Craigslist brings the lols

Being a first time mom to be doesn't mean that I want to buy everything brand new.  I've been looking on several websites for great deals, trying to be as frugal as I can be.   One site that leaves me frustrated at times is Craig's List.   The hubby and I have found several deals on CL in the past including our stove, a furniture dolly,  the hubby's motorcycles, and the list goes on.  I don't know if I am clicking on the wrong ads but I have found some real laughable listings.

 One of the examples is a listing for a crib for $300.  I click on the link, look at the picture and decided to see if this crib is actually worth that much new.  After a little google-fu I discover that the crib was one of the cribs affected by the 2010 recall because it was unsafe.  No where in the ad did it list that they have  installed one of the immobilization kits.  I sent them a message asking if they complied with recall before listing the crib. A day or two later I received an answer back from the seller saying thanks for the interest in the crib but it has sold.   Not even a week later I saw the same crib listed again, but for $25 less and using the same exact picture from the first ad.  I debated in my head to flag the ad and post a Re: ad informing people that this crib could be dangerous.  Part of me wanted to be a safety advocate and the other part of me felt like hopefully people would be smart enough to do their homework like I did.  In the end I decided it wouldn't be worth my time to keep chasing down the crib rip off artist.   It's not worth me getting my panties in a bunch over this fool, and if they get the amount that they want to sell the crib for more power to them.

In the meantime, the great crib search is still on.  Wish me luck!

Embracing pink

I was talking to a coworker today about how I've been trying to avoid being that cliche "pink buying mom" but after going shopping, I was in pink overload.   He told me to embrace the pink, some of these outfits will be cherished one day.  Sometimes it just takes me a voice of reason to come to my senses.  So here we go, pinking it up!

Turtles & kitties, oh my!

According to several sources, the baby is now 22 weeks and the size of a large mango, 11.5 inches.  I was feeling all 11.5 inches today as she was pushing up against my ribcage.  Oh the joys of being short waisted! :-p

Houston, we have a color palette!

After a bit of going back and forth on what to do about the colors of the walls, I finally settled on a wall color.   *drumroll*  The walls will be Windwood Spring, which is a gorgeous blue color.  I know what you may be thinking, "Amy, you love pink, why not do a subtle shade of blush pink because the baby's a girl?"  Well, here's my train of thought,  I wanted something different and something she could grow with while not being too "nursery like."  Perhaps I've been watching too much Sarah Richardson on HGTV, I don't know, but what I do know is that while I want the kitschy turtles and woodland animals, I want a room that I will be comfortable in as well.

The walls at the moment are a pink nightmare consisting of hot pink and pepto-bismol pink. There is no way that I would subject the baby to these colors.  I picked out some clothes the other day, and while I will admit they have some hot pink in them, it's not over powering like the room is at the moment.

Just a sneak peak of the pepto-bismol nightmare.

I am hoping that by going with the blue and using bright fun colors as accents it will help to not only give the room an airy feel, the color scheme will also help to brighten it up and make the space seem larger.  Eventually we will be removing the builder standard oak stained white pine moldings and replacing it with white molding and crown molding and painting the window frames white as well.

Next task, finding the perfect chair to turn into a glider with out it looking like the stereotypical cliche nursery glider on a budget.

It's a girl!

Our first child is a girl!  It also looks like she's going to be tall or she's going to be blessed with mommy's short torso as well.