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.
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