Can You Ever Do Enough Shopping?

Even with all that shopping I did yesterday, I wasn't done. There were a few things I couldn't find at Meijers and still needed to do a Babies R Us run. When I mentioned it to Jim, he was quick to let me know he wanted to go. Since he'd never expressed any desire EVER to go inside Babies R Us to say I was startled would be putting it mildly. This morning I was thinking about it and even started wondering if he was upset that I did most of the shopping yesterday when he couldn't join me.

When we got in the car to head out, I asked him. Turns out his reason for wanting to go was two-fold. One, the weather is absolutely gorgeous this weekend. We have blue skies and temps in the 50's. It sure is a nice change from Wednesday's morning low of 5, plus he thought I said Toys R Us, not Babies R Us.

Since Toys R Us carries what I needed to get, I said we could go there instead. I bought the changing pad for the top of the dresser, a bottle of Dreft, and the outfit to give the orphanage in exchange. I also got a snack trap, cloth diapers because it seems you always need some absorbent material to clean up something, and a pack of diaper pins in case something needs pinning. Jim also bought Sera's birthday present to be revealed later. We even got a free umbrella stroller.

The only thing I wasn't able to get, and it was strange, was the cover for the changing pad. When I asked the store employee for a changing pad, he brought me a pack of Elmo disposable changing pads. I then showed him the pad I was buying and explained how in other Toys R Us there is a huge display of the covers right above them. They're all online, too. He went to the computer and found what I was talking about. He said that it was an item they were supposed to carry, but apparently didn't have a single one. He thinks there may have been a computer screw-up and the category got turned off for the purchasing department. That meant a stop at Babies R Us after all, but just for the cover.

A final stop at the grocery store for light bulbs for the lamps in the nursery and a few more gifts for the orphanage workers and the shopping was done for the day. Honestly, we're in really good shape. The only thing I can think of that we still really need to buy are the wallet-things. That's a good thing because this baby stuff adds up!!

Now, I'm off to play in the nursery. I have a huge closet filled with things that need to come out and get put away.

Tomorrow I'll explain why we're swapping an outfit with the orphanage.