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alexiarudolph — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:57:26 +0000

I have been thinking about what sort of baby bag to buy for quite some time. Despite the fact that my mother informed me that I “don’t need” one (give me a break), I continued to think about it (please! like I am going to pass on a good reason to buy a new bag!). Bags are important to me. This couldn’t be just any purchase or just any diaper bag. NO. It has to match my outfits, fit the baby stuff, be convenient and useful…but I really didn’t want something that screams “diaper bag” either. There are a lot of ugly diaper bags out there. There are also a lot of EXPENSIVE diaper bags out there. I had to stop imagining myself owning the Coach Signature Stripe Patent Tote (in black!) because, let’s get real, I am not at a point in my life that I can rationalize a $400 bag purchase. Maybe someday. I had been anticipating payday for a while, pondering what sort of big purchase to make this month now that I don’t have to worry about a crib…new sunglasses? Pack and Play for the baby? Diaper bag? ALL THREE? That remains to be seen. Anyway, yesterday was payday, and I was having a bad morning. Coming up on a holiday weekend, no plans to be seen. All my friends made plans to go out of town and didn’t include me (thanks, friends!) and to make things worse, I actually WON tickets to see Maria Taylor at the Doug Fir this Saturday, and have no one to go with. Nobody wants to hang out with the pregnant girl. So, on the verge of a meltdown at work yesterday, and without Alana online to talk me down like normal, I decided to do some shopping to make myself feel better. I waked right over to Nordstrom, checked out the sunglasses (decided to wait for the sale), bought a couple of tops at BP (they fit!) and looked at sandals (my feet have grown! aaah!). On my way out, on a whim, I walked into handbags. I looked around for a while, and then stopped at a display of some marc by marc jacobs totes…and there it was. Not a baby bag, but usable as one. Nylon. Quilted. Black. Pretty. I put it on and it fit me perfectly, and I could wear it and have my hands completely free because of the long strap. Perfect for pushing a stroller. Anyway, I bought it. I love it. I am going to buy a diaper bag organizer kit to put inside (travel changing pad, some sort of bottle holder, etc..). And here it is:

After my exciting purchase (I was excited, the salesgirl was excited, we were all excited) I skipped out of Nordstrom and stopped by Baskin Robbins on the way back to the office and bought an Oreo Explosion Sundae (which was amazing) to top off my great lunch hour. A good time was had by all. Later that day, Alana finally got online and I told her my story. She promised to hang out with me this weekend (Me: I had to buy something because I was sad that everyone ditched me this weekend. Alana: I am staying in town. I could have saved you a lot of money!) but being Alana, could appreciate the purchase of an expensive bag. Sunday we are going to do our favorite activity: JB shopping (Jantzen Beach, for those of you not from the ’hood) and I plan to buy some diaper bag necessities. Happy weekend!

I want

alexiarudolph — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:48:43 +0000

Pregnancy still sucks

alexiarudolph — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:11:21 +0000

Week 25. Last night I googled “videos of childbirth.” BIG MISTAKE. As badly as I want this to be over, actually thinking about how it is really going to end doesn’t help the situation any. Today was beautiful and warm out. It was depressing. The weather is getting warmer and by the time summer hits, I will be well into my third trimester, and probably as miserable as ever. I have an entire summer ahead of me of doing nothing and not having fun ever. Nothing fits me in my closet anymore, and I couldn’t fit into a single thing at Forever 21 today. I haven’t really bought clothes from anywhere else in years. I don’t know where to buy maternity clothes that don’t TOTALLY SUCK. Everything at Mimi Maternity is really overpriced. The maternity section at Target is so bad it’s actually funny. The clothes are HUGE and boxy, with these obnoxious prints all over everything. NOTHING is long enough for me anywhere. It is time to get serious about maternity clothes shopping. I may be miserable, but I will be damned if I will look like some frumpy fat ass on top of it.

Adventures in Shopping

alexiarudolph — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:03:05 +0000

I bought my first items of maternity clothing yesterday at Mimi Maternity. I bought dress pants and maternity spanx. I am wearing both today and I LOVE THEM! I have been wearing the same jeans, dress or skirt for all of my outfits the past few weeks and it’s nice to have something new. The pants are really cute, despite the ELASTIC WAISTBAND (lol) and the spanx make my backpain go away. I might have to buy more of this stuff.

I also bought some new make-up at Estee Lauder and it has really made my week. The salesgirl at Nordstrom was very helpful and helped me pick out things that really work for me, instead of trying to sell me a bunch of crap I will never use (which happens a lot). For example, when I told her I don’t wear eye make-up, she actually didn’t put any on me or try to talk me into buying some. She was like, “oh yeah, you probably don’t need to since your eyelashes are so dark anyway.” THANK YOU! While I was there, I got a sample of the next fragrance I want to buy: Bronze Goddess by Estee Lauder. (Read about it here: http://thebeautyalchemist.blogspot.com/2008/02/bronze-goddess-fragrance-by-estee.html.) It’s perfect for summer and makes me excited for nice weather and going to the river in just a few months!

Nursery Themes

alexiarudolph — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:39:12 +0000

So far, here are the contenders for baby’s future bedroom:

1. Beatrix Potter

2. Alice in Wonderland

3. Nursery Rhymes

This is the kind of nonsense I spend my time thinking about now.