This shall be short as time is limited.
I was given mashed potatoes as my Thanksgiving bring along. Now, for whatever reason every single batch of mashed potatoes I make lately has been awful. They hate me. I can make desserts I can't pronounce, but I cannot seem to turn a simple spud into something eatable when mashed. Since my mom was so stressed and busy I didn't want to not help by doing the potatoes, and thus I asked if I might get Simply Potatoes and use those. She said that was fine and I merrily did so.
And honestly, they are so good. If you haven't tried them, you must. They're real potatoes and nothing weird and you truly and honestly would rather eat them than the ones I make from scratch, I can promise you that.
So I bought three containers and we served those and no one was the wiser...until...
My sister-in-law pointed out how good they were and complimented me on my great potatoes.
This is where it fell apart.
See, I felt all guilty as I had not actually done anything harder than going to Giant the week of Thanksgiving...but really...that's kind of a challenge, right? I mean, I was there longer than it would have taken me to make actual mashed potatoes, so it should count. I'm counting it.
Still...the guilt...I was all shameful and sad. Therefore I could not contain it and outed myself as a potato fraud. And then everyone knew the potatoes were a forgery and I am forever disgraced as a Thanksgiving Potato Counterfeiter. Clearly I shall never be given potato duty again. Although, in retrospect, that is probably a good thing.
Hm, perhaps the truth has set me free after all. :)
Friday, November 26, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Day of Awesome Crib Findery and Bedding Delivery
Yesterday not only did my crib bedding arrive BUT we got the baby furniture problem solved.
You will never believe how.
Remember the guy from Craigslist that I had written off as a Toolbox of the First Order? Ah yes, as it turns out he was not a toolbox at all. So, sorry Craigslist guy, you are redeemed and vindicated as being a decent person. I can admit when I'm wrong, and I was totally wrong this time.
Mr. Craigslist sent me an email early yesterday morning explaining that the reason he hadn't gotten back to me was that his whole family had the stomach flu. Therefore he was very busy taking two children and a wife to the doctors and holding them with their respective heads in the toilet and thus could not respond to me email. He was terribly sorry and did we still want the furniture? HOLY COW YES! We did. We drove down and it was amazing and lovely and we brought it all home for the very low price of $115.00. Let's just add it up, shall we? One white 4-in-1 sleigh crib by a famous maker with NO recalls and a nice crib mattress, one white dresser-style sleigh changing table with pad, and the most adorable white nightstand you ever saw with a little shelf and a cabinet. Plus T.G. talked him into selling us two top of the line child gates AND the extension packages, which we desperately needed, for $40.00.
So, total spent was $155.00 which is five dollars more than we spent on Little Guy's furniture AND we got two baby gates in the deal. Also the changing table is a dresser style which is nicer than the one we got for Little Guy and his stuff did not come with a nightstand, so technically even though we paid five dollars more we did better on this bargain hunting extravaganza. Hooray!!!
T.G. is probably even more pleased than I am because now he has a wife who is not an anxiety ridden mess full of hateful pregnancy hormones. I am serene and happy in the knowledge that the items needed for the baby's room are here and the fun of picking a room color and whatnot can begin. Woot!
You will never believe how.
Remember the guy from Craigslist that I had written off as a Toolbox of the First Order? Ah yes, as it turns out he was not a toolbox at all. So, sorry Craigslist guy, you are redeemed and vindicated as being a decent person. I can admit when I'm wrong, and I was totally wrong this time.
Mr. Craigslist sent me an email early yesterday morning explaining that the reason he hadn't gotten back to me was that his whole family had the stomach flu. Therefore he was very busy taking two children and a wife to the doctors and holding them with their respective heads in the toilet and thus could not respond to me email. He was terribly sorry and did we still want the furniture? HOLY COW YES! We did. We drove down and it was amazing and lovely and we brought it all home for the very low price of $115.00. Let's just add it up, shall we? One white 4-in-1 sleigh crib by a famous maker with NO recalls and a nice crib mattress, one white dresser-style sleigh changing table with pad, and the most adorable white nightstand you ever saw with a little shelf and a cabinet. Plus T.G. talked him into selling us two top of the line child gates AND the extension packages, which we desperately needed, for $40.00.
So, total spent was $155.00 which is five dollars more than we spent on Little Guy's furniture AND we got two baby gates in the deal. Also the changing table is a dresser style which is nicer than the one we got for Little Guy and his stuff did not come with a nightstand, so technically even though we paid five dollars more we did better on this bargain hunting extravaganza. Hooray!!!
T.G. is probably even more pleased than I am because now he has a wife who is not an anxiety ridden mess full of hateful pregnancy hormones. I am serene and happy in the knowledge that the items needed for the baby's room are here and the fun of picking a room color and whatnot can begin. Woot!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Crib Saga of Unending Anxiety
So, for those that don't know, we are expecting a baby girl in March. Since Little Guy is still happily using all his nursery furniture, the need to get more has arisen.
Ah yes...let the drama begin...
