We bought our first baby items today. A girlfriend told me that when she found out she was pregnant, she bought a package of diapers every payday. You don’t really notice the money gone so much, and it’s nice to have a closet full when the time comes. So…we bought our first package of diapers.
I know there’s some debate about which kind to buy (Pampers vs. Huggies vs. store brand) because not all diapers work the same on every baby, so I bought the ones she recommended. It has since been suggested that maybe the better thing to do would be to buy a gift certificate each week so that there is no expenditure when the time actually comes. However, that doesn’t give me a closetful of diapers within easy reach when the time comes and I’m on my own for shopping! 😉
We also had two coupons for $11 off formula, so we bought two cans. Of course, I was clueless about all the types (soy vs. with iron vs. easy-to-digest :)) ) so we just got two different types.
For those of you wondering why we’re buying formula so early…well…
- The coupons expired in November so it was use them or lose them. (I signed up a loooong time ago for a baby magazine, and they started sending coupons and samples as if I was pregnant—hence me getting formula coupons that expire so soon).
- We checked the expiration and it was 2009, so we’re good on that. (I know we’ll get samples, so I figure we’ll hopefully be able to try those first and then return the full size ones if necessity dictates it.)
- After the coupon, we only paid like 50¢ and $1.00 for the different varieties of forumula, as we had to get the small cans. So, even if we can’t return it, I could donate it and I’m only out $1.50.
Of course, I sorta think I’m tempting fate by buying things this early, but worst case scenario, everything can be returned OR donated.
It’s just bizarre. We’re buying baby stuff. 88|