Even better...

A girl's allowed to change her mind, right? Especially a pregnant one... :)

Last weekend we swapped out our two extra bedrooms. The downstairs guest room is now also doubling as an office, and upstairs is officially the nursery. That's not what I changed my mind about though... I changed my mind about painting! What I was surprised to find was that I actually kind of like the color that is already on the nursery walls! It may not be what I would pick if I was starting from scratch... but I really like the addition of teal to the brown, blue & white color scheme I had already started. It's really soothing... reminds me of the Caribbean! I think with some flowing white curtains it will be perfect! & so Mike is spared a weekend of painting! Yay!

Getting Antsy

I love to decorate. I've been brainstorming nursery ideas since long before we were even pregnant.... it's just my thing - I enjoy it! So here's the dilemma: since we are hoping to sell our condo... it doesn't make much sense to paint and decorate a room in our current home when we're hoping there's still a chance we could move before BabyW. arrives.

But...I still really want to! My logical side has been holding me back... but now that we're only like 10 weeks away from July, I'm really getting restless to setup his room. Our original plan was that if the house hadn't sold by June 1st, we'd decorate then... but that's not leaving much time! And we already have 2 weekends full in June. Hmmm... maybe I'll just get some paint samples this weekend. :) I really LOVE this idea for the walls... but maybe I'll just go simple, and forego the stripes since there's a hopeful possibility we won't be living here too long. But aren't the stripes great?! (sigh...) What do you think? Vote on the right.

The Best Kind of Shopping!

Have you ever gone up to a register to pay full-price for something only to be pleasantly surprised that it is on sale and costs less than you expected? Well, yesterday, my friend/co-worker, Senneca, and I went to BabiesRUs on our lunchbreak so she could help me add a few things to my registry. The brown lamp I wanted to add was the last one in the store and was being discontinued, so I decided to just go ahead and buy it... for $44.99. It rang up $11.75...and then we noticed the sales people whispering and we heard them say "are we discontinuing all the Amy Coe stuff? so it's 75% off?" Well, that's all Senneca and I needed to hear... we rushed back to the Amy Coe (modern designer for BRU) section and filled a cart to the brim with tons of stuff we had been eyeing but never wanted to pay full price for... most things were now ringing up between $2-5, even though they were marked full-price! Everything I got was part of two collections that go perfectly with the bedding I already have. We had so much fun!! And we could tell that the sales people were shocked that we discovered this unmarked sale before they could get back there and grab it all for themselves! It was a bargain shopper's dream day! So here's what I ended up with:

1 Large Brown Area Rug
1 Wall Art Canvas
1 Baby Hamper
3 Decorative Storage Boxes
6 Receiving Blankets
1 Chenille Blanket
1 Waste Basket
2 Lamps with Shades
3 Crib Sheets
1 Changing Pad Cover

Total Price: $98.15
Total Savings: $294.45!!

The feeling of finding an awesome deal that no one else knew about yet: Priceless.