Before you read this, please hope over and wish Io happy birthday! I presume she's already out on the town tonight, but I'm sure she'd love to read your greetings tomorrow afternoon ...
Cr.ai.gs.lis.t success. Not to boast or anything, but in addition to packing, selling our stuff quickly is one of my skills. However, we'll be sleeping on an air mattress for the next 6 nights ...
JD asked whether we were really selling the bed 6 days before we leave town to make a little money, and I realized this is why I'm in charge of the little details. The problem is not so much the money (although an extra $300 for our trip is fabulous) as that we have plans every night this week and need to leave the apartment completely empty (there was no shower curtain when we moved in - so annoying) or pay the fine. There's also no dumpster outside our building, and much as I love the freecycle guys, I couldn't imagine dealing with them on our last day in town. So we're now living in an even more minimalist apartment so that we can have an even busier week and start our 17 hour drive* within 15 minutes of JD finishing his last day of work ... ah, the fun of living a haphazard life.
In other news, I finally have some baby consignment store/goodwill/thrift store experience after an afternoon of shopping. The goal was actually to find JD a tuxedo (please give me any advice you have on this), but no luck there. There were lots of tuxedos at the secondhand stores, but they were all way too big for JD. He doesn't like the ones at the big stores like M.en's W.ar.ehou.se and doesn't want to spend as much money as Bro.ok.s Br.oth.ers, but he'd be totally content with a thrift store find. We happen to need one soon for several black tie events this fall (can't imagine what I'll be wearing, but at least JD can look good). So I took the opportunity to 'scout out' the baby clothes ...
And they're a bargarin! And cute! And all of the girl's ones are pink, pink, pink. But I caved and bought about 14 items, all practical. The widest selection was the local hipster thrift store, but they were also the most expensive (.95-4.95). Sal.va.ti.on A.rm.y had the most upscale items, and very cheap (Bebe, Nord.st.rom sweaters for $2). The winner by far was Goodw.ill: apparently all of their clothes size 2T and under are always $1 an item. No matter what the item or where it's from. I picked up several G.AP and Ca.rt.er onesies (mostly in the boy's section, but I guess that's to be expected at this point) and 2 sweaters and 2 fleece one-piece outfits. It's cold where I'll be living in the winter and although I'm sure my mother and MIL are picking up stacks of onesies and cute dresses, I wanted to make sure that we had at least a few warm items to get us through until May. Total cost: $22.
Don't worry, I haven't given up my infertile insecurities. After I wash all of these items, they will be packed away, carted off by our movers at the end of the week and not seen again until mid-September, at which point I will either be a few weeks at most from the third trimester or JD will have to deal with the aftermath and unpack and dispose of them. See, a totally reasonable escape plan.
* Don't worry, the drive is split up into 7 hours, 4.5 hours, 5.5 hours. Much more reasonable than I would have planned myself.
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I'm loving your last few posts. Reminds me of when we left NY -- dealing with the Cr*aig*sli*st people and the Fre*ecyle people who never showed up ... ugh! And I love thrift stores. They're my secret wardrobe weapon. Hope the rest of your move goes smoothly!
Yeah! You made your $300! I still love checking out the thrift shops. It's amazing what you can find sometimes.
Thanks for the birthday wishes! Glad Craigslist is working out.
You might try a vintage store for a tux - some of the really old ones are classic and they tend to be smaller.
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