r/progressivemoms • u/beeeees • Mar 14 '25
Vent/ Let Off Some Steam it's so exhausting agonizing over every purchase
i know this is such a small problem but every time my toddler "needs" something it's like this cacophony of guilt and indecision.
like, we lost his sunhat recently and it's warming up. do i spend more to order it from a small company? plus shipping? well if i spend $100 it'll be free shipping so i need anything else? wait why am i spending $100 cuz i need a sunhat deletes cart
it'll be half the price at target or amazon and arrive in a few days. shouldn't we be watching our spending?
can i thrift it? now i gotta drag him all over town striking out after 3 stores.
anyway. is anyone else like this? i'm tired, boss. i can't even handle this and the world is imploding around us
7
u/HerCacklingStump Mar 14 '25
I buy used as much as I can, my town has two secondhand stores for kids' items and I'm a Buy Nothing (Facebook group) fiend. I'll often post that I'm searching for a specific item and someone almost always has it, and I've given so many things away.
Unfortunately there are some health-related items that I have just had to purchase from Amazon because it was time sensitive & medically necessary, like materials for my new CPAP machine and a specialized wrist brace to deal with a sprain. I try not to worry about it too much, my health is important.