Month 16: Potential Shopaholic in the Making

I have a theory, that most women fall into one of three categories. The categories being (1) crazy about handbags (2) crazy about shoes or (3) crazy about handbags AND shoes.

I myself have more pairs of shoes compared to the number of handbags. Most of the time, I am too lazy to transfer all the things from the current bag I am using into the new bag. Inevitably, I would leave something in the old bag, so I usually don’t bother to change handbags. You will often see me carrying the same handbag for mo nths, even if the pink bag doesn’t go with my blue dress. Anyway, this hardly matters now, as the only bag I have been using for the past 15 months, is Xuan’s diaper bag.

My daughter, on the other hand, is definitely category (3). She covettes bags, paper bags, shoes, shoes in bags, things she thinks are bags. She loves to play with her diaper bag, and despite it being twice her size (the bag is not that big, Xuan is rather small size), she insists on carrying it around and amuses herself for long minutes taking things out and putting things in her bag. Every time my sister comes to visit, Xuan will make a beeline for my sister’s bag. Xuan will also insist on carrying my sister’s handbag around, although it easily weighs as much as she does.

Here are some pictures to prove what a bagaholic Xuan is:

Xuan with one of her bags

Xuan with her ginourmous diaper bag

Xuan trying her darnest to carry around her Yee Yee's bag (probably weighs more than her)

Xuan with a paper bag (not very discerning, my girl)

Oh dear, that's not a bag Xuan, that's Po Po's thermo pot!

Finally, Papa relented and bought Xuan her very own handbag (pretty in pink with a bow)

Yesterday, she found her old Pelican toy, which has a beak you can open to drop little fishs, prawns, crabs, etc in, and a hole where the stomach should be to retrieve the toys. She got really excited and started toting it around the house. She even insisted on taking it with her upstairs when I had to change her diapers. It then occurred to me, that she thought the Pelican was a handbag!