Post by snapdragon on Feb 17, 2015 13:49:34 GMT -5
I played some Civ online with my brother last night since H was out of town. I haven't touched that game in months, and it's embarrassing how much I want to play again today. The struggle is real!
I am happy that it is not me for once complaining about the snow!
This last week has been a super emotional one for me. I am cry so easily and all the time. Make it stop.
This! Not sure if I should be concerned that I'm sad or if it's normal hormones/my life as an independent, do what I want when I want non-parent is over type situation. Probably doesn't help that DH has been a bit of an ass all week. Definitely mentioning to my OB tomorrow though.
I swear sometimes my kids eat next to nothing and some days (like today) they eat a ton. So far for lunch they have had 3/4 cup cut strawberries, a cheese quesadilla and 2 hardboiled eggs
I haven't started one for my baby yet (I want to do one big enough to eventually be used as a bedspread for a toddler bed so I have some time) but I think I may do one similar to this with some pink and teal thrown in.
I haven't started one for my baby yet (I want to do one big enough to eventually be used as a bedspread for a toddler bed so I have some time) but I think I may do one similar to this with some pink and teal thrown in.
my girls both have little 12"x12" loveys (that are triple crocheted) that they sleep with and then a bigger crocheted blanket that is probably 3'x3' that my mom made.
I started making a registry at green mountain diapers. It had nine items on it. I bought the whole registry last night. Oops. I guess I'm not great at waiting for my showers. Oh well. I don't see people wanting to buy cloth diapers anyways.
I am buying all our own cloth diapers. I just bought half my registry from Green Mountain diapers. During a Black Friday sale, I bought a whole bunch from Kawaii website. Then, this weekend FuzziBunz was having a sale, so I bought a bunch of stuff from there. I'm trying to stay under $10 per diaper, and have been able to find a lot for $5 apiece. I got a cheap sprayer, wet bags, and wipes from FuzziBunz too! I don't trust people to buy cloth diapers, there is plenty on my registry they can choose from instead.
Oh, and I put a couple cloth diapers on my registry too, just so people would know that is what we are planning to do. Hopefully no one buys us disposables.
I guess I'm the minority on this. If I went to a store and spent time and money getting a gift and found out that the person just returned it for store credit, I'd never buy that person a gift again. It's one thing if you get duplicates, but doing it so you can get more clothes seems rude to me.
I got a "daddy's little princess" onesie for Christmas that I would never put my daughter in something that has "princess" on it. I didn't return it. I'm sure I'll just donate it. Why would I make money off of a gift?
I guess I don't understand if someone is planning on returning a majority of clothes to get store credit, why have a shower? Why not tell people don't buy you gifts and just buy everything yourself?
Post by Starbuck128 on Feb 17, 2015 19:55:46 GMT -5
I return nearly every piece of baby clothing we get if I can. If I can't return it, I donate it. I may be lucky, but with DS's shower, we didn't get any clothes. (Yay team green!) All our clothing gifts were just given randomly. We return them, because none of them fit. Ever. DS immediately went to 3m size clothes and was in 9m clothes at 4 months. The 9 month clothes we got were winter clothes, but it was summer in Texas. Or people bought us little onesie and pants sets that we couldn't use because we CD. We explained this to everyone, but that's what they wanted to buy.
Sorry, but giving baby clothes as a gift is impractical. There's a very, very good chance the baby won't be able to wear them in the right season. People give baby clothes as gifts because they like to go out and buy baby clothes. They enjoy the shopping experience, and little thought goes into what the baby actually would use. I see no problem with returning a gift like that.
Post by snapdragon on Feb 17, 2015 20:18:34 GMT -5
I feel super awkward returning gifts, though I'm happy if someone does it with mine and always include a gift receipt. So I literally have 16 baby blankets, and I don't mean receiving blankets! I have four handmade blankets alone.
I guess I'm the minority on this. If I went to a store and spent time and money getting a gift and found out that the person just returned it for store credit, I'd never buy that person a gift again. It's one thing if you get duplicates, but doing it so you can get more clothes seems rude to me.
I got a "daddy's little princess" onesie for Christmas that I would never put my daughter in something that has "princess" on it. I didn't return it. I'm sure I'll just donate it. Why would I make money off of a gift?
I guess I don't understand if someone is planning on returning a majority of clothes to get store credit, why have a shower? Why not tell people don't buy you gifts and just buy everything yourself?
So you've never in your life returned or exchanged a gift?
No, I haven't as an adult. The only time I've exchanged anything was when I was in middle/high school and someone bought me something the wrong size.
As for saying buying clothes is thoughtless and you get a lot of things that are wrong size, style, or season, I only know one person that does that...my mother in law. Maybe more people are like her than I thought. I have only bought clothes for one shower gift (what the mother to be asked for saying she wanted outfits, not onesies) and it took a lot of time thinking of the appropriate season and something that matched her style.
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