I have an addiction

Re: I have an addiction

• ladyjenna13 member

  July 2012

  DavidStamps:

  I'm just going to put it out there cause the first step is admittance....

  I'm crazy excited about having my first kid, and the fact that it's a boy is awesome, so I've been purchasing everything off of our registry and buying clothes like a crazy person. Sadly my wife's showers are next week and her work shower is a few days after that...I'll try to leave something on the registry, but damn, it's fun buying my son lots of random crap. 

  Okay. I feel better now. 
  

  You are lucky your wife is not ripping into you about shopping off the registry.  From what I saw with my wife's showers, people are probably letting it be known that there is nothing left on the registry and she has to get more stuff on there.

  We got a s*itload of clothes at her showers.  The kids closet is already full of stuff.  He has more clothes than I do!!!

  

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• ladyjenna13 member

  July 2012

  I am guilty as well though.  A month ago I was at a Brewer game in my company's suite.  I was with a bunch of people at work, and all I wanted to do was creep out of there and head down to the pro shop to shop for some gear for the boy.

  I found a receiving blanket that had the team logo and name embroidered in the blanket, which is key to me when I buy an team apparel.

  Cost me $40 and I did not even hesitate.  $40 for a receiving blanket.

  

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• Coltsdad member

  July 2012

  Well, if your families are anything like mine, the registry are more of a guideline.  We wound up with something like 10 blankets, I don't think we registered for more than 1.  We also got toys we didn't register for and people will buy outfits they find cute, even if you registered for specific clothes.  So while shopping off the registry limits what can be bought (that you specifically picked), unless you clean it out, you will likely be ok.  There may be a comment here or there that there wasn't much to pick from, but they'll either get you a gift card, or go off registry if they can't find anything.
  

   

  With our first, we would go to Babies R Us and Buy, Buy Baby on every Wednesday and deem it "Baby day" since the baby turned one week older in mom every Wednesday.  Some weeks we would buy, some we wouldn't.  I work in a job that puts me in multiple retail outlets a day, so if I walked past a baby outfit I liked, I might pick it up here or there, but they were from places we didn't register.
  

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• ladyjenna13 member

  July 2012

  Coltsdad:

  Well, if your families are anything like mine, the registry are more of a guideline.  We wound up with something like 10 blankets, I don't think we registered for more than 1.  We also got toys we didn't register for and people will buy outfits they find cute, even if you registered for specific clothes.  So while shopping off the registry limits what can be bought (that you specifically picked), unless you clean it out, you will likely be ok.  There may be a comment here or there that there wasn't much to pick from, but they'll either get you a gift card, or go off registry if they can't find anything.
  

   

  With our first, we would go to Babies R Us and Buy, Buy Baby on every Wednesday and deem it "Baby day" since the baby turned one week older in mom every Wednesday.  Some weeks we would buy, some we wouldn't.  I work in a job that puts me in multiple retail outlets a day, so if I walked past a baby outfit I liked, I might pick it up here or there, but they were from places we didn't register.
  

  Yeah, we got a bunch of stuff that we did not put on the registry as well.  What amazed us is the fact that the few high ticket items that we put on our registry were given to us at her showers.  We feel very blessed to have such great family and friends who got us all of the things that we will need for Jacob.

  

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• KurtDasha

  July 2012

  It is tough not buying things for my son.  I want to buy all the  Yankees, NY Giants, and NY  Rangers stuff I can find.  I found a NY Giants dipper bag that I can't wait to get.

  

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• DHofMollySM

  July 2012

  Registration tip:

   

  We made our registration "birthday" 1 month before the actual due date.  Then we got our coupon for all the rest of the stuff before the baby was born.  That we could pick up everything we wanted at a discount and shop without a new born baby.  It will be a pain to go out right afterwards, and its good to save the 15% or w/e on big ticket items you want for the arrival, like video-monitor, co sleeper, or w/e you plan on using for the baby sleeping.

  Then you don't feel so bad going out and buying all that stuff, since you get the discount.

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• DavidStamps member

  July 2012

  DHofMollySM:

  Registration tip:

   

  We made our registration "birthday" 1 month before the actual due date.  Then we got our coupon for all the rest of the stuff before the baby was born.  That we could pick up everything we wanted at a discount and shop without a new born baby.  It will be a pain to go out right afterwards, and its good to save the 15% or w/e on big ticket items you want for the arrival, like video-monitor, co sleeper, or w/e you plan on using for the baby sleeping.

  Then you don't feel so bad going out and buying all that stuff, since you get the discount.

  That's an awesome tip. It's hard for us to shop now with my wife being 8 months...I can't imagine doing it was a newborn in tow...
  

  

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• Coltsdad member

  July 2012

  That is a good tip, as the showers *should* be done by that point and will leave you time to get your fill in stuff before baby comes.  Granted your wives may not feel like leaving the house, so you may wind up doing most of the shopping... but its off a list, so it she can't turn around and blame you for buying the wrong things (unless you accidentally pick up the wrong pattern receiving blanket or swaddler).
  

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• BigDaddyD

  July 2012

  i see no wrong done here

  
  

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• BTBCWM member

  August 2012

  I don't have the shopping addiction, but I'm super excited about being a first time dad as well.  It didn't sink in at all until we had a 3-D ultrasound and saw her face.  Haven't had to buy any clothes yet, because everyone absolutely loves shopping for girls apparently.  Thinking about buying her a little fishing pole and baseball glove now, because regardless of having a girl, she's gonna fish and play catch with her dad!

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