Shoppers R Us

I am up earl(ish) on this crispy sun-filled morning. I couldn't help but pass out a little on the early side last night after a day of shopping, relaxing, movie watching and pizza eating. I think I might have had a real craving last night, it took the form of Pizza Hut's cheesy breadsticks. I couldn't help myself, I needed them. So Jon being sweet ordered me some along with a pizza that I didn't really touch but he enjoyed. I gobbled a couple of the sticks and my tummy was instantly full. I find I'm either famished and demanding food or full and complaining about my stuffed stomach. Finding the middle point hasn't been my strong suit. We also watched a Single Man, which was sad but thoughtful.

Before all that though was the enormous shopping spree to Babies'R'Us. We both started off pretty excited about it. We were going to pick up the final "necessities" of the baby project. Who knows if these products are true necessities, likely not but it does get to feel like that anyway. We grabbed the cart and jumped right in, throwing thermometers and washcloths into the big purple abyss. Then the big guy, the car seat shocked me into $ reality. Ouch. Jon wisely opted for the one that carries a heavier child even though it was pricier than the one I was eyeballing.

Things got more confusing when confronted with the diaper aisle. I HATE the idea of disposables going from package to bum to garbage to landfill. Ugh. However daunting the cloth diaper experience seems I will stick it out. But of course the store only had g-diapers which I wasn't going to do, so we picked up one small starter package of newbie diapers to get us through, what a day or two? Who knows. I better get on ordering those cloth ones...

By the end of it all we both sort of melted down in those display rockers. Surrounded by all thins baby makes you feel like you must provide it all to not slight the baby! But what does he care really? Does he need half that stuff? Ugh. It's all very cute, and the consumerist in me wants a bunch of it but every other part of me is a little grossed out by it all. I hope we're done shopping for a while.

  Made it to 34.5 weeks now and going much stronger now that blood clot and virus have been put in their respective places.

I really need a new hair style...