T.G. and I are thrifty people, remember his initials stand for Thriftmaster General. We do not see much sense in paying oodles of money for something a child will outgrow in three years. Therefore the crib searching takes place mostly on Craigstlist and Ebay. Granted we could buy a brand new crib from Walmart for the very low price of $84.00 but there are some issues with this. Issue number one is T.G.'s absolute horror and hatred of anything having to do with the evil that is Walmart, and issue number two is the fact that the cheaper cribs from Walmart do not compare to finding really good used nursery furniture for a good price. For instance, Little Guy's cherry sleigh bed style bedroom set was made by Bassett and is top of the line albeit ten years old. It never had one recall and looks like a million dollars, which is very convenient and nice seeing as how we paid a total of $150.00 for the set. It is solid and strong, and I adore it. We found it on Craigslist for $175.00 and T.G. managed to talk them down $25.00 and to throw in the mattress, changing pad, and a diaper bag for free. Seriously. Did I mention that I love that hard bargaining man of mine? He's awesome.
So we've been scouring Craigslist again for a bedroom set for baby #2. I've already got crib bedding, and boy howdy, I am so in love with it. It's Glenna Jean and the pattern is called Lola and it sold for almost $400.00 new. Ask me how much I paid for it. Go ahead...ask!
$50.00!!!! I am going to insert a large WOOT here. Ebay and I shall be BFF.
Hm. Just realized that it is very late and I am very tired. I shall finish this later.
Ok, it is now the next day and I am rested although dying of hideous allergies.
Back to crib saga...
We did think we had a crib at first, but then said crib turned out to be unusable due to recalls and other issues. So we started searching again.
Yesterday, I found a whole nursery set on Craigslist from this wealthy couple in Westchester. It was very nice and exactly what I want and had NO recalls. So I wrote back and forth with the guy all day and we arranged a date for T.G. and I to pick it up, I got childcare for Little Guy set up and everything.
Sounds like the saga is ended, right? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh no. This toolbox emails me last night after everything is arranged and tells me some lady is coming to look at the furniture and might buy it. So I email him back to find out what the deal is and he never responds. I am in baby furniture response limbo. Bleh. My only guess is that he totally sold it to that woman and is refusing to reply to me about it.
What kind of a jerk sells something out from under a person EVEN though there was a pick-up date arranged? I could not be more irritated. As my friend Nickel says, Craigslist has become fraught with ass-hattery lately. So we are back to square one with the crib search.
The bedding set is very light and girlie as you can see: http://www.babyage.com/baby-bedding/glenna-jean/lola-collection.htm
It will look best in a white crib, and truthfully I have my heart set on white furniture for the baby. Now I just have to find some.
Ah yes...let the drama begin...
T.G. and I are thrifty people, remember his initials stand for Thriftmaster General. We do not see much sense in paying oodles of money for something a child will outgrow in three years. Therefore the crib searching takes place mostly on Craigstlist and Ebay. Granted we could buy a brand new crib from Walmart for the very low price of $84.00 but there are some issues with this. Issue number one is T.G.'s absolute horror and hatred of anything having to do with the evil that is Walmart, and issue number two is the fact that the cheaper cribs from Walmart do not compare to finding really good used nursery furniture for a good price. For instance, Little Guy's cherry sleigh bed style bedroom set was made by Bassett and is top of the line albeit ten years old. It never had one recall and looks like a million dollars, which is very convenient and nice seeing as how we paid a total of $150.00 for the set. It is solid and strong, and I adore it. We found it on Craigslist for $175.00 and T.G. managed to talk them down $25.00 and to throw in the mattress, changing pad, and a diaper bag for free. Seriously. Did I mention that I love that hard bargaining man of mine? He's awesome.
So we've been scouring Craigslist again for a bedroom set for baby #2. I've already got crib bedding, and boy howdy, I am so in love with it. It's Glenna Jean and the pattern is called Lola and it sold for almost $400.00 new. Ask me how much I paid for it. Go ahead...ask!
$50.00!!!! I am going to insert a large WOOT here. Ebay and I shall be BFF.
Hm. Just realized that it is very late and I am very tired. I shall finish this later.
Ok, it is now the next day and I am rested although dying of hideous allergies.
Back to crib saga...
We did think we had a crib at first, but then said crib turned out to be unusable due to recalls and other issues. So we started searching again.
Yesterday, I found a whole nursery set on Craigslist from this wealthy couple in Westchester. It was very nice and exactly what I want and had NO recalls. So I wrote back and forth with the guy all day and we arranged a date for T.G. and I to pick it up, I got childcare for Little Guy set up and everything.
Sounds like the saga is ended, right? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh no. This toolbox emails me last night after everything is arranged and tells me some lady is coming to look at the furniture and might buy it. So I email him back to find out what the deal is and he never responds. I am in baby furniture response limbo. Bleh. My only guess is that he totally sold it to that woman and is refusing to reply to me about it.
What kind of a jerk sells something out from under a person EVEN though there was a pick-up date arranged? I could not be more irritated. As my friend Nickel says, Craigslist has become fraught with ass-hattery lately. So we are back to square one with the crib search.
The bedding set is very light and girlie as you can see: http://www.babyage.com/baby-bedding/glenna-jean/lola-collection.htm
It will look best in a white crib, and truthfully I have my heart set on white furniture for the baby. Now I just have to find some.
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