Well, I didn’t end up taking pictures at the waterworks today, because when we got back from breakfast with friends (ha! complaining about our antisocial-ness, and fr the first time EVER we meet 6 people for breakfast at Pat’s) there was a message from my friend Jess looking for someone to go with her to Freeport. Since she has 3 kids, and is a SAHM (until recently, when she started working part time for Bean) I know that if she has opportunity for a day away, it’s a rare thing, and I called her up to say "HELL YES!" (See: Previous mentions of recognizing the loss of spontaneity that comes with motherhood) We left around noon, and spent a REALLY long time in LLBean, but she had a list, and a discount, on top of the sale that was happening. I didn’t get anything — couldn’t find the Quallofil blanket I had seen in the catalog, and didn’t want to waste my 30 Bean bucks on anything else — but I did really hold back from buying an orange fleece pullover, because, really, who knows how big my baby will be by the time it needs an orange fleece pullover.  But the 3-6 mos size? WAS SO CUTE. And soft. Oy.  Near the end of our time in Bean, I could be found resting on benches and watching Jess’ bag of stuff, and I was getting super tired.

We ate lunch at the Freeport Cafe, one of my favorite spots down there. A cup of corn chowder, BLT on rye, and a tall coke later, I was rejuvenated and we headed off to Babies R Us in Portland, where I was in search of diaper liners. I’d seen them there before, with Amy, but goddamn if I couldn’t find them. I pored over the diaper section, and even peeked through the shelves to the stockroom to see if I could see anything labeled "GERBER," but I couldn’t. I was SO. PISSED. We did another lap, and Jess noticed a sign that said Gerber, so we headed in that direction, but it was all sippy cups. I realized there HAD to be a section with cloth diapers, that even people who don’t CD use them for cleanup, burp cloths, etc, and we hadn’t seen them yet.  I turned the corner and there they were, the long-sought after beige box. So, I uhhh, bought some.  Annemarie, this pic is for you:

I left 2 boxes on the shelf, seriously, so that if anyone else came in they could find at least a box. When I checked out, the girl said "oh, wow, we have these in? They sell out really quickly. Do you want me to see if they have more?" Heh. I told her we’d come 2 hours in search of them, but that this should tide me over for now.  I also picked up a Nicole Miller Snugli carrier, that was on sale, and I had a coupon for, for 20 bucks. We have the fleece slings, but there’s still that niggling "but everyone has a Bjorn, too!" and for 20 bucks, that itch has been scratched. Hell, I can ebay it if I don’t like it. I found a pack of neutral gowns, as well, and had a coupon for those, too, and topped it off with a $5 off coupon I got from a formula company (that thinks I had a baby in December) and a free roller shade for the car.  Then we left, got drinks from Target after waiting in the World’s Slowest Express Line (seriously, credit cards should not be OFFERED in that line, and apps not FILLED OUT) and headed home. Oof, now I’m tired.  But I do have over 1000 diaper liners now.