First Actual Baby Purchases

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…

  1. 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).
  2. 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.)
  3. 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|

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