And A Shopping We Will Go....First Official Baby Purchase!

For those of you that know me well, you know that I am not a very good shopper.  I really only enjoy shopping for electronics and cars.  Outside of that, I would prefer to get someone else to do the shopping for me.  So, this past weekend my mother and I set out to shop for our little Baby Jack.  We were determined to set up baby registries at Target and Babies R' Us.  Well, Target was an easy place to start because they do have an electronics department - no I didn't put my wish list of DVDs on the baby registry but I could at least divert from the shopping experience and find some sanity in the electronics department.  So, we got a few things on our list at Target but I still have to go online and possibly add to the list.

Then the day of shopping really got started when we finally found a parking place at Babies R' Us and made our way into the store.  I have a feeling that Saturday is not the best day of the week to visit that zoo...I mean store.  We should have known we were in trouble when we saw all the shopping ladies' family members piled in the area where the gliders were.  All that was missing was the big screen tv and a bar...now that would have completed the picture.  Anyway, mother and I fought our way through the idle buggies in the aisles and the know-it-all mothers giving out their free advice to their new mother friends as to what purchase to make and made our way around the store attempting to make some sort of sounds decisions.  We managed to put about 12 things on the list and I gave up and said I would either go back during the week or do it online.  Thanks to Amanda and her helpful list of favorite items, we were able to get a good start on things.  We did manage to purchase a crib and dresser/changing table to match.  That will probably be the only matching furniture in there.  I am including a picture that I would of the crib but it isn't our crib and bedding.  The crib will not arrive for another week or so.  When we get it put together and set up I will definitely be posting more pictures.  We toyed back and forth with what to do about a crib - we had been offered a crib from a friend, my mother still has my crib from when I was a child, etc. - but we decided to go with purchasing one on our own.  We got a pretty good deal on the one we bought.  So, here we are.  We have made our first official purchase.  I will also be posting pictures soon of some of the clothes and other items we received over the weekend from my brother's girlfriend, Jamie.  Quite a productive weekend if I might add.