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Always Thinking of Others

Well, folks, it’s almost that time of year again.  I am sure I don’t need to remind you because you have it in RED on your calendar: MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING!  You have 10 shopping days left, so in case you’re stumped about what to get me, I thought I’d give you a few ideas, like I did last year.  Because that worked out pretty well for me!  So, because I’m always trying to make life easier for you, here ya go.

JENNY’s BIRFDAY LIST:

1) New styles from Lands’ End.  Oh em gee have you SEEN the new catalog? Me want!  And don’t think it doesn’t KILL me that I am too pregnant to wear much of it right now!  But as I will be un-pregnant in just a few short months, I would like these for my birthday anyway.  They are so pretty they will distract from my baby fat!   I would like this cardigan and shell from the Blissful Knits collection. I will need at least two different colors in each, pleeeeeaaase:


Also, I will need a couple of each of these fab comfy tees. Love the feminine details! Surprise me with the colors, I trust you! Just make sure you get a size medium in everything!

2) Speaking of clothes…one of my FAVORITE retailers, Shade Clothing, is going out of business. 🙁  I can hardly imagine why as Bobby claims that SURELY I must have bought enough to keep them in business…but they are.  So that is the bad news.  The good news is that they are liquidating EVERYTHING so you can get some really great prices on stuff for ME!!!!!!!!!  I would like one of everything they still have available, in a medium please.    Especially this Embroidered Cami and V-Neck boyfriend tee.  Multiple colors in the tee would be SUPER!


Ok, so, moving on from clothes (bottoms are JUST gonna have to wait til I lose all the baby fat!)…

3) I need a nice pair of everyday earrings.  My suggestion are these Effortless earrings from Lia Sophia.   They are only $22, they are perfect for what I need, and they are sold by Melissa Ballweg who has supported our last two Dayton Mom’s Night out parties.  Really, you cannot go wrong!

4) Maternity Clothes. Seriously I have no shirts.  And the world does not want to see me pregnant and t*pless.  So do the world a favor and give the birthday girl a gift certificate to Old Navy, Motherhood, Gap, or somewhere else I can get something to put over this bump!  Sadly, I already bought out the *two* maternity shirts that Shade has left in my size. They are hopefully on their way to me as I write this!  If you really want to get me a *specific* item, go for this tee from Old Navy (ahem, it comes in two colors, *cough*Medium*cough*):

5) Finally, let’s talk shoes.  I mean my butt may be larger for awhile in 2010 but my feet I expect to retain their size 7.5 as they did in previous lives.  And mama wants these Exitosa black boots from You by Crocs for the winter.  My old black boots died a sad death when the heel broke off at BlissDom last year. SO it seems only fitting to move on to wedges, yes?

So, how do you like my birthday choices? I’m pretty much in love with all of them…I need pretty things to cover the grief I feel at getting to be such a GEEZER!

P.S. This is not a sponsored post. Oh, how I wish it were.  It is however, part of Things I love Thursday at the Diaper Diaries! Go check it out!

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Free toilet paper also makes me happy!

I hit Rite Aid again today because a) I only had one kid to drag with me and b) I just put my $31.97 Rite Aid Single Check Rebate check from June in the BANK and 3) I like free toilet paper!  Rite Aid has a great deal on Cottonelle this week and I decided we needed to stock up.  Because a picture of 4 packages of toilet paper isn’t that exciting, I present to you a picture with 4 packages of toilet paper and a cute 1st-grader on his 1st day!

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Here’s what I got:
Four 12-double-roll pack of Cottonelle $6.49 each = $25.96

coupons:

-$5/$25 Rite Aid video values coupon

-$2 two Rite Aid Cottonelle Video Values coupons from July (I am so glad I saved those!)

-$2 two Rite Aid Cottonelle Video Values coupons from August (you can get these now)

-$2 four 50-cent-off Cottonelle printables from Cottonelle.com

-$7 +UP Rewards from Sunday’s trip to Rite Aid

= $7.96 + $1.12 tax = $9.08 cash

AND I will get back TWO $5 Rite Aid gift cards, one for rebate #10 and one for rebate #148 wheeeee!  So, a profit of 92 cents on that one.  And now I am *SO* stocked up on TP! Woohoo!

** just want to note: my Rite Aid will let me use one video values per item, so I could use the four $1 off coupons. MOST Rite Aids would only let you use one of those coupons at a time (one from July and one from August in my case).  I am glad my Rite Aid is different on this but I try not to go tooooo craaazzy with this.  My husband and I both have Video Values accounts so I could print one coupon from July and one from August from each of our accounts. Clear as mud?  Just so you know, I ain’t tryin’ to be shady. **

Also, reader Amy mentioned on my previous post that the Huggies +UP reward says 1 per household.  I did a Huggies and  Pull-Ups in one transaction and got +UP Rewards for both, which I was pleasantly surprised by!  Anyone else try it and have that good luck?

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A Playard to Love: Bright Starts InGenuity

I was really, REALLY excited to receive my first piece of baby gear to review for my new baby boy: the InGenuity Playard from Bright Starts.  Since we weren’t planning on having another baby (whoopsie!), we had given away all our baby gear long ago, and being able to review and keep these items is a real blessing!  It was fun to get this playard out, set it up, and imagine our little boy-to-be who will soon be using it!

Here’s what I like about this playard:

  • The bassinet can be inclined if baby needs to sleep at an angle!  Totally cool!  It is really easy and takes only seconds to change from flat to incline.  They call this feature Sleep Easy Incline.

  • It has a sweet changing table.  The sides on the table are nice and high so baby can’t roll off of it, and the middle is nice and flat so you don’t feel like your kid is always rolling toward the center.  Also, you can easily rotate the changing table to the side without totally removing it when you’re not using it.
  • Extra-large storage space on the side to hold all your diapers, wipes, ointment, etc.!  I never had this with our old playard and am SO looking forward to taking advantage of this feature!
  • Easy to set up, and easy to take down.  This is important to me because I am mechanically deficient and seem to make everything harder than it should be!  It also has a really awesome, totally unique feature called One Less Step that allows you to fold the playard without removing the bassinet!  Say what??  Doesn’t that rock?  It’s the only playard out there with that feature! *Love*
  • It’s easy on the eyes. I won’t lie.  This thing is going to be sitting in my living room and I want it to be aesthetically pleasing!!
  • It comes with a very handy carrying case which makes it easy to tote when you need to travel.

You can get this bad boy at Target (where it qualifies for free shipping on select baby gear!)  or Amazon, and if you’re looking for a great, functional, pretty playard with a nice price, I’d say the BrightStarts InGenuity is the way to go!  I’m so glad to have it in our home as we prepare for the arrival of our little boy!

Like I said up there in yonder first paragraph, Bright Starts gave me this playard to review!  All opinions are my own, and this post was written solely by moi.

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