Cheater, Cheater

I have a confession to make. I totally cheated on my shopping diet. I blame Patrick. Lesson one: whenever possible shift the blame to others. It all started last night. Patrick decided to buy me an iPad for my birthday. Now, I've wanted one for a while but I have exercised large amounts of self control . . . seriously, you have no idea. So anyway he decided to buy me one. It wasn't exactly a selfless act. He wanted a really expensive new camera, and this was his way of talking me into it. He needs it for real estate . . . yeah. So he got his camera, and I got my iPad. That's not the cheating part. Birthday presents don't count as cheating. The cheating part is still to come. So I got a little cover with the iPad last night, but this morning after Andrew took off with it to watch Netflix (who taught him how to use this thing?), I realized I needed something a bit more durable. Mind you this is all still part of my birthday . . . and if you buy that . . . So long story short, not only did I buy another case but I also bought three hats (two for me, one for Andrew) . . we need them when we go to the beach next week . . . and I decided to break down and get a membership to amazon prime. Because y'all the amount of money I spend on amazon is criminal, or it should be. So there. I cheated. But it's not my fault. The blame goes to Patrick . . . and amazon. Can't leave out amazon. Lesson two: don't take responsibility for your actions because then you're officially an adult. I kid . . . sort of . . . (this post was done on my iPad and I can't figure out how to make it break up the paragraphs so just go with it)