I’ve been a little bit in love with pineapple sconces since I saw this gorgeous shot of a bedroom on Little Green Notebook earlier this year.
For months and months, I scoured eBay looking for something vintage with no luck. OK, it was more than a little bit in love.
I was obsessed.
When Abigail Ahern showed off her own pineapple sconce again later this summer, I decided that at some point, I was going to have to bite the bullet and spend the money on purchasing new ones. After all, I had had my old ones for 14 years. Seriously. FOURTEEN YEARS.
Someday, I said to myself. Someday.
Well, I’m happy to report that the time is now dammit. Purchasing them directly from Atelier Abigail Ahern saved me a couple quid on shipping although I could have also ordered them directly from Caravan.
I have to say, despite a nagging guilt about splurging on something so seemingly frivolous, I absolutely love them.
And if they make me happy every time I look at them, isn’t that enough to discount any misplaced feelings that somehow I have done something wrong in spending the money?
I do wonder at times why it is that women especially seem to feel a strange guilt when they ‘treat’ themselves. In my experience, I don’t find as many men out there who have pangs of guilt for spending hundreds of pounds on the newest games console when they have a perfectly acceptable games console already. Or that new phone. Or that bigger television.
They buy them, they enjoy them and that is enough. Something I need to learn perhaps.
Have you treated yourself to something deliciously frivolous lately? Do you also feel guilty at times for treating yourself? If so, how do you talk yourself out of such a wasted emotion? Is this something that’s just prevalent around women (mums I find especially) or do you see it afflict men as well? I would love to hear your thoughts on this!
ha! misplaced gilt! that makes the best copy, girlie.<br /><br />i am always feelin the gilt about purchases. reaching for ponytail elastics at walmart the other day with my sis, i have to ask IS 2.99 GOOD FOR THESE? see how i roll?<br /><br />and yet i splurge. i bought a little original watercolor by lulu dk that cost a pretty pretty penny and still feel guilty. but it's not gonna wear out
Yes, the guilt, I know everything about that… I tend to keep it at bay by buying items which I know will stay with me for a long time – "cost-per-wear/use" makes all the difference ;-)<br /><br />Those pineapples are great, you should definitely not feel guilty about those, especially since you really like them. "Cost-per-use" will be very low very soon I'd guess anyway
Interesting question. Before becoming a parent, I had no qualms treating myself (to ridiculously expensive shoes, for example). These days I certainly feel guilty buying things for myself – I haven't bought new clothes in months! – but happily buy furniture and accessories for our new house because we plan to be here for 20 years plus so we'll all get plenty of enjoyment from them. For me
Those pineapples are delicious! <br />And can I ask where your flamingo print is from – I love it!
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Sure, the print is from here:<br /><br />http://www.misi.co.uk/gifts/55278/Watercolour_Flamingo_Print___8x10_inches.html<br /><br />(You might have to cut & paste that into a browser, for some reason it's not coming up as a link)<br /><br />Thanks and hope that helps :)<br />xxx
Great post. <br /><br />My philosophy is that if something stays with you and you can afford it, you should seriously consider getting it, particularly if you are the sort of person that loves to be surrounded by things of beauty. I found becoming a parent curtailed mine and my husband's own spending for a while as it's hard to see past the kids' needs in the early days. That fog is
I'm all about the pineapple! Those are fab!
Before I spend lots o' money, like on a Canada Goose jacking I have been secretly eyeing for the past 3 winters, I ask myself, what kind of a return will this give me?<br /><br />As a mom, I usually say not enough and then put that money in to my daughters university account. If she becomes a doctor or engineer, like mommy and daddy and 3 generations before her, then thats a better return on
The guilt is not misplaced. You should feel terrible. You should feel so much raw emotion every time you look that them that you have to get rid of them. I can send you my shipping address when that day comes.
Yes! I most definitely do! For a good couple of months I have been eyeing up a wonderfully talented women, who makes these beautiful pieces of tapestry, on instagram! I’d look at all of the other interior people on instagram who had purchased one and spy on their home to see how they had styled it with their surroundings… this however just made me want it more.
These beautiful pieces of boho decor are really making their way to the forefront of interior design at the moment and the one I was wanting wasn’t all that cheap… to the point where I’m sitting thinking “well if I sold this and this and maybe if I didn’t buy this… then I could afford it!” But then one night (something seriously good must have happened to me that day) I was on a total high and pressed buy! High one minute… anxious the next!
It’s silly what us girls go through emotionally! Hahaha! Yet I know, in my heart of hearts, when that piece of art turns up at my door and I hang it up I’m going to feel amazing – yes it is that pretty.
If it makes you happy, F the guilt!