tried for what ever reason. Show yourself that its ok, that you're worth that tiny piece of chocolate that could buy a Happy Meal for some starving, whining child in the suburbs who can't live without the newest McDonald's toy!