How to Survive Life in the Suburbs

This Weeks. . . . . . . . . Confessions From Suburbia

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I went out to the drug store today and didn’t wear a bra.

I threw out a Tupperware full of moldy pizza sauce instead of washing it because the rancid goop made me gag.

I was pretty sure that flattened box of Cheerios blowing down the street on recycling day was mine but I didn’t chase it.

I did not give at the office. I’m just not giving to you. You are the third charity to knock on my door in just under two weeks and clearly I’m just not that nice.

I let my child wear two different socks to school today. Hey they were both white. At this point that counts as a match!

I used the TV as a babysitter. I let the girls watch an extra half hour of TV so I could talk on the phone without interruption.

I’m not going on the field trip because I just don’t want to. I’ve been on the same field trip twice now and I’m tired. Bad bad Mommy.

I made good use of my favorite phone feature…call screen. Good luck getting through.

I faked it…….
passed off store bought cookies as homemade. What? Did you think I meant something else?

Yep this is me, just trying to survive life here in the suburbs.

    • Comments

    1. We do the same thing with tupperware! We go through it like crazy though. My boyfriend took it to the extreme a few weeks back though…he didn’t want to clean up a half eaten lasagna dish that had been in the fridge for a week or two, so he threw it out all together. I was not happy…the pan was from Williams Sonoma!!

    3. Soooo funny. I fake it sometimes too…with cookies, of course!:-) Your blog always cracks me up and I want to pass it on so I’m grabbing your button!:-)

    4. LOL! I love the “charity” one and “moldy pizza.” Reminds me of my house! Thanks for stopping by my blog – love yours! I’ll be back to visit. Have a great weekend!

    5. Fab list i think i’ve all of them myself at some point! so funny! well mayve not the bra i ould kill someone lol! x

    6. Haha. Good stuff. Yes I think I’ve probably done all of those things at one time or another. Love that you passed off bought cookies as homemade! Too funny.

    7. I don’t blame you for any of these! But I’m not sure you should have thrown out the Tupperware–I bet it would have made a nice science project.

    8. That was hilarious!! No bra huh…. I guess I can admit that I do that quite often. Hubby thinks I am crazy. Well, maybe I am! ha ha

    9. Your new blog design is amazing! I am so jealous and can’t wait to get going on doing something new. You have inspired me. No time until school is out. Most moms say the opposite, but the life of a teacher… I love the honesty in your confessions. I think we all try so hard to do and say the “right thing”. Let’s all just be honest and real…so much easier!
      PS – I forgot to tell a child his mom was here to pick him up and he got on the bus to go home. I of course said “shit” under my breath, but about 6 third-graders heard me. Oh well, it’s just poop, right?

    11. I’ve thrown out containers before –don’t feel bad. I don’t go without a bra anymore because I have a ripped muscle under my breast and makes it sags just a little more than the other — LOL!
      Loved your post and thanks for coming by today.

    12. I’m so shocked. Really I am. You may need to go on a maternal reprogramming course. This is aberrant behaviour of the highest order. Dangerous individualism. Tush, tush.

    14. Yeah…i could have written this list myself…I think we’re on the same wave length here!
      I could add, “I dropped the monkey of at preschool and didn’t brush my teeth or hair”