Addiction cured

Okay - it's true. I'm a bit addicted to reading other people's blogs. I think it's because I'm inherently nosy, but probably because I also am searching for advice (mommy blogs) and procrastination from the dissertation (funny blogs, cooking blogs, craft blogs, etc).

Yesterday, I was reading a post from "rookie moms" which is a site that has activities to do with kids - and i used to check it a lot, and now it's starting to annoy me. The problem with mommy blogs is that marketers have found that there are 1) lots of them and 2) lots of other people who read them and thus) send freebies and swag to the mommy bloggers who then either 1) give it away or 2) talk it up like they just found it (but really are promoting the product).

I have a little issue with this.

Anyway, so I'm reading a post yesterday that links to another blog that is called "Ain't Your Mom Jeans" which i though, kinda funny, maybe I'll look at it - and seriously folks, it's all about "mommy style" and trying to be the "hip, cool mommy." Um, I'm not really sure how at this point i can be hip and cool with dried spit up on each of my shoulders, the occasionally pee on my shorts, and dog slobber on my ankles.... but anyway, back to the beef:

there was a post about the best designer denim for moms...

Designer denim? Um. Seriously? and she was going on about how she's can't seem to rationalize her spending of $200 on a pair of jeans when she crawls around with her toddler anymore, so she found $70 ones at the Gap to compromise. and how the help make your butt still look good and minimize the "muffin top." I'm all for minimizing the muffin top, but I thought going for walks helped that one.

$200 jeans?? How do you even rationalize that expenditure SANS BEBE, much less think that $70 is a compromise AVEC BEBE. People! $15 is a compromise for me at the THRIFT STORE because i can usually find them half off for $7.

I'll be honest, I rationalized for a month over getting the Bob Stroller, which to me is a bit poo-poo-ta-ta, as my mom would say, but I ended up finding it on craigslist and after two walks around the neighborhood with Scupper and our crappy uneven sidewalks, I was sold. It was worth it. But it's a stroller. and it was used. and it's functional. and my last year's tax refund paid for it.

How are $200 jeans functional?

Okay. I'm done my rant.

and I think I'm done with hoity-toity mom blogs for awhile. I think I'll stick to Cake Wrecks.