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The Coach Collection
My pride and joy. None of it full price either…everything is either from Ebay (at a significant saving off of retail), or bought with gift certificicates/discount letters covering at least 1/2 the cost, or bought for me by my mother at outlets in the States!
I LOVE my new red bag. I have wanted a nice red bag forever, and after the 40% off letter and the gift certificates I got for my birthday form my mom, it was a steal! Thanx Mom!
My first load of fluff!
Yesterday I decided to do my first load of fluff (cloth diapers)! It is all so cute, isn’t it?:
I am planning to start out with disposable diapers (since I have them already, and figure having a brand newborn is hard enough without creating more laundry) then start to add in the CDs at home, and switch to full-time CDing once the disposables run out. Now I am ready to start using them as soon as I feel up to washing them afterwards (and, ummm…have the baby!). These are BumGenius All In Ones (AIOs) and Mother’s Touch AIOs. I decided to make life easier for myself and start with my AIOs (they are like disposables, only they go in the laundry instead of the trash-no covers, no liners, no stuffing-though you can add a liner to any diaper if you want more absorbancy), adding in pocket diapers (which have a pocket you stuff with an absorbent insert) once I get used to the AIO’s and the habit of washing diapers.
BTW, if you were wondering about the nursery, the wall behind the basket is the nursery wall. I love apple greeen, and it goes well with brown (if we have a boy) or pink (if we have a girl) accessories!
Yesterday was my first day off work, and I spent it nesting. I did loads of baby laundry, and spent a 150 gift card at Wal-Mart. We now have ALL the baby things we need. If only we could get the damn computer out of the nursery so we could get it all set up. We do have the dresser/change table set up already, and I have organized all the drawers.
As for today, I have a chiro appointment and then a mid-wife appointment. After that, I plan to hit Coach as I have a “40% off one item” letter and a $125 gift certificate…so I can buy something pretty! I think I want a red purse, since red bags look awesome with jeans and are great for all season. I am eyeing this one:
P.S. If anyone is curious how I got the letter, I sent in my Hobo to Coach for repairs (it had some loose stitches on the handle) and they sent it back to me with a letter saying since they could not repair it to Coach standards, and that they were giving me 40% off any one regular priced item instead. I then took the strap from the Hobo to a shoe repair and had it fixed up to my standards (it looks great!).
Birthday Wish List
So, that time of year is coming around again, and in less than a month I’ll be 35!!! Here are some gifts I have in mind, though if I get any of them, I’ll likely be getting them for myself (I have a 40% off letter for Coach!)!
I love putting together wish lists (online shopping without the cost), but am actually not a fan of being asked what I want for gifts…it makes me all prickly and uncomfortable. To me, a gift is supposed to be about what the giver chooses to give, not what the receiver asks to receive. I LOVE getting surprise gifts…even if I don’t end up loving the gift, the idea of someone thinking about me and what they know of me (or asking for suggestions someone who is close to me but not me, or even persuing my blog to get ideas), and searching stores or websites looking for something they think I’d like makes me giddy. I refuse to tell the man what I want for gifts anymore, I’d really rather get nothing (or a nice dinner out!!) than just turn my gift into him paying for something I pick out. I can pay for things for myself, to me it is the thought of someone going to the effort to pick out something that makes them think of me that makes a gift special.
Anyways, I just wanted to share some things I have my eye on…I’ll definately be getting the books soon, as they are not at my library and I am pretty sure I’ll need some late-night reading material in a few months! Any other book suggestions woould be appreciated!
