Today was exhausting - it had it's good and bad points. There was this event at Babies-R-Us today called the Super Baby Shower. There were supposed to be giveaways, contests and prizes, help with registering and preparing for baby, as well as tips for planning a baby shower. It went from noon until 3 PM. I was going to go with my sister, Lia, as well as Tony (so that he could help load stuff in the car and whatnot). Well, last night Tony got a call saying he needed to go into work to do ONE delivery and that it would take 1 -2 hours max. He had to go in at 8 AM. I figured that was plenty of time, no need to worry whatsoever. Psh. That was only the beginning of what turned out to be a pretty ugh kind of day.
I barely slept last night because I was so uncomfortable!! I kept tossing and turning. I read until about 2 AM and finally tried to fall asleep after that but I still wasnt tired enough. So I laid there for about another hour, with so many things going through my head, until I finally fell asleep. But after that, I was waking up every so often. Sleep for an hour, wake up for 20 minutes, sleep for an hour, wake up for 20 minutes, sleep for 20 minutes, wake up for an hour. Ughhhh. I ended up falling asleep around 9 AM and woke up at 10:30 AM. I had to drag myself out of bed because at that point I finally felt tired enough and did NOT want to get out of bed. But I had to shower and get ready to go. Tony should have been home by that point, but he also said he would be home by 11:30 AM at the latest. So I got all ready and waited around with Lia.... Until it finally hit noon and Tony still wasnt home, nor had I even heard from him. I called him and he said he was just now heading back with the delivery from Beaverton, that it took longer than he thought it would, and that he wouldnt be back for about another hour still. Well that just pissed me off because not only were we gonna be late (and maybe I could have even slept a bit longer if I would have known), but he didnt even call or text and say he was going to be late. It just irritated me and set my tone for the day.
Now, I havent been too bad with this pregnancy so far, mood swing wise. I've had the occasional emotional moment (once because we didnt have any milk left) and I've had a few uncontrollable laughing fits that turned into crying. I've been irritated and short-fused but usually I recognize when it's happening and I just take myself out of the situation before it escalates, and I just go lay down or something. But today was different. Everything started setting me off, plus I was cranky and tired. It was not a day to mess with me.
So anyway, Tony finally got home at 1 PM so we took off for the store. When we finally arrived, they had already done some things, so we didnt get to participate in those. I went to the registry section and signed up. I have already started creating one online, but I really wanted to do some in-store registering because I wanted to use the scan gun. I have never done that before and wanted the experience. I didnt get to do that with our wedding because we didnt register anywhere because we basically had our house set up already. So after getting my gun, I was set loose in the store and we actually had some fun. They supplied us with bottles of water, registry lists and folder organizers (which I loved), and bathroom directions. I had some coupons from our last trip in so we also picked up our mattress for the crib, the 6-piece bedding set we had picked out for Anistynn, a nightlight, and a vintage looking wall clock and light switch plate set. I also got a few free things from tables set up around the store. They gave me a really cute reusable tote filled with Enfamil formula (quite a bit actually), coupons, bottles, bottle warmers, and brochures. When I was done registering, they gave me a gift bag filled with coupons, brochures, toys, diapers, wipes, and a $10 gift certificate. So I was thankful for that stuff, because I looove coupons and I'll always take samples and anything that's free. We ended up being there for almost 3 hours total, so my feet were tired when we trekked out to the car.
Tony was hungry so we were just going to grab something cheap, but then at the last minute, he decided to go to Applebee's. At that point, I didnt even care and just wanted to get in and sit down for a bit. But after being there and barely eating because I was distracted with going through my freebie bags, a waiter that completely sucked and took forever to keep coming back over to our table, and a $40 bill for 3 people.... Let's just say I wasnt too happy and totally regretted going there. We could have saved that money - and Tony agreed too. We were just kind of upset about the whole thing. We headed home after that and unloaded our purchases. After being home for a total of 4 minutes, we headed back into town because I wanted to go to the maternity store.
Now get this: we went to Motherhood Maternity back in April and purchased $250 worth of stuff because they told us that for every $50 we spent, we could get a $20 pass for next time we came in - so basically $20 to spend on whatever in June. So we ended up with $100 to come back in and use. I had been waiting for this for a while because I was excited to spend it and get some more comfortable things, mostly sleepwear (because I can still fit in a lot of my pre-pregnancy clothes) but also a few tops and unmentionables as well. So Lia, Tony, and I went in and got to work. For those of you that know me, I hate shopping to begin with, but I kind of dont have a choice at this point so whatever. Tony came because his opinion matters most to me and he can be honest without being rude. So I take his reactions to heart. After trying on a bunch of crap in the dressing room (which I hate because the mirrors suck and the lighting is florescent and it makes you look fat and disgusting in basically everything). I seriously hate dressing rooms. So anyway, we finally get everything I want together and then the lady tells us that we can only use the $20 passes for every $50 we spent today. What?!? I mean, it's a good deal in the scheme of things, but that's not what they advertised to us and made it sound like when we were there last time. I would not have spent that much last time had I known. So basically we had to spend a bunch to even get the coupons to use next time. That's stupid. But whatever, we were there, I was exhausted, and we wanted to go home. So we ended up buying $150 worth of stuff and got it for $90. It was okay, but honestly, I wasnt expecting to spend any money there that day so my mood turned sour because of it.
We finally got home after stopping at Taco Bell, and got the mail. In the mail, we had received more info about the speeding ticket Tony had gotten when we went to the beach that one day - a $245 ticket. That just wasnt something I needed to see or be reminded of at that point, so it just pissed me off. My dad came and picked up the kiddos (Josh had been hanging out at our house all day and biking) and now I'm in bed ranting to all of you. I think I'll just try to go to sleep now. If I can even sleep.
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