Spoiled

I have been a spoiled stay at home mom (SAHM). All Summer I got away with sleeping in until 8ish every morning. Not getting showered and dressed until 10am. I had no pressing obligations. I mean keeping my house presentable, my kids fed and in clean clothes, but other than that nothing I HAD to do every day. Some days I didn't even manage to do the basics. Whoops. But I have to admit it was kind of lovely being lazy. Our new school routine has thrown me for a loop.

I have always considered myself a morning person. I like being up and getting going. I am most productive in the mornings. We have been getting up at 7am every day this week and been ready to leave the house by 8:30. On the one hand I love the routine of it, but on the other hand, I'm so tired! I found myself looking forward to Friday this week just so I could sleep in. Friday is our day off preschool and tee ball. And you know I will not be showered and dressed until at least 10 am tomorrow. :) Most mornings we are at this point by 8:30. . . aren't they cute?
On a completely unrelated topic . . . I sometimes get obsessed with the classifieds. You may recall my ill fated compulsive classifieds checking when I was looking for a puppy last year. Well this year I am compulsively checking for baby gear that I don't want to pay full price for. Baby stuff is expensive!

Last week I went and looked at the Sit N Stand stroller at Babies R Us. I wanted to play with it before I bought one. While there I also checked out diaper bags. My friend, Alison, has a diaper bag I really like the look of. It's not too big, is made out of this cool material that is super easy to clean, and has lots of great pockets and compartments. She swears by it. It is a J.J. Cole Collections diaper bag. They had a couple different styles of it at Babies R Us, but they were $70. Yikes. I kind of half heartedly looked at the other diaper bags, but I had pretty much already decided I wanted this one.

When I got home I checked Amazon to see if they had them for cheaper. They had some for $55. Next I checked the classifieds. There were 2 listed. One was brand new with the tags for $50. The other was "gently used" (the listing said it had only been used 5-6 times) for $15. Um, yes please. I emailed the seller, drove down the next day and picked it up. The only flaw was that one of the velcro tabs in the back pouch pocket had mostly ripped off. I figured I could either sew it back on or at least hot glue it back on. :) Yesterday my neighbor helped me fix a hem on a skirt and while I was there she also used her heavy duty sewing machine to fix my diaper bag. Good as new for $15! What a steal.
My next baby purchase will be crib bedding, but since I can't decide on anything I will probably hold off for a little longer before buying. I have been checking the classifieds for bedding sets too, but I think maybe I need to block the classifieds website for a couple weeks. There is just always something on there that is a great deal. Here's the crib bedding I like best from the classifieds. Here's the bedding I like best from Amazon. Which do you like best? I need some outside opinions.