Babies and Bargains

Here I am on a Saturday morning at 6:30 am. Why can't I ever get this sleeping in thing down? I even stayed up past 1:00 last night (a rarity for me) and still could only sleep an extra half hour this morning.
Hopefully I won't be paying for it later.
The only thing on earth that could make me stay up so late was that we were hanging out with the cutest thing EVER last night.....
I guess her parents are okay to, but she was by far the cutest entertainment of the evening.

Back to my not sleeping in. I woke up at 6:15 and couldn't stop thinking of all the things I needed to do this morning. One of them was updating "the list." If you somehow think I might be a cool person that is completely not a geek when it comes to planning or that I am not psychotically way to over-detailed, stop reading now. I wouldn't want to ruin your perfect image of me as a normal human being.

Back to "the list"....I created this spreadsheet a few weeks ago, back when I was at home sick and miserable for a few days. One column is full of things that we already have for the baby and the other column is filled with things I could think of off the top of my head that we need for the baby. Obviously the "need" side of the spreadsheet is WAY bigger than the "have" side.
So, I've been finding these great bargains lately and have been THRILLED that I can start editing my list by moving items from the "need" to "have" category. All of the above is why I could not allow myself to sleep in this morning, since my list was so out of date and every item was not in the correct column.
Wanna see what I was losing sleep over?
Three - count them, three items! Yes, I am a nerd. I was so excited about my purchases though, that I just couldn't wait to "log" them. Wanna guess how much I spent total on all of this stuff? $15!!! Amazing, eh? The best looking part of these items is the pretty little read clearance tag on the corner!

Of course, you can guess the items were purchased at my favorite place to shop....Target! I have this little routine down - on Tuesday and Fridays I work in my Fitchburg office, which is conveniently located down the street from Super Target, so I always stop in there to check out the deals. Friday is usually my "jackpot" day because I've learned they that they do new mark-downs on their current clearance items on Friday morning. Yep, the geek is truly coming out, because I am SO excited just thinking about this! I just love a good bargain!

So, all in all, I got a crib bumper, sleep positioner and a vibrating chair thing (I really don't know what it's called) for a total of $15. The vibrating chair was the big ticket item, ringing in at a whopping $9.00!

Anyway, now that my list is up to date and my life is no longer coming to an end, maybe I'll relax for a few hours until my lovely husband wakes up.
Hope you're all having a great weekend!