Is it that time already??

This is a humdinger. It seriously troubles me once a month. Why is it that after 12 years of buying a certain product at the same time every month, it still takes me about 15 minutes to finally decide which to buy?

Girls, are you with me? Are you following?

Feminine Products.

I go in the store, thinking this will be a quick in and out trip cause that is all I need. Well, once I reach the aisle and see all the options the rush of shock and utter confusion takes over me again, much like it does this time every month. 5 minutes later, I am still debating whether or not to get plastic or cardboard, wings or no wings, scented or unscented. " Well these plastics are $1 less then these ones, but they are only for light use, and these supers are a $1.50 more, but they are scented. Hmmm." Then another 5 minutes goes by. Still I am not even close to a decision.

Do I really care about that $1 that I am saving on these stupid products? And why do I not know what I want already!! It is so frusterating! I mean, they couldn't make it any more confusing. The aisle is filled from the floor to the top of the shelves of these things. That is like 6 shelves to look at! I mean, how is anyone supposed to see through all that clutter and confusion? And they all look alike, so you look at the prices, but they are all really similar too, so then there is no clear cut indicator that is helping you come to a decision. Does this make any sense?

So once I finally grab what I think I want, and the stocker boy has already walked past me 5 times trying to avoid eye contact with me because he probably thinks I am insane because for the last 15 minutes all I have been doing is staring at tampons and pads like I would a Monet painting, I take my items to the register. But you know what? I still feel a smidgen of doubt in my decision. I think it is just that I hate buying these things, so I want to spend as little as possible on them, yet still get results.

Am I crazy or what?