What an exhausting past few weeks! A last minute trip to Missouri to visit my momma left me drained but it was worth the energy. Meela and I had some quality car time singing ABCs and munching on McDonalds! We drove through Joplin on our way home and that was a real shocker. I had seen footage on the news but seeing it in real life was overwhelming. I couldn't believe the destruction. The best part, to me, was this giant crane in the middle of downtown Joplin that was hanging a huge American Flag for Memorial Day. That was amazing because all of these people were dealing with loss of family, friends, property, pets, etc and still had the patriotism to honor our soldiers. Amazing!
On the preggo front...have I mentioned how many people I know who are pregnant at this exact moment? Good lord! I don't think I've even known this many pregnant people at one time! It's definitely in the water so drink up. I guess that's one way to deal with a depressed economy. Have babies and watch the Gerber, Fisher Price, Graco and Pampers stocks soar!
I am going to rant about one thing though. It is very different being pregnant this time around because we already have a beautiful baby girl and I wouldn't give her back for anything. However, she costs money. Sometimes a lot of money. And these expenses were not around the first time so I never had a problem getting my nails done, going out for dinner, buying maternity clothes, etc. This time, however, we have daycare and diapers, summer clothes, toys, toddler food and other things to worry about which puts a strain on the "Extras" line item in my budget. Now for the rant...have you see the price of maternity clothes lately???? OMG! I stopped in Motherhood Maternity on Sunday just to "look around" as I'm not at a point where I need these clothes yet. I can tell you, that was the fastest I have been in and out of any store in a long time! I priced one pair of capris at $49. What? So I can wear them for 3 months? Um, I don't even spend that for my good jeans! I checked the clearance rack just for kicks. Generally I don't buy anything that isn't on clearance or a really good sale. Nope. 20% does not constitute clearance pricing in my book. Oh, I forgot. They were having a sale. Buy one item and get the second item for 10% off. How generous of you. You can keep those clothes. Stacey is going thrift store shopping and praying for gift cards for her birthday! I do still have 2 pair of preggo pants that I may or may not still wear to work because they are most comfortable pants in the world so I guess that will hold me over for the next, um, 6 months!
Oh well. It is what it is I guess. It's funny because a lot of people think that big girls (which I am) can just wear bigger clothes when they are pregnant. Now, this is true to some extent. If I do buy clothes, I am buying tops with empire waists that will grow with me. But my butt doesn't tend to grow as quickly as my belly (thank god for that) so if I buy giant britches, they ain't gonna fit. And who really wants to wear mumus for the next 6 months? Well, ok, me. :) Actually, I did buy a really cute dress from Old Navy on Saturday for a swimsuit cover up but it has an elastic empire waist and I bought a 2x so we have room for the little one to stretch out.
So I'm off to bed and dreams of bargain hunting for preggo clothes that don't make me look like a whale. Eek...nightmares! :)
Don't worry honey, it will all work out. I say totally hit the thrift store because those maternity clothes are barely used anyways! I also like Old Navy and Targets selections for maternity the first time around. Plus, like you said go with the big and long shirts with empire waists that are in and throw on a pair of leggings underneath and you are good to go!
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