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09/10/2007: "What a Deal"
We had a really great weekend these past few days, though as usual it was too damn short. Dessa could hardly have been better and I actually got out of the house a lot, which was fantastic.
On Friday night we all went to Costco and Lucky for groceries. I put Dess in the Baby Bjorn, facing outward and she was a peach. She has moved into a phase where she wants to see everyone and everything at all times and if she cannot, she is Very Unhappy Indeed. Costco was a veritable wonderland for her and she loved checking out the place. I don't think she made a sound the whole time but her eyes were huge. Same with Lucky, except near the end she conked out and was fast asleep. There might be nothing cuter than a sleeping baby in a Baby Bjorn because they just hang there. It's hilarious.
She slept through until 8 am Saturday morning, another blessing. Then she and I were off to the one-day sale at Macy's while Dave shampooed the downstairs carpet (do I have a great hubby or what?). Macy's was a bit of a madhouse but we got 2 adorable onesies, a shirt and pants combo and the cutest dress you've ever seen for half off. In fact, the onsies were, like, 70% off, so I was in hog heaven. I almost didn't get the dress, because it was $30 regularly and I would never buy a $30 dress for a baby, but it was half off... and I loved it... and we had a gift certificate from our neighbor, so I wasn't actually paying for it anyway.
I'd planned out what we were buying so it would hit as close to the amount on the gift certificate. After 45 minutes in line (!!!!!), where Dessa charmed the pants off everyone she saw, we got to the checkout. This sweet guy was doing the checking out and when we get up there he thanks us for waiting so long, then leans over and makes funny faces at the baby to make her smile. Then he tells me that the line would probably be totally gone in another half an hour or so because "the $10 coupon expires at one o'clock." I nod, wondering about this coupon I didn't have, but figured it must be for Macy's cardholders or something.
"Did you have a coupon?" he asks me.
"I don't actually. Wish I did," I reply, pulling my gift certificate out of my purse.
He looks around furtively and opens a drawer. "I'll give it to you. No worries."
So we got everything for, like, $23. I was so glad I decided to get that dress!
After we escaped from Macy's we went to the Disney store and Gymboree (sales! SALES!) and then to Red Robin for some lunch. Dess fell asleep as she took her bottle, leaving me to enjoy my lunch in peace - it was a master stroke of timing on her part. As we left, she woke up again and happily checked out the rest of shopping, then fell asleep in the car on the way home and took a nice long nap. Heaven!
She slept through Saturday night well and we were up at around 8:30 am on Sunday. Dave and I took her out to breakfast with us, where again she fell asleep and let us eat. She stayed sleeping while we browsed the bookstore, a rare treat. We had a birthday party to go to in the late afternoon and she was a little overtired by then so there was some fussing and crying, but honestly, she was really amazing the whole weekend. She really held it together well and I couldn't have been prouder of her.
She's getting to this great stage where, if she's not hungry and not too overtired she's totally engaged and into being out of the house. She made about 20 new friends in line at the stores - she catches people's eyes, stares and then breaks into her grin and it just cracks people up. It's really fun being out with her and I suspect it'll only get better. Too cool!
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