It's really easy to overspend on baby clothes because each outfit looks too adorable to pass up. That was my downfall as I entered the Mothercare sale last week. 3 pieces and above and I get 30% off. I channeled my inner shopaholic into full-blown baby shopping madness. This is what happens when you go cold turkey on shopping for yourself over the past 1 year.
I spent almost 2 hours in Mothercare practicing much self-restraint. I cannot imagine the damage done to my wallet had baby L been a girl. Oohh such beautiful baby girl items at Mothercare... the bows, ribbons, cupcakes prints and pink frills... (*^^*)♡
And because that wasn't bad enough, I went to Spring Maternity and got something from the circus collection for baby L because he's born in the year of the horse! Do take a walk into Spring Maternity and caress their new bamboo cotton range. I went home and told hubby that I was extremely jealous of the baby because he gets to wear such cottony soft clothes. (⇀‸↼‶)
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Lookie at the little horsey motifs!
Just the other day, Mum was telling me about how soft babies heads were and how pulling one-sies down from his little head may distort it. I know it sounds ridiculous but I panicked at the sudden thought of it seeing how many one-sies I got from relatives and Carter's. So I decided that we needed to get some kimono tops especially for his first month because they are easier to wear than one-sies and more convenient for changing his diapers.
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I found out about Shen Kwong Trading through mummy forums and decided to check it out since we were heading to the temple to pray. The shop is tucked at a corner of the row of shophouses right opposite Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple at Bugis. They are a local distributor of baby clothes so you can imagine my joy when I entered the shop to find that they have almost everything I'll need! I was quite cheesed with myself for not discovering this place sooner!
We didn't need to get a lot of stuff since we are more or less done buying so we got only what we needed, which were;
1) 6 short-sleeved kimono tops, as day wear ($12)
2) 6 long-sleeved kimono tops, as day wear ($13)
3) 6 pairs of long pants plain ($13)
4) 6 pairs of day shorts with prints ($16)
5) 6 pieces of wash cloths ($5)
Total damage: $59
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| All the wittle baby clothes! |
And yes, I promised hubby I would stop.
It was really fun washing his little clothes too! To hover beneath rows and rows of miniature clothing was really amusing as opposed to our usual laundry load.
In other news, I did buy something for our new place. I'm turning into a full-fledged auntie.
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| WOAH! |
DAMN CHEAP CAN! I grabbed 15 sets because it was too good a deal to pass up. I've been meaning to standardize the hangers in our walk-in and now we can! Hangers are not at all cheap, even hangers from Daiso only bundled together 5-8 pieces. This is wayyyy better! When I went back the next day, the price went back up to $5.90. That made me even happier.
The waiting game has begun. My hospital bag is packed and we're good to go!
Baby L, we can't wait to see you!!!
