With attempting baby making in May, I have been in full swing collecting free or nearly free things for our future little ones. We are not at the point of needing clothes or anything such as this yet, but I have been preparing as far as lotions, baby wash etc. To be honest, it never occurred to me that I would probably "need" or at least want these types of things until I saw a really awesome sale on them recently. I suppose that it's nice to have clean babies especially after the "blow-outs" I've been reading about from my newly baby-ed friends. I'm now keeping my deal hunting eyes out for these types of products and, if I get this job working in this daycare, I'm also going to start stacking up on really great diaper deals for daycare times since we are planning on going the cloth diaper route when at home.
This brings me to our first Rite Aid shopping trip recently and probably my best shopping trip yet. I used coupons ($1/1) during a sale that allowed for 1 Johnson & Johnson baby product for $3 with $3 in "reward" money back (Read can be used as cash in Rite Aid.), which means I just paid the few cents in tax. This sale and my coupons allowed us to bring home the following:
3 - Head-to-Toe Baby Wash
1 - Bedtime Bubble Bath and Wash
2 - Baby Bubble Bath and Wash
7 - Baby Lotions of varying smells
4 - Baby Shampoos
3 - Desitin
We are planning on using some of the these items for baby showers that are happening in the near future, but clearly we also will have enough for our own kids. I also am planning on picking up at least a few of the Baby Magic wash/lotions this Sunday at CVS (I believe) because that are on sale for $3 with $3 back in CVS bucks. Again, I would just pay tax.
Nicole and I only buy a very select few things at full price. We are getting our own soaps, lotions and shampoos for free or for just pennies, so there is no way, if I can prevent it, that I will spent full price for those such things for our kids. Coupons and sales are amazing that way.
I am more than willing to shop ahead of time for these products and I figure if worst comes to worst (as in God has a plan for us to skip the baby stage and move to adopting a different age group) that we could always donate our freebies.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
#4164
Even though there is close to two feet of snow in my backyard right now, May is only a few short months away. May, is the month that Nicole and I have decided to give our first try to this baby making thing. We are so thrilled!
This, of course, means that I need to get kickin' on making my final selection of our donor. I've been referring back to our bank of choice throughout the last few months in an attempt to narrow the field of prospects to five or six. The donor availability can come to an end due to reaching the limit of vial purchases or number of births reported, so I wanted to both make sure I had enough options in case someone's availability closed as well as keep up with any new donors.
Recently, I received a very exciting email. The bank launched the facial matching program I was so excited to try in a user-friendly version. This allowed me to upload my own photo on-line and use the service instead of having to send in my photos with a check. Of course, not only is this self-serve option easier and free, it's instant!
This brings me to #4164. This is the donor who shares the most like facial feature with me. This does not mean that we have the same eye color or skin tone, but instead mathematical equations were used to determine that our faces looked highly similar in shape, eye shape and distance apart, chin shape and size etc. I was obviously thrilled to see that one of my five donors was rated "high", but just as excited to see that one was rated "medium" as that's better than a "low" rating.
This news makes everything seem so much more real and exciting! I'm blown away that in a few short months we are going to be trying to get preggo!
And. . .there is a chance that someone might actually say to me one day "Hey, he looks just like you!"
Here's crossing my fingers and saying a little prayer.
This, of course, means that I need to get kickin' on making my final selection of our donor. I've been referring back to our bank of choice throughout the last few months in an attempt to narrow the field of prospects to five or six. The donor availability can come to an end due to reaching the limit of vial purchases or number of births reported, so I wanted to both make sure I had enough options in case someone's availability closed as well as keep up with any new donors.
Recently, I received a very exciting email. The bank launched the facial matching program I was so excited to try in a user-friendly version. This allowed me to upload my own photo on-line and use the service instead of having to send in my photos with a check. Of course, not only is this self-serve option easier and free, it's instant!
This brings me to #4164. This is the donor who shares the most like facial feature with me. This does not mean that we have the same eye color or skin tone, but instead mathematical equations were used to determine that our faces looked highly similar in shape, eye shape and distance apart, chin shape and size etc. I was obviously thrilled to see that one of my five donors was rated "high", but just as excited to see that one was rated "medium" as that's better than a "low" rating.
This news makes everything seem so much more real and exciting! I'm blown away that in a few short months we are going to be trying to get preggo!
And. . .there is a chance that someone might actually say to me one day "Hey, he looks just like you!"
Here's crossing my fingers and saying a little prayer.
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