The Daily Hailey

I’m having SO much fun actually feeling positive these last few days, so I hope no one is annoyed at my positivity! And I also really, really hope that I’m not going to be dubbed as shallow on this post, but we went into the city just to run a few errands and just had a wildly successful shopping day! Successful enough to make into a photo post even, haha! So hopefully you can enjoy, because we really did. We feel great, and like today was so much more fun than we originally had planned.

The whole thing started with spring jackets. Stores are starting to sell out their winter stuff and bring in spring, and The Children’s Place is a store whose outerwear I really like, but thats about it. The little girls spring jackets were on sale online, I really liked two of them, but I figured I’d be responsible and see if I could find something cute at Value Village first. Her last denim jacket came from there, and it looked brand new. So right after breakfast, we all piled into the van and headed to Value Village first.

We did really well at our first stop! We got a little something for everyone. Brady got a couple of new work shirts. I got a cute coral spring jacket that currently cannot fit over my belly but likely will in time. Other than that, here’s what we got!

Tiny little measuring bowls!! Not the whole set, but I thought they were super cute, and I kind of have a weird affinity for tiny bowls. And a cow creamer!!! Because mooooo!

This shirt for Dekker 🙂 Its too big on him right now, but it was cheap and hilarious. I appreciate a good stick man joke.

These will also be too big on the new baby, but we thought they were super stylin’ and could not be passed up.

Yes, Laela got the most. She got a denim jacket that is actually brand new, as in it still has the Old Navy tag on it. The sweater beside it is actually fleece lined and beautifully soft, and was only $2! And the little yellow dress is lined and gorgeous and comes with the little yellow matching gitch. Big wins all around, I’d say!

After Value Village, we hit up Circle Mall. I figured, since we got the denim jacket for so cheap, we could justify going to The Children’s Place and getting the other jacket that I liked so much. I know, its twisted logic, don’t judge. But I was met with easily our best deal of the day! No little spring bomber jacket (totally over that now) BUT all their winter wear was on sale! I had seen that it was online but there was nothing for us in any of the kids sizes, so I had given up. But this store was stocked and ready! Everywhere, there were signs offering 50% off, so I jumped. I texted Brady, he agreed, and I went for it. Jackets ranged from $80-$90, and snow pants were around $50. I bought all THREE of the kids a new jacket and pair of snow pants, and instead of paying around $400, I paid $140!!!!! And guys, they are going to look sooooo good!

Dekker and Baby Jim’s new stuff for next winter…

And Laelas!

They will be sooo warm! I was momentarily disappointed when the boys jacket I liked the best wasn’t available in either kids size, but who can truly complain when the price is quite so good? I can’t! I bought 12-18 month for the baby. Hopefully it’ll be close. It might be huge, but he might be huge, so who knows! I think the gamble was worth it. If not, I’ll resell it. Not worried.

Superstore was next. We only needed a handful of things though. I went to pick up a prescription refill while Brady and the kids bought canned corn and cereal. I met them in the laundry detergent aisle to hunt down a new stain remover. Oxy Clean, let’s see what you can offer me. Before we left, we got the kids cookies, because we can’t leave without cookies! They were both pretty pleased and polite as they demolished their cookies. Cute cookie kids.

We went to Home Depot to look at paint chips, and came out with samples for what we hope to paint our house with! We actually found one sheet that carried three colors that we loved! I’m really looking forward to getting some swatches up and seeing how we feel about the colors. My one beef with that, though, was that each sample cost $5!! Definitely not the best deal we got today :/ But hopefully we’ll get our answer anyway, and then can get on with the process. I’m just excited to have them in my house!

Our last hit was Costco. We got there right before closing, and I went in for laundry detergent while Brady and the kids filled up with gas. Costco gas was sooo cheap, PS! Inside, I doddled through the clothing section and bought Dekker a new pair of swim shorts.

His are getting so small, and they’re so young looking. These are wicked trendy and I loved them. Then, I wandered around the back section of cleaners and paper products for about ten minutes, not trusting my brain but not finding the laundry detergent. I finally asked for help and she told me it was on sale so it had all sold out. Bummer. I perused the store a bit more than I should have apparently, and ended up stealing a lone cart (don’t judge!) and buying two kids sized recliners!! We’ve wanted those cute kids bucket chairs for a while now, but can’t seem to find any, so these were PERFECT! They were the first thing we accomplished upon arriving home, and went over very, very well!

Dekker’s latest funny face is hysterical, hey?

Luckily, the kids are in bed now. A day without naps was actually brutally hard on both of them, and they both fell asleep a number of times and had to be woken up within minutes. It wasn’t ideal. They were pretty riled up when we put them down, but they’re definitely winding down and quieter now. Funny how exciting days get them that way 🙂 Super overtired but can’t shut down because it was just too fun!

Meanwhile, Brady is doing some tax stuff, and I’m blogging, obviously. We still haven’t eaten, but hopefully thats not far away. And a soak! My body is sooo ready for a soak! I wore my pelvic support belt thing all day, and I still feel like my right leg might just fall off at any moment. I hope it doesn’t, but as usual, I’ll keep you guys in the loop on that.

This was one heck of a way to celebrate being 33 weeks pregnant 🙂 What a fabulous day!