Mommy Proof # 11: "Waste not, want not" is a myth.

Whoever came up with the saying, "Waste not, want not" lied. I am writing this as I come up for air amongst the sea of last fall/winter's kids clothing. Sure, I am going through the clothing with the hopes of finding that last year's jeans do fit. I am testing to see if the shirts that were slightly too big last season still cover at least their little wrists. I am wondering how many sweaters and sweatshirts I will need to get through this winter and hopefully fall of next year. With four children, we can not afford to waste a thing, but my wants are another subject.

I can prove that the "want not" part of that quote is an unequivocal lie. I do not want to do this. I want to just go online and order all new winter wardrobes. I have no desire what so ever to beg three young children to please try on clothing after clothing after clothing. "Please try on this shirt." "Put your arms over your head." "Reach down and touch your toes." "Sit down." "Walk over there." "Let me check your waist." These are all sentences that I do not WANT to repeat. I do not WANT to beg, plead, reason, and convince my three children that I need them to try on umpteen shirts. I don't want to do any of that.

I am sighing as I continue to do things I do not want to do, so I do not waste what I do not have. I still have this annoyingly, nagging feeling that the gem of a quote I stated earlier should not read that way. It could not have been written by a SAHM of four. As I go to put the fall/winter clothes away, I realize I have to put the spring/summer clothes away. Stupid quote.