I’ve been trying to go to the city less these days. I’m really striving to use what I have and not immediately replace food when we still have lots. I try and think of days to the city in terms of about $20 in gas. If we’re running in for a little part of piece of material for something in the basement, is it worth it for the $10 purchase and the $20 gas bill? If not, we wait until we have a bigger/better reason to go in. Its not foolproof, and I’m not perfect at it, but its an effort I’m making.
Today, however, we needed to get a few things at Walmart that weren’t just groceries, so we made a bit of an errand morning out of it. For whatever reason, I’m more excited about it than usual!
First of all, we hit Lululemon. If you remember, Brady ordered me a pair of leggings for our anniversary. I chose the size, mind you, and I chose wrong. So that was a crappy thing, to go try them on and realize you had aimed too small. I had to return them and reorder. Merp. But today, I went and tried them on, and had them measured to hem. I’m SO excited to pick them up next week!!!
Ok, now to Walmart. It really wasn’t riveting, but it felt really productive.
Laela needed underwear. I recently realized she’s been in the same ones for WAY too long and the only reason they still fit is because they’ve stretched with her. I pulled out some new ones that I’ve been holding onto for a moment such as this, and they’re HUGE! They’re the right number size, but a different brand. They’re just way way too big. So today, we grabbed her a pack of underwear that is super cute and was super cheap. I hope they’re perfect for her because that would be so awesome!
Wavy and her bowels need some extra help these days, so I was able to find some squeezy pouches with prunes in them, and a few other “motivating” ingredients, haha! The last time I had looked for pureed prunes, they had been almost impossible to find, so it felt good to walk out of there with a good stack.
Also for Wavy and her lack of milk drinking, we grabbed her some sippy cups. Now, I don’t know about you guys and your families, but we always prefer the straw cups. It just seems like a wise skill for them to learn. That way, anywhere we go, baby/toddler can just drink from a straw. But, Solly for sure had a brutal time taking to any kind of sippy cup! He was over a year by the time he finally figured it out. To be fair, the ones we always buy have a pretty hefty leak lock on them, so this time around, we grabbed a new kind in the same price range. These ones still look like they’ll be leak proof (ish) but after bringing them home and unwrapping them, I can vouch that the leak lock is way lighter. If she actually sucks on the straw, its going to work! So here’s hoping she figures this out sooner than later!! They’re really cute, too, which helps.
The last thing I was excited about from Walmart was yarn. Now I have LOTS of yarn, but I’m going to another craft retreat this weekend and I have a project in mind that I needed specific yarn for. Specifically unspecific, actually. Don’t try to make it make sense. Regardless, I was doing some research, and the particular brand I was looking for (cheap and still soft) was SO cheap at Walmart!!! So I was able to find all kinds of pretty colors and not even break the bank! I’m SO thrilled and SO looking forward to the retreat! It was hard to decide what to make this time around (because, warm weather) but I think I have some fun options!
We ran a few more errands, and I fed the kids lunch in the van between our last few quick stops. They went down for naps right when we got home. Now, Brady and I will warm up some lunch and take a load off until naps are done and Dekker comes home. I love a good productive morning and super lazy afternoon!