Growing up I knew bicycles were expensive as it took constant begging for parents to grant such a grand wish. To get a bicycle you would have to work your ass out in school and be in the good books of your parents before your dream of getting a bicycle could come through, other times you just have to live with the unfulfilled promises of your parents.
I remember when I got my first bicycle, and how excited I was when my dad surprised me with it. I was treated like a princess back then as all the neighborhood kids would come to my house to take turns to ride, fast-forward to today I am now an adult and a part of me wants to make a child smile.
There's this friend of mine, who is also a resident of the city I reside in, she helped me greatly when I first moved into the city. Prisca allowed me to stay in her house for a while until I found my footing. Every day I stayed at her place I was super grateful as she helped me a great deal and to think we weren't really close prior to that time.
Prisca is now a mother of a beautiful girl and her child is my goddaughter. Ruth her daughter will be turning 8 by May and I have decided to get her a bicycle, a cute little bicycle that would be wrapped in a big gift box. I want to see the expression on her face when she sees the big gift box and I want to watch her squeal in excitement when she unwraps it and discovers that it is a bicycle.
Having this exciting plan in my head I went to the mall.
Going through the aisles of the mall I was forced to scold myself to focus on the goal, "No buying of anything IB" the goal was to check for the prices of various bicycles and leave afterward.
The moment I saw the bicycle section I was so happy but when I drew closer and saw the bicycles I was stunned, and my heart sank. The prices of the bicycles was nothing to write home about.
I stared at the bicycle several times and at a point I contemplated getting her a teddy bear as girls love teddy bears, I am an adult and I still have a thing for teddy bears how much more Ruth, but then again I decided against it.
I scanned through the bicycles, everything looked really cool. This was the first one that I took a look at. It costs 84,500 Naira which is approximately $58 and it has this cool plastic in front where kids can put their biscuits, drinks or water while they cycle. I love the colour but blue is more of a boy's colour than a girl's colour.
I moved to the next "blue bicycle" again and this cost 91,100 Naira which is approximately $63, what drew my attention to this one was the handle but it was on the high side.
I saw the third bicycle and colour was charming, a mixture of orange and black wasn't bad as it could pass as a unisex bicycle, I love this too but it also cost 91,000 Naira which is $63.
Just when I thought I was never going to find a "girly bicycle”, I found this bicycle that screamed "girls only!" and it was perfect, it had everything I was looking for but it was dirty and was on a high side. This bicycle cost 127,000 Naira which is approximately $88. It is way more expensive than the rest and this says a lot about female items, they are freaking beautiful and damn expensive 😂😂
This was my choice and the sales rep. assured me that it was only dusty and could be properly washed before it is given to the customer. I really want to get this one but it is way above my budget.
Looking at these prices I was discouraged but I decided to check other stores just maybe I might see other brands and since her birthday is not until May I have enough time to plan and make my big surprise, fingers crossed guys🥰🥰
After going through this financial and emotional roller coaster of course home girl needed to eat. I grabbed some snacks and headed home
A part of me was happy that I was about to make a child smile and also her mum but the other part couldn't help but think about the monetary aspect but the reassuring part is that the birthday is still far.
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