Shopping Is Hard

Some people might feel that using the word "breast" in any form can be a TMI or make people uncomfortable. So if you are one of those people, stop reading.

As you know, I recently had a child and I recently had to go back to work. My awesome friend Colleen has let me use her breast pump. I greatly appreciate that since they are EXPENSIVE. We (Hutch and I) have decided to invest in our own. There's a particular one that we have been looking at and pricing. At Target and BabiesRUs it was about $270; at Amazon.com it was about $230. My awesome mom was looking online to see if she could find it cheaper, which she did! This website was put together in a weird way. They have all of these breast feeding items but they don't list prices. To get their prices, you have to call them or email them your email address and they will email their prices to you. Weird! So my mom and I both emailed them to get their prices. The pump I want they have for $219 with free shipping. Yeah!! So I called Hutch and we decided to buy it. The sale only goes to the end of this month, then the price goes up. So it was weird how you find out what the price is, ordering is not just weird but confusing. I apparently never learned to read. I clicked on the button to place an order. You type in the item you want (not item number, just item) and I clicked complete. Then I went through the credit card info stuff (takes you to PayPal) in the end I was charged $7. Yes $7.00. That didn't seem correct. So I read through the instructions again (because I'm smart like that) and it seems that every item is listed as $1 and in the quantity amount you put the price of the item. So I would type in the type of breast pump and put that I want 219.95 of them. Then go through the PayPal process and they charge me $219.95. I emailed the company and told them about my mistake and they reversed the first charge of $7. ($1 for item $6 for shipping) But even after all of that confusion, I'm still getting the item I want. Once the item has arrived and if everything turns out good, I'll let you know what website just in case any of you want to order from them.

Greek Festival 2010

Today I went to the Greek Festival in Salt Lake City. I love the Greek Festival. I haven't been able to go for the past few years so I was very giddy that I was able to this year. I went with two of my friends, Rebecca and Heidi. We originally were going just for lunch but that always changes.

We got there and got in line for food. The line was long but totally worth it. I love how many choices of food there were. I had a gyro, souvlaki, stifado, roll, calamari and pastitsio. I also bought some loukoumades to bring home for dessert tonight. I also got a container that had one of each dessert in it to share with my office. I'm nice like that. It all was incredible!! Here is a picture of the desserts I took before they were all gone.

When we first arrived at the festival I saw a painting out of the corner of my eye and I fell in love with it. Then we got in the food line and I forgot about it. Food does that to me. :) After we got our desserts I saw that they were selling paintings in the same room. I suggested going and looking at the paintings. They has some wonderful paintings in all different sizes. My friend Heidi found one that is very beautiful and very big. She was so torn on getting it. She didn't know if she wanted to pay that much (it was actually a good price but still $200 or so). While she was talking to the guy who was selling them, Rebecca and I looked through the other paintings and I found that painting that I saw before. I said how much I loved it. I asked the guy how much it cost and he said the price. I decided not to buy it because I can't really afford it. I put it back and Rebecca asked me why I wasn't getting it. I told her I could afford it. So she said, "I'll buy it for you." I immediatly said "no you're not!" We had a mini fight over it. I told her it was too expensive and she said it would be a birthday and Christmas present. I told her it was still too expensive but before I could stop her, her credit card was in the guys hands and running through the machine. I told her I felt guilty for her spending that much money on me and she said not. She said she loves that she able to do that for me. I am completely overwhelmed that she would do that. I do, however, really love it. Here is a picture of it:

It's so beautiful!! I love Rebecca for doing that for me and now I'm going to think of something awesome to get her for Christmas. If you can't tell, it's a scene of Paris. I love that it's an actually painting, not a print/copy of a painting.

I must also add how much I love the people that work at the festival. Every single person is sincerly nice and helpful. They go out of their way to make sure you are enjoying yourself. I love it!!

Also, back to my friend Heidi. She did buy that painting. She also bought a frame for it. She did pay a pretty penny but with the painting, the size of it, and the frame she got a really good deal. The fun part was getting it into the car. We rode in Rebecca's car. We walked out to her car and we spent about 20 or so minutes trying to figure out how to get it in her car. It woudn't fit. Heidi said that he car was bigger and would probably fit in there. So Rebecca and Heidi drove back to the office and I stood just outside the parking lot on 300 West holding Heidi's painting. Heidi and Rebecca came back and spent time trying to get it into Heidi's car. We were laughing and struggling the whole time. It was awesome! Finally we were able to get it in the front seat, then we laid both seats back and were able to lift the painting up against the ceiling. Then it sat on top of the front seats and the back window ledge. Heidi must of looked great driving with a painting practially on her head. The adventures and fun times we have!! What a great day!!

New Aunt & First Week

I'm a new aunt...Again!! My sister Liz had her first child this morning. She lives in California so I can't be there to see her but my mom is and she sent some pictures via text messages. He seems adorable! I get to meet him in person in October. Congrats Liz and John! Love you!!I hope Liz doesn't mind me putting a picture of her on here. She looks great though! Isn't he cute!!

Well it's my first week back to work. I survived. And most importantly, Perrin survived. At least I hope he does, he still has a few hours left before Hutch and I get home. :) I only had a few things to fix when I got back. After they (my company) fired my temp (heehee!) they were lucky enough to use Jamie (another admin) to cover the rest of my time. She was able to fix a lot of problems the temp caused. It's amazing how many people (tenants and co-workers) have said how happy and greatful they are that I'm back. My boss has said that to me multiple times a day. My response has been, "I like money for appreciation" :) I did cry Sunday night and Monday morning but I did stop before leaving for work. Luckily Hutch has been the one to take him to our babysitters. We are also lucky that we have my mom, my sister and Hutch's mom available to watch him. Plus many others who have volunteered if needed. It's so wonderful to have so many supportive friends and family members. He did get a cold this week so I felt bad leaving a sick baby, but I knew he was in good hands.

I'm excited for the long weekend and another full day to play with Perrin. I do love that boy so much! He getting the cutest little personality. I'll try to post some more pictures. Here's one my sister sent me on the first day she had him.

Yes, he is adorable!!

End of the World

I go back to work today.
Know why it's raining? God didn't want me to cry alone.

Bad Mom?

I've started second guessing every decision I make about Perrin. I have this huge fear of screwing up his life or making him hate me for any decision. Even just putting him down for a nap I think, "is he really tired? What if he thinks I'm abandoning him by putting him down to sleep and walking away?" It doesn't seem to matter if it's a small thing or a big thing, but I never know if I'm doing the right thing. Did/does anyone else feel that way? I want to do everything right for him and make sure he has a wonderful, happy, loving life and I might be driving myself crazy over it. :) I love him more than anything and I'm pretty sure I'm doing everything right but I just want to make sure I'm not the only one that has felt that way.

Need Suggestions

I need some help from my crafty friends out there. I recently bought some tall, plastic containers to put cereal in. With our swamp cooler running almost constantly, our cereal doesn't seem to last as long as it should so I purchased these containers to put our cereal in to help keep it fresh. Since I don't buy the same cereal each time, I'd like to find a way to mark what cereal is in each container but I don't want to do anything permanent. Does anyone have any suggestions for tags or something that will still make it easy for me to change it when the cereal changes?

Best Friends

Phoebe and Perrin had a play date today and Phoebe wanted to make sure Perrin knew who was in charge. :) Don't worry Perrin is fine.