Mom has spent all your savings this summer on STUFF. Nothing we couldn't live without, nothing we deserve seeing as neither Nick nor I had a summer income...but at the same time...helped to make the summer heat more bearable....in stores. :) Here is a sampling of the summer purchases that make us, (OK me), happy!
These wet bags are fabulous! Karen has some that she was using for Olivia's potty training (clean and dirty) in her diaper bag and I just had to have some. Turns out a friend had the hook up with a co-op so I bought 2 medium and a large for a bargain. Not exactly sure what I'm going to use them for since I had also bought 2 Vera Bradley diddy bags (similar concept.....fabric on outside and lined with vinyl on the inside), but they were a bargain so I'll come up with something. Like today the diddy bag was a camera cover at the Zoo because it was raining. And after swim lessons it was great for the suits til we could lay them out at home.
Here is the large one...I think we'll use this as a toiletry bag.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the video camera baby monitor that we bought for the playroom. That way when Jack gets quiet we can check in on him without having to get up and run down the hall. We LOVED it so much that we purchased and extra camera for his bedroom. This way we can scan between the two rooms and the camera can pan the entire room so he can't hide from us. Watching him after we put him to bed has been great entertainment.
After a trip to the Arboretum with painted letters we put together picture frames for Papa, Bebe, Nana, and Gramps for Birthdays and beyond. Nick and I made one for ourselves too. The original idea was to turn the pictures black and white and do the letters in color but with the technical difficulties with the computer we scratched that and went with all color. While ordering those we also ordered some pictures for the frames in the living room collage and around the house. Which the picture frames, paint, and carpet weren't free either.
Vera Bradley had a fabulous sale. I'm not (or at least wasn't) a huge Vera Bradley follower....although I often obsess (I know me?!?) about not purchasing the first Vera styled bag I saw and fell in love with in Niece, France....but with the deals this summer as you will see....I couldn't control myself and made up for way more than that one bag I didn't purchase in Niece. Here is my teacher bag for this year and a matching lunch box.....hey-if it makes me smile and feel better about being a working mom....what's it to ya?!?!
This is a super happy diaper bag that I am using now as a carry all bag for Jack and I's adventures and maybe one day for a maybe Relle Clan bambino number 2....justified because I never bought a diaper bag for Jack....just used my purse filled to the brim.
So the original Vera purchase was for Mother's Day from Nick...a clutch wallet that I had been wanting. Luckily I have problems using new things for awhile after I purchase them, so I was able to return it and get all this instead with the fabulous sale....a jewelry book so my jewelry is safer than in a zip lock and doesn't get stuck together, another clutch with matching checkbook cover and small cosmetic bag to move from purse to purse, and they threw in this zipper ID coin purse for free with a job application (turns out I not only shopped a lot but must have impressed them with my unintential sorting of merchandise while obsessing over what to buy). Might need to mention too that I also bought 3 more zipper ID coin purses to put gift cards in for Miley and Jack's two teachers at Christmas, 2 diddy bags to have for baby shower gifts at some point, and another baby present for a dear friend-all wrapped and ready to go. I am attending a Vera party at the store in August in hopes to win free stuff and then I'm not going back for a LONG time...I think I'm well stocked. :) Do you?!?!Other items on the Summer Wish List:
*desk for OC-CHECK
*toy box for Jack's room-CHECK
*weed eater-CHECK
*vacumn cleaner because the one we have isn't adjustable and won't move on the new carpet...must take care of it
*small digital camera because Jack dropped and broke the old digital....which although slow, it was always in my purse for catching everyday things on film
*couch because this one is KILLING my back
*shed to get that garage under control for good
*there is more....but I don't want to seem to spoiled/needy :O)
Til then....no more purchases and when college comes around...sorry Jack...hope you get a scholarship or Sallie Mae will become your "friend" too!
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