Registry, Take 2

Saturday we did something we thought we would not do...register at Target. Not that we have anything against Target per say, but I thought one registry would be enough and so did Tiffany. That was until we got a mailer from Target offering us a $20 gift card if we registered with them, so off to Target it was. 

This time it was much more low key. We got the “necessities” out of the way at Babies R’ Us so the pressure was off to a degree. Of course Target’s shelves are filled with items not just for baby and I was tempted to slip into electronics and throw a TV on the list, but I didn’t. 

But if it wasn’t already clear, Saturday made it official how different women look at a baby registry then men. For example, I think most women are actually shopping when putting things on the registry as if they are going to get everything they registered for. I, and I assume most men, want to include anything that looks interesting and that we wouldn’t buy ourselves. Example: We are buying a breast pump, it doesn’t really matter if somebody buys it for us or not, we are going to buy it. On the other hand, if the Baby Einstein rattle that attaches to the car seat doesn’t get bought, we may go ahead and take a pass.

With that in mind I was scanning some funky toys that looked cool, but that I would never buy. Also, we didn’t want to double up on too many items, just in case the registry genie arrived and people hit up both registries. Needless to say that I think we have EVERYTHING covered now.

On Sunday we headed to Tiffany’s grandparents for a labor day celebration. There we were greeted with more baby clothes that Tiffany’s mom had picked up. This child now has more clothes than I do, I’m not even exaggerating. We let her mom take the clothes back with her so we don’t have to move them next month when we move.

For those that don’t know, we have a bought a house closer to TIffany’s parents. Much of my attention lately has been focused on that, both the purchase of the new house and trying to sell our house. Let’s just say the purchase is going better than the sale. I’m glad this will be documented because down the road the headaches will be well worth it so it will be nice too look back and appreciate the effort that’s going to take place over the next few weeks.

This week we have the inspection on the new house. I’m not expecting any surprises, it’s new construction and looks solid. That same day we have tickets to the Dave Matthews concert. We timed that just right as shortly after we bought the tickets, the band announced that they would take a year off from touring. And with a child on the way, this will most likely be my last Dave Matthews Band concert for some time.