Shopping
the rest of our weekend
April 15, 2012
Like I said in the last post, the weather here in Las Vegas has been frustrating, to say the least. Friday was cold. Saturday, cold again. So Graciela and I went to the mall to do a little shopping. Lets just say, I don’t get quite as excited about it as Graciela:
After the mall, we made a stop at our favorite shave ice place. It was opening weekend, and I’ve been waiting for this place to open all winter long. No dreary weather was going to come between me and my shave ice.
(Don’t let those blue skies fool you, it was chilly!)
Graciela got her first taste of shave ice and LOOOOOVED it :)
Later that night, as if I hadn’t consumed enough sugar already, we made a quick trip to Krispy Kreme. Technically, we went to pick up donuts for Luis to take to the kids he teaches at church, but I got some for myself too.
I love that they give you a free straight-off-the-belt donut every time you go in there! There is nothing like warm fried dough covered in a sugary glaze on a frigidly cold day. Yum.
Oddly enough, the warm got all warm again on Sunday. Not super hot yet, but warm enough that Graciela went to church sans jacket.
And in case you’re wondering, she probably loved that paper just about as much as I loved the left-over donuts Luis brought home.
consignment time
March 26, 2012
There is a huge baby consignment sale here in Las Vegas about every 6 months. I’ve now been to the sale 4 different times, and I love it. I had gone hoping to find some summer pajamas for Graciela (last time I went, I scored on the pajama front). Sadly, I found no pajamas this time. I did score 2 brand, new little outfits for Graciela and 2 pairs of sandals for a total of $15.00, though so I guess it was worth the drive.
Can’t wait for summertime!
consignment weekend
October 17, 2011
I was very excited about the semi-annual consignment sale here in Las Vegas. Luis, the baby and I headed over to it on Thursday evening for the new mom sale. To say it was crowded is an understatement. We were greeted at the door by volunteer who stated the wait to check out was approximately and hour and 15 minutes.
Fortunately, Luis came up with the great idea to go get in line while I did the shopping. I started scouring the racks for either new or close-to-new pajamas for Graciela in sizes 3-6 months and 6-9 months. After finishing one row, Luis was at the front of the line and I had to call it quits. I got a pretty good haul, but in the midst of the chaos of people, I ended up with a couple of things that weren’t the right size (i.e. she’ll be outgrowing them in the next couple of weeks… but for $2 each it wasn’t a big deal).
I’m pretty sure the “G” on this bib was made especially for Graciela :)
I also got Graciela this fun new toy. I think she loves it.
Since I only made it through one of the racks on Thursday, I went back on Friday after work. It was completely opposite of the previous night of chaos.
My haul was a little smaller, but well worth the trip:
And Graciela is now ready for winter with her new boots:
Needless to say, I had a lot of laundry and hanging to do the rest of the weekend.
for those who live in the las vegas area:
October 8, 2011
As They Grow has a HUGE consignment sale here in Las Vegas twice a year. We went last March and bought these for the baby:
The pack ‘n play where she sleeps every night next to me (where she is crying for me to come get her as I type this):
The bouncy chair where she hangs out during the day watching her dad work (don’t worry, we started strapping her in after she started doing this):
The carrier where she hangs out when she decides she wants to be held during times that we need to cook or clean:
These items have been great for us, they are in really good shape and I’m glad we didn’t have to pay full price for them. At the last sale, I was still super nauseous and we didn’t know the gender of our baby so we weren’t able to get a whole lot (you can read all about it here). The sale will be happening again this week. I’m really excited to go. This time around, I’ll be on the lookout for warm footed pajamas in 3-6 month sizes (we’ll be needing these in a month or two), a high chair (I’m assuming we’ll be needing one before the next sale comes around), and possibly a bumbo.
Looking back: Registering at Target
June 26, 2011
Whew! I finally feel like I can breathe a little. Between prepping for class, and wading through the first 3 weeks of the term, life finally feels like its evening out. Over the course of the next while, I’ll go back and hit up on some things I would like to have blogged about. So, come back in time with me:
May 26, 2011
With our Utah Baby Shower only a week away, Natalia and I needed to register for some baby stuff, so we headed to Target to start. Little did I know that it would turn into hours and hours AND HOURS of excruciating pain and agony!!
Now, one thing that drives me crazy about my wonderful wife, is how she shops. Say she wants to buy a can of refried beans. She spends about:
- 60 seconds surveying the can.
- 60 seconds surveying other brands.
- 60 seconds lecturing me for rolling my eyes
- 60 seconds wondering if she should buy another type of bean… black? pinto? chili?
- 60 seconds reviewing the can again
- 60 seconds griping at me for banging my head against the wall
- 60 seconds going over all the beans in the aisle
- 6 seconds FINALLY placing the beans in the shopping cart
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury… this is no exaggeration. (Okay, maybe a slight exaggerations– VERY SLIGHT). Her process of shopping drives me bonkers.
So, when going into Target that night, I knew Natalia had a list, and figured we’d get our gun, roll on through to the baby section, and have crazy shoot out, Wild-Gunman-style!!
Oh, how wrong I was!! Here’s what I posted on Facebook about the experience: (click to enlarge)
What I thought would be a 30 minute trip (MAX) turned out to be almost 3 hours!! Natty, I love you so much… but, COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
just a little overboard
May 6, 2011
(Since Luis failed to link up, I’ll use this post and do it myself)
We made a quick stop at Victoria’s Secret yesterday because I really wanted a new body spray that I tried a couple of weeks ago. I went in with the intention of buying just the one body spray (totally fabulous). I left with this:
What happened? Well (as always) they had a “sale” going. 7 items for $35.00 AND you got an 8th item free. So I thought, either I can buy 1 spray for $9.00, or I can buy 8 sprays for $4.38 each. You can clearly see which choice I decided to go with. Am I a little flawed for going a little overboard? Sure. But hey, I don’t do this all the time, so why not?
Infomercials… revisited
April 11, 2011
A few months ago, we blogged about our fascination with horribly-acted and unintentionally hilarious infomercials. Here we are with a couple more cheesy laugh-fests.
The Snazzy Napper
Luis: It’s basically a piece of cloth, with a nose hole, and some rinky dink sheep illustration. On top of that, it looks ridiculous!
Natalia: Why does this remind me of KKK hoods?
The Slobstopper
Natalia: An adult bib!! I’ve been telling Luis he needs this!
Luis: I can honestly tell you… I could really use something like the Slobstopper (I get food all over my shirts)… but, I’d NEVER be caught DEAD wearing one of those. I don’t care if it’s only 14.99!
Antoine Dodson’s Sex Offender Tracker App
Luis: “It’s a TECHN-OLOGY!!” This infomercial is hilarious because of Mr. Dodson… of course!! “See those lil red dots.. those are registered sex offenders… let’s get outta here!!” Hahaha!!!
Natalia: I love me some Antoine Dodson! I’ll buy whatEVER he’s selling… I wonder if the app comes with a little red bandana for my iPhone (as seen at the end of the ad.)
The Better Marriage Blanket
Luis: “Having problems with your marriage? Are you on the brink of divorce? .. Then have we got the product for YOU!” Hahahahaahha…. farting: destroying marriages since 1903.
Natalia: They better pull this off the market, or I’m out of a job…
Luis: …I don’t get it.
Natalia: Because I’m a divorce lawyer!!
Luis: Ohhhh.
The next two, are spoofs of infomercials from SNL and 30 Rock. Both hilarious.
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