Committed: The Ties that Bond
with Angella Dykstra
I'm a mom of three, a professional accountant, and an amateur photographer and writer. I am not a marriage expert. But my husband and I take "Til death do us part" seriously, and here I'll be sharing how we keep our marriage strong while we both do that insane work-life juggle.
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This past Saturday, my husband and I drove our kids to a ferry five hours away from our home to send our kids to Grandma’s house for a week over spring break. (Yay!)(Boo!)(I’m conflicted.)
After handing the kids of to Grandma and peeling them off of our legs wondering why they didn’t look back and wave goodbye wistfully, my husband and I made two stops: IKEA and Old Navy.
I’ve been to IKEA solo on past trips to the Coast but he and I hadn’t gone together in, oh, four years or so. There were some things that we needed (a storage unit for toys to replace the dilapidated (handmade)(by him)(twelve years ago)) dresser that we use in the family room for toys, and some things that were more in the “well it’s cheap and so why not?” category (yet another flower vase). We had a lot of fun wandering the show rooms, pointing out things we liked and (of course) mocking things we thought were ridiculous.
We hit up Old Navy next, partially to get some more spring clothes for our kids and partially to see if I could (finally) find a pair of jeans that I loved. Jeans that I liked, even. (I have large, muscular thighs. Jeans are not my friend.)
I found a pair that I didn’t HATE, and that my husband told me I needed to buy because he liked my butt in them. I also found a skirt and some tops that also got the thumbs up from by beloved.
I am not one of those ladies that likes to spend their weekends wandering through a mall. I will go shopping when I have a MISSION. My husband loves to accompany me on my missions because they are directed and have a purpose and, if he’s lucky, the sales associate will let him in the change room with me while I try on clothes.
Ahem.
As for me, I love to have him with me because he’s honest. If something doesn’t look quite right, he will tell me. And if something looks good on me, he will readily give me two thumbs up, an eyebrow raise and sometimes, a low whistle.
How is it in your home? Do you like to shop together?
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We shop together occasionally. I’m looking forward to doing it more often in the future. I just bought a house so we’ll be doing a lot of shopping for home goods that I’m excited about!
Kandi | March 22nd, 2011 at 5:51 pm
If it’s for house stuff, yes. But there is usually something in particular we are looking for. As for clothes, no. I really like shopping and will do it just because. He’s not like that is always needs a mission. Which also means I usually end up buying most of his clothes, because rarely does he feel like he needs something.
Jenn
Jenn | March 22nd, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Actually we do like to shop together. On my birthday, Hubs took the day off work and we hit the local mall. We spent over $300 on him, and $45 on me. It was fun. We even do that as a date sometimes, tho if its a date it usually involves… lingerie. shhh….
Sometimes we go grocery shopping as a whole family just for something to do, its always pretty fun. But we spend more money than usual heh-heh
monstergirlee | March 22nd, 2011 at 10:52 pm
btw - my Husband is very honest about how things look on me too, and I totally appreciate that. Yay for our husbands!
monstergirlee | March 22nd, 2011 at 10:53 pm
No no no no no no.
No.
HATE shopping together.
Miss Britt | March 23rd, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Hmm, More or less yet. We like to do it together. I wil go in, find things I like, show it to him. Get thumbs up and move on. More often than not, he has never dragged his feet or waited> but he has asked me to hurry up for sure. But.. I love shopping with him! Of course, i have shopped with my girl friends.. and that’s priceless
Garima | March 24th, 2011 at 11:12 am