Our Sunday Funday has consisted thus far of us venturing out this morning to start comparing some of the cribs we've seen online. Porch is a stickler for quality and we both would prefer to have real wood. I love the white stains, he's more into the espresso which I don't mind but it's not my first choice. I'm giving in on this one as I don't care enough to make it an issue. I like the darker wood too (I guess).
Our first stop was Pottery Barn Baby; I'm not even sure why... we're not really Pottery Barn people, so to speak. But Porch had seen a crib he liked online so we went to check it out. The highlight of this trip was giggling at Porch as he attempted to wrap his brain around the fact that the "set" of furniture wasn't an all-inclusive set, but rather the fact that all of the pieces matched. "I just don't know why this piece says $899 and this one says $1069 if they're in the same set." Not one salesperson came to greet us or see if we needed any help. One lap around the store and we knew we wanted something real but nothing from this store.
We stopped at Land of Nod and I think we found a crib & changing table we both agree on. We wanted to come home and research (anyone who knows Porch knows that this is part of every purchase) and see if we could find some sales, coupons, you know... my favorite part of the purchase. I thought maybe we could buy it in Wisconsin, but as I look at their website, I see that they only have stores in CA, IL, and WA which I guess makes me feel lucky to live where we do? The sales associate was very nice, approached us and asked non-probing questions (thank you) and then left us to discover things on our own. Although I will say that she made me feel like we were waaaay behind for not starting (anything) yet. We don't have any furniture (we've purchased 0 items of any variety as of today) and we haven't registered (GASP!). When we said we were 4 months, she was all like, "that baby is going to be here before you know it," which made me freak out for a hot second. More on that tomorrow. Way better experience than we had at Pottery Barn Baby. But like I said, we're just not Pottery Barn people. And we're okay with that.
Our final stop was Target; this was because originally, I had seen a crib at Target that I really liked but Porch called it cheap and our argument ended with the agreement to go see several cribs in person. They didn't have the one I was looking at online in the store for us to see, but we did get a chance to visit the stroller section. Although it's still cold, the fact that the snow is *starting* to melt gives us hope of warmer weather and made me eager to have a good stroller to push our tiny human in for a run and then stop at the park. (Yes, I realize I'm running no where at first, but I've got to start somewhere, right? Buying fun toys is half the fun, like when I bought fun new running shoes -- it totes worked).
So in review, upon Porch's exhaustive research, I believe we may have found a contender for furniture. I would be pretty pumped to have it here when my parents come to visit on March 15th and maybe I could bribe my parents with beer and drinks to help Porch move the guest bed to its new home before they leave on Sunday. (Hint, hint, wink, wink) We've got big plans (including dinner at Brazzaz) for that weekend so I'm excited!
In the mean time, I find myself back on Porch's side of the fence with regards to finding out if our love nugget is a boy or a girl and if it's obvious on Friday when we are in our appointment, I will ask to know. Is it weird that this is super exciting yet terrifying?
xoxo
Our first stop was Pottery Barn Baby; I'm not even sure why... we're not really Pottery Barn people, so to speak. But Porch had seen a crib he liked online so we went to check it out. The highlight of this trip was giggling at Porch as he attempted to wrap his brain around the fact that the "set" of furniture wasn't an all-inclusive set, but rather the fact that all of the pieces matched. "I just don't know why this piece says $899 and this one says $1069 if they're in the same set." Not one salesperson came to greet us or see if we needed any help. One lap around the store and we knew we wanted something real but nothing from this store.
We stopped at Land of Nod and I think we found a crib & changing table we both agree on. We wanted to come home and research (anyone who knows Porch knows that this is part of every purchase) and see if we could find some sales, coupons, you know... my favorite part of the purchase. I thought maybe we could buy it in Wisconsin, but as I look at their website, I see that they only have stores in CA, IL, and WA which I guess makes me feel lucky to live where we do? The sales associate was very nice, approached us and asked non-probing questions (thank you) and then left us to discover things on our own. Although I will say that she made me feel like we were waaaay behind for not starting (anything) yet. We don't have any furniture (we've purchased 0 items of any variety as of today) and we haven't registered (GASP!). When we said we were 4 months, she was all like, "that baby is going to be here before you know it," which made me freak out for a hot second. More on that tomorrow. Way better experience than we had at Pottery Barn Baby. But like I said, we're just not Pottery Barn people. And we're okay with that.
Our final stop was Target; this was because originally, I had seen a crib at Target that I really liked but Porch called it cheap and our argument ended with the agreement to go see several cribs in person. They didn't have the one I was looking at online in the store for us to see, but we did get a chance to visit the stroller section. Although it's still cold, the fact that the snow is *starting* to melt gives us hope of warmer weather and made me eager to have a good stroller to push our tiny human in for a run and then stop at the park. (Yes, I realize I'm running no where at first, but I've got to start somewhere, right? Buying fun toys is half the fun, like when I bought fun new running shoes -- it totes worked).
So in review, upon Porch's exhaustive research, I believe we may have found a contender for furniture. I would be pretty pumped to have it here when my parents come to visit on March 15th and maybe I could bribe my parents with beer and drinks to help Porch move the guest bed to its new home before they leave on Sunday. (Hint, hint, wink, wink) We've got big plans (including dinner at Brazzaz) for that weekend so I'm excited!
In the mean time, I find myself back on Porch's side of the fence with regards to finding out if our love nugget is a boy or a girl and if it's obvious on Friday when we are in our appointment, I will ask to know. Is it weird that this is super exciting yet terrifying?
xoxo
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