shopping saturday
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same_skyToday was a major shopping expedition, and for once, we actually managed to get stuff done. We tend to go browsing instead of shopping, and then we get bored and come home. The clothing situation will be dire in just a little while longer, so I needed pants and a few shirts, plus some other essential garments of the unmentionable variety. I ended up with four pairs of pants and five shirts, plus an unmentionable number of unmentionables. So, I spent too much money but I should be able to wear clothes for a little while. Actually, I believe I made some very sensible purchases, for the most part.
Today marks a milestone--I'm twenty weeks pregnant today. That, for those of you who are uninitiated in the ways of the pregnancy week system, means that I am HALFWAY THERE. Of course, you're not actually pregnant for the first two weeks, so you're also kind of not halfway through the pregnancy, either, but that's just a sticky mathematical technicality. We marked this momentous occasion by stopping in at Babies R Us, where we wandered around in a fog. It feels a bit vulnerable in there, with all the earnest fertiles with notebooks and their numerous progeny, and all the men looking at each other like "I know what YOU'VE been up to, you randy dog!" I am not used to people looking at US and seeing a young couple planning the nursery for their first child, but in context, we were classic examples of it. We even whipped the camera out and took pictures of various cribs, and discussed the merits of various finishes. It's not unpleasant, but it does feel strange.
We also found a crib that we agree on, and now the real question: do we really want to hand over three hundred dollars for a crib? The types that we were looking at seem to range from two to five hundred, and I can tell you right now that I'm not paying that much for a crib. I bristle somewhat at the knowledge that this particular store overprices every single item, and so my bargain-hunting self wants to find it somewhere else, or wait until there's a sale. Do they even do sales? We are going to be SO BAD at this because we're so freaking cheap, and yet we're suckers for a nice-looking item. We think that one will look very nice with our floors and walls, and it feels sturdy. Decisions, decisions.
I have a definite risk of falling asleep while sitting here at the moment, so I'd better go wash my face and get ready for bed before I do. That is, before I fall asleep at my desk AGAIN...
Today marks a milestone--I'm twenty weeks pregnant today. That, for those of you who are uninitiated in the ways of the pregnancy week system, means that I am HALFWAY THERE. Of course, you're not actually pregnant for the first two weeks, so you're also kind of not halfway through the pregnancy, either, but that's just a sticky mathematical technicality. We marked this momentous occasion by stopping in at Babies R Us, where we wandered around in a fog. It feels a bit vulnerable in there, with all the earnest fertiles with notebooks and their numerous progeny, and all the men looking at each other like "I know what YOU'VE been up to, you randy dog!" I am not used to people looking at US and seeing a young couple planning the nursery for their first child, but in context, we were classic examples of it. We even whipped the camera out and took pictures of various cribs, and discussed the merits of various finishes. It's not unpleasant, but it does feel strange.
We also found a crib that we agree on, and now the real question: do we really want to hand over three hundred dollars for a crib? The types that we were looking at seem to range from two to five hundred, and I can tell you right now that I'm not paying that much for a crib. I bristle somewhat at the knowledge that this particular store overprices every single item, and so my bargain-hunting self wants to find it somewhere else, or wait until there's a sale. Do they even do sales? We are going to be SO BAD at this because we're so freaking cheap, and yet we're suckers for a nice-looking item. We think that one will look very nice with our floors and walls, and it feels sturdy. Decisions, decisions.
I have a definite risk of falling asleep while sitting here at the moment, so I'd better go wash my face and get ready for bed before I do. That is, before I fall asleep at my desk AGAIN...
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Date: 2007-01-07 06:50 pm (UTC)