gosh darn sale

so, all the stuff i bought at petit bateau just went on sale today. everything has been marked down 20-40% off. the three items i got were all 30% off. some stores will do a price adjustment if you purchased something within a week of a sale, however, this store doesn't. oh well. i did go and buy more stuff though. a skirt, a shirt and a sweater for baby for next spring.

sadly, i have another cold. i've never been so sickly in my life. this is my third cold in the past 6 weeks. i went to the doctor a couple weeks ago because i thought i had the flu, but it was just a bad cold. i'm so tired of being sick. the worst part about it is lying in bed at night with a swollen and throbbing nasal passage. one of the outcomes of the doctor's visit was that i found out i had really low calcium levels. i've always had low calcium due to not having a thyroid and i am supposed to take supplements, however, until now, i haven't found a palatable way to get my daily dose. regular tablets are not only huge, they tend to cause a little nausea. then those viactiv soft chews came out, but they still tasted funky and hurt my teeth when i ate them. then those adora chocolates came out, but they also tasted gross and i'm not a huge chocolate fan. finally, i've discovered wellesse. it's a liquid supplement that comes in a citrus flavor. just two tablespoons a day does the trick. it's not exactly delicious, but taking it is totally a non event, so hopefully i can stick with it.

this past weekend, i was exposed to two little babies. i got to hold them and tried to recall what baby was like at that age (8 weeks old). i seriously could not remember what baby was like at that age. i do remember that i was tired and a bit overwhelmed with everything. i enjoyed holding the babies and thought they were cute, but there was not a single cell in my body that wanted to have another one. really, if my ovaries were to dry up and make it impossible for me to have another one, i wouldn't care. i know that i'm going to have another one at some point (because that's what husband wants), but maybe by then, my attitude might change. i know i'm just kidding myself, but i have to think that. i have to keep forging ahead. there's no going back now. i'm already a mom...my life is already over...what's having another one going to do?

flying would have been cheaper!

baby hates the car and cries as if her fingernails are being slowly ripped off with pliers. our strategy for the 6 hour drive down to philly was to leave around her nap time which is roughly 11am. this worked out perfectly - she fell asleep within 5 minutes of being in the car. unfortunately, we didn't even hit connecticut before she woke up. we stopped at our favorite exit somewhere in connecticut where there's a little shopping plaza with a mcd's and a borders. we had cheeseburgers and then tooled around the bookstore for about an hour. that was just enough time for baby to be willing to get back into the car seat. she was fine for a while, but once we got past ny and hit jersey, it was all downhill from there.

in order to avoid crying on the way home, we thought it would be a good idea to get on the road at baby's bed time. that way she would theoretically stay asleep and we'd be golden. nope! she fell asleep right away, but then she woke up only after 45 minutes of driving. the crying began immediately after and even worse, we hit jersey shore traffic. we were dead stopped for quite a while. oh boy. finally, the traffic cleared up and baby fell back asleep once we got to the george washington bridge. woo-hoo!! it was 10:30 pm and we were cruising along the henry hudson parkway. then, bam!!! shit! we hit a pothole! and normally, hitting a pothole wouldn't be such a big deal, but our car has those fancy low profile tires and once we felt the impact, we knew right away (from experience) something was wrong. we decided to pull over at the next exit just to take a look and see what was going on with the tire. sure enough, there was a big bubble on the side of the tire. last time this happened, we didn't notice the bubble right away, mainly because we didn't know that fancy tires and potholes were mortal enemies.

anyway, after pulling over on some random street, we see the bubble and call for roadside assistance. it's now 11pm and the guy shows up 15 minutes later and puts on the spare. once he gets the bad wheel off, we get a better picture of the damage. looks like we're going to need a new rim as well. our options are trying to get home on the spare, max speed 50mph. or, spend the night and get to the dealership first thing in the morning. we decided to spend the night. there were only two hotels in the area and the first one we went to had no vacancy. luckily, the second hotel we went to had space. by the time we got into the room, it was midnight. the room rate was $180 and we only spent 7 hours in it.

the next morning, we got up and hobbled over to the dealership and they got us all fixed up right away to the tune of $800. the whole rest of the ride home, we had our eyes peeled for anything that remotely looked like a pothole. i don't know why they put these tires on cars at all. it's like a woman wearing tiny stiletto heels...they look pretty, but they don't work on cobblestone! finally we got home around 12:30pm and although the trip home was a bit of an expensive adventure, we were glad to be home in one piece.

