At first, I was going to write this post about all the scary things I’ve been reading about regarding endocrine disrupting chemicals and their affects on unborn fetuses. I mean, Dr. Karp told me personally to avoid nail polish and other beauty products in order to avoid being a phalate-carrying menace. Boy did that put me in a bad mood. Double-whammy for me is that this crap really matters in the first trimester, and since I’m almost at month 6, well, hell, I’m going to get my feet rubbed and scrubbed. (In all seriousness, though, Nicole of Nine Naturals did send me a link to this site, which is pretty helpful.)
But no, not even after trying to find a safe, toulene-free nail polish (although OPI brand does not use formaldehyde anymore), I gave up and started worrying about something else entirely.
I’ve lost the desire to shop.
It’s scary, I know. I have no interest in perusing stores, browsing online or gasp, even going to the low-hanging shopping fruit known as Target.
I should have known something was amiss on Friday, after I got my haircut downtown and had no desire to make the three block walk from my salon to H&M. I always like going to H&M.
But the pregnancy hormones have overtaken even my frugal shopper hormones (remember when I was supposed to be all about being frugal here?)
I’m not even a frugal shopper anymore. I’m an abstinent shopper. I don’t have the drive or the will. (Or the money.)
Maybe the winds of Fall will also bring my shopping mojo back again. But until then I’ll be high and dry and wearing my old, elastic waist duds.
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Fall always brings that on me, too. I think not having money has really stripped away my urge to shop, even frugally (oh, and maybe not being the size I want) -Steph
Oh crap! Only about 4 weeks of pregnancy left. I think I need to go scrub my toes.
Is it too late to save my baby?
In all seriousness, I think that on the scale of things, my tree-hugger-ish nature tends to make me use fewer plastics, fewer fragrances, and that sort of thing. So maybe my “levels” are better than the average American, but these articles sure make it sound like no matter what you do, you’re sure to have some of these cooties floating around in you. Oh well, we do the best we can, right?
Funny that you should mention fall and shopping. This cool Chicago summer has me thinking about back-to-school shopping already. I’m in ful bargain shopping mode. Of course, if it turns 90 next week, it will all stop unti the real fall hits.