Get the feedLess is more, and other hard lessons
Sunday, Jul 26th 2009
eBay has opened up a whole lot of issues I didn't know I had. In fact, I'm typing this after peeling myself away from the Lego mini-figurine listings which I've surfed for an hour.
See, the kids love Legos, specifically these mini-figures. They play for hours on end with their little people -- feeding them, bathing them, taking them to church.
Recently, they were teaching them "tricks" on the trampoline and lost one of the female figurine's hair. This is what sent me to eBay where I momentarily lost my mind.
"Instead of buying just the replacement hair piece for $5," I reasoned, "why not buy another figure?"
This led to "instead of another figure, why not this lot of figures?"
Which led to "Wow -- if they like their four Lego figurines, how much more would they love a hundred? I can buy them off eBay for only $40!"
Breathe in.
I succumbed to this temptation once before with a lot of Polly Pockets, which stay hidden in a closet because there are just too many to deal with.
Breathe out.
I'm not sure why it's so hard to learn this lesson, but instead of bidding on eBay I decided to come here and blog.
It's definitely cheaper.
Nancy French
Nancy French is an author, commentator, and mother. Her next book, about the year her husband spent in Iraq is due out July 4, 2011. Connect with her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NancyAndersonFrench and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nancyafrench.
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