Template Envy

I realize I am highly behind the times in terms of the whole "blogging" world, and today, as I perused the blog world I was reminded of that fact.  Seriously, who knew that your template for your blog was so important and could be so expensive!  Hutton is almost 3 weeks old now, and when I see a blog template I like and then the price, I think of all the things I could buy from the baby aisle at Target with that money.  Yes, I am on a budget, and yes, I am addicted to Target.
Which leads me to another thought that ties in with the "template envy".  I don't know how many people would agree with this, but that old adage "the grass is always greener" seems to be very applicable to facebook.  Now that I have a newborn at home, my time to peruse facebook has definitely dwindled, and to be honest I am grateful for that in more ways than one.  Without going into a ton of detail, my life is not exactly where I thought it would be at 28 years old.  With that being said, facebook can be somewhat of a trap for me.  The whole concept of facebook is so interesting to me, you post factoids, pictures, information, and status updates of your life to people that you consider "friends".  But how accurate is that picture that we portray?  I have to continually keep that question in my mind when I browse through my news feed or others profiles.  It is very easy to be envious of others who lives seem to be picture perfect.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not wishing ill on anyone, I pray that others are living the lives that they desire and are fulfilled.  But I know that our day-to-day lives can be rough at times, and that's not always portrayed on our facebook page.  So although my life is not perfect and there are certainly areas of improvement, I know that I am blessed beyond measure and that God will never give me more than I can handle.  So for now, I guess I will just window shop when it comes to blog templates and rest contented with the freebie version I have : )