Envy through the years- August 15, 2011
Remember when you used to be jealous of some awesome toy another kid had? I distinctly remember coveting my friend Erin’s Barbie condo. It was awesome! It had a rooftop pool and everything! She also had Cricket doll that I accidentally broke at her 6th birthday party. We are still friends and she still reminds me of this. I just thought it was neat and I didn’t mean to jam the cassette tape in her back. I was trying to get it to work! I still owe her.
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| In hindsight, Cricket is kinda creepy. |
I remember coveting a Abercrombie shirt in high school that was brand new but looked like it was a 30 year old piece of crap. I used to want a pair of Seven jeans in college that distinctly showed the ass crack of one of my friends.
I don’t think envying other women ever ends. It’s stupid, but true nonetheless. I bought plenty of Abercrombie shirts and Seven jeans to sate the hungry envy monster. I recently became jealous of another mother’s breast pump. I had extreme breast pump envy.
My pump is great. I have the Medela Pump In Style Advanced. It’s really good! But, my friend at work who recently came off maternity leave has the Freestyle! Ooohh! It was amazing! Heather let me look through the pockets and little cooler packet. It has a digital memory and you can clip it to your belt and walk around. The Medela bra I wear allows you to use the Freestyle hands free. I wouldn’t even need another hands free pumping bra.
Yes, my Barbie condo was just fine. So were my dolls, they were great. I guess the cool thing about being a grown woman versus a girl is I can get the cooler breast pump for my next kid if I want it. I heard breast pumps are tax write-off’s for mothers. I’m pretty sure Erin’s parents couldn’t declare Cricket as a dependent.
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I'm also having some severe breastpump envy about that Freestyle. I saw it in Babies R Us yesterday and was really jonesing for it. I have the pump in style myself and it's perfectly fine. I didn't even buy the hands free bra but just cut holes in a sports bra. At any rate, whenever I think with longing of that Free-style, I just remember one thing: my current pump gives me an excuse to sit on my ass for fifteen minutes, which is a rare event, and if I had the Freestyle, I know that I'd waste breast-pumping free time doing stuff like dishes and laundry. And who needs another excuse to do more work?
I have the same one you do and I wish I had the freestyle. I rigged up an old sports bra to make mine handsfree. 😉
Oh girl, I know all about envying friends!
Oh man I got breast pump envy when I saw the freestyle too!