these days, the selections are everywhere. i'll find myself in the grocery store, staring at several varieties of mustard or crackers or salsa. in the department store, i'll wonder if i want a shirt or a pair of shoes in black, brown, navy, tan, white... this even happens when i'm picking up toiletries. i'll stand in the toothpaste aisle deciding between not only paste or gel, but whether or not i want mint stripes or flouride or foaming or tartar control or whitening, or all of the above. at restaurants, i'll pour over the menus, suddenly hungry for everything. the possibilities seem endless.
for my husband and i, facing too many choices is somewhat intimidating. we'll stare at the items in question and then each other, hoping the other will decide. this is why after 5 years in our house, we have maybe 4 things hung up on our walls, the rest that need to go up resting on the floor (of the rooms we want them in, since we were able to decide that at least). but since we can't agree on placement, they just stay put on the ground, unhung.
my MIL took us toilet shopping today, since the one in our guest bathroom is in need of replacing. (this task would also not have been done without her taking us -- she knows us well). who knew there are $600 toilets? or ones that are beige or round or with rectangular tanks? what happened to a standard, white toilet? my husband walked off, overwhelmed.. so i knew this decision would be on me. after a few minutes, i walked to the front of the aisle and pointed to the lowe's brand toilet. it also happened to be the cheapest one we saw, which was a bonus. worked for me.
having options is nice, but i sort of miss those days when there was only one brand out there, and one brand only.
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