Stockpiling

And so, we own a carseat.

I’m a bit of a geek, and even I can roll my eyes atmyself with my researching obsession, to make sure I have the best most safest and highly rated infant seat I can buy. I know, I know.

"Baby Bargains" has been thumbed through several times, and I have a list of necessary stuff that we’ll need for this kid.  Since my last check is May 31, and I’m due May 12, and I have NO JOB to return to, our plan has been to know what we want now, eventhough it’s really freakin’ early, and keep our eyes open for sales and such.  Which is why there is a carseat in the sewing room right now. Oh yeah, and a crib arriving today that will be stashed in the garage for a few weeks.

I’m kind of a snob, I guess, but I’m a deal-huntin’ snob.  I wanted the Snugride infant seat, but I didn’t want it covered in friggin’ POOH.  KMart had one that was a lovely, neutral, black and white check, and when I was there yesterday, it was on sale. ON SALE! And there was one left. And now it’s in my backroom.  Graco’s MO is to make their licensed and/or super-gendered stuff cheap, and the neutral, not ugly stuff more expensive.  Me? I done got us a nonugly, nonlicensed carseat for $65 — after tax. Yee to the ha.  As for the crib, that came from Marden’s — a brand that was recommended by Baby Bargains, a style that I liked, at the cool price of $136.  Found it online for $400. So, I’m a snob about quality, but I have no shame in scouring KMart and Marden’s for deals.

It’s weird though, to have a CARSEAT with 6 months left to have someone to put in it.  The crib isn’t as freaky — of course, it’s not in my HOUSE yet. (I haven’t even seen it, it was one of those marvels of technology — my mom calling on her cell from marden’s with me on my laptop googling the model number and cross-referencing recall lists — wirelessly, of course)  It might be here today; my dad is coming down to stay with us as he leaves in the early morning for Austin.  Even if it does come today, it will go inthe garage for a bit, as we need to work on realigning the upstairs a bit, moving the sewing stuff to the guestroom/office, moving the old PC to the basement, etc. So, yeah. I have a crib. And a carseat.

Here’s the thing, though — I’ve been so conscientious of researching all the stuff that the kid will need from 0-3 months, I kind of forgot about everything else.  Like, um, oh, TOYS?  I was in toysRus yesterday, and walking by the Little People stuff, and there was Christmas music, and OH MY GOD NEXT YEAR WE BUY TOYS.  I swear to you, I started to tear up. I was so afraid I’d start crying, that I left.

The emotions, they run high. Argh.

One thought on “Stockpiling

  1. I love that the sewing room will finally be able to fulfill its original purpose!
    Yay sewing rooms that aren’t sewing rooms anymore!
    I am getting all excited for Hairy’s first christmas! He is going to be up in CT with my fam and he is going to be spoiled rotten. Ash has pulled together a wish list for him on amazon and everything on there makes me giddy!

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