MORE stuff

baby needed an outfit for this weekend, so i went to petit bateau and picked these up:

pants $67

t shirt (in white) $21:

also got a grey henley style t shirt $36

it was the friends and family sale at lord and taylor. that means extra 25% off purchases. i bought these two pairs of sandals:

by 9 west $29:

by merrell $53

we'll be making the epic drive to philly tomorrow. one thing to look forward to is the lilly pulitzer warehouse sale. we went last fall and picked up some great stuff for baby that was half priced. saturday is the last day, so hopefully we can squeeze in a visit before the baptism.

trouble

so, after shopping yesterday, i got the bug and needed more. i went to anthropologie today and bought this:

jbrand capri jeans $176:

cardigan $78:

white tank $48:

another cardigan $118:

i was really happy to find some new clothes. i needed some every day kick around clothes and i can see myself wearing this a lot and it will also be great for fall.

there's a blog i follow, http://isaidyousaid.wordpress.com/ written by a husband/wife team with 3 kids. their youngest is a girl who is only a month younger than baby (13 months old). i just realized today that the wife is due with her 4th child any day now. that means she got pregnant again when baby #3 was only 4 months old. that just utterly blew my mind. i've had such a hard time with the adjustment to motherhood, i couldn't even come close to imagining what it would be like dealing with baby and being pregnant at the same time. i also can't fathom what it would be like to have to deal with baby's needs as well as doing the whole newborn song and dance again at the same time. ughghghg... gives me the chills just thinking about it... before i come down with a panic attack, i'm just going to stop thinking about it and change the subject. hm.... tuesday night... deadliest catch 9pm!

a weakness

my aunt is in town for a few days and i met up with her today to take her shopping. she already did some damage yesterday - a gucci purse and a divine pair of christian louboutin snakeskin flats. one place she didn't already check out was the shoe department at saks. because she took a long time to browse, i had to occupy myself and fell into a little bit of trouble. i ended up buying this raincoat (in black) on sale for $175:

and this dress by elie taharie on sale for $208:

the dress is going back to the store because although it fits like a dream, there is a weird bunchy area on the front where the lace panel is. i thought i would bring it home and see if i could mess with it to get it to lay flat, but it basically makes me look like i have a third boob in the center of my chest.

also, this weekend is the baptism of husband's nephew. i decided to just get something simple and useful for a gift. from petit bateau:

this romper $62

polo $25

and hooded towel $69

this was a great deal because with a purchase of $150, you get a free beach towel which retails for $74.

anyway, i don't think i did that bad because one i'm going to return the dress and the other purchase was a gift, so all i really got for myself was the raincoat...

i might take my aunt to bloomingdales tomorrow, so we'll see what i find there.

so far, so good...

it's only been 4 days of the 'diet'. no new purchases. not feeling any withdrawal symptoms yet either. i do have to buy a gift at some point for my nephew's baptism next saturday. will have to do some serious thinking as to what to get. he's a fourth child, so that family pretty much has everything that exists for children. also, the family is uber religious, so they already have at least a dozen crosses and that kind of paraphernalia. gonna be a toughie. i'm thinking an engraved silver cup. hopefully it'll be ready in time.

now that i'm not going to have new acquisitions to post about, this blog will probably get pretty dull. going to have to come up with more topics!

home

sadly, island shopping either just isn't what it used to be or i've become more picky about what i buy. the only additional purchases i made before we left were just for baby at lilly pulitzer:

polo shirt $34:

t shirt $20:

skirt $38:

i used to handle the household finances years ago but once i quit my job and stopped making money, husband kind of picked up the slack and i've grown out of touch with our budget. because we want to hire a babysitter to come a few times a week just to help out, we had to figure out how much help we can afford. i was a bit surprised to hear exactly how much we burn through on a monthly basis. definitely pause for thought.

so, i've decided to challenge myself to limit my monthly spending allowance to a certain amount. right now, i buy a lot of stuff, but nothing too outrageous. in the end, it all adds up and i could really cut back. i plan on starting today...june 1st. day one of a shopping diet!!