the ups and the downs

Yesterday I did some shopping!

I have really been trying to stay away from the shops as much as possible ... there is plenty for me to do here and I don't need any more distractions but there have been some things I have been wanting to get and things I needed to investigate.

So armed with my list and my catalogues I headed off for a very successful and satisfying shopping trip.

First I got a new Xmas tablecloth from aldi!

Then I went to Kmart to look for some swimsuits for Kt and some maternity wear for me.

Kt's current swimsuits are a touch too small and the elastic on them is just about gone ... not a good combination!

After searching for quite a while for the right section I found two absolutely lovely swimsuits in size 5.

One was a one piece pink with a picture of a fish on it and the other was a two piece rainbow coloured set with a little tankini top and the bottoms are a little skirt attached to the normal bikini bottom.

I fully expected to have to return one or the other for size or style issues but when I brought them home they fitted perfectly and Kt loved them!!!!

I also had a search around for some maternity gear for me. I don't want to go overboard with it, but I particularly needed something cool, comfortable and pretty to wear on Xmas day. I will also need larger clothing for the whole pregnancy and also for the time I am breastfeeding .... last time I went up to a size 14 in tops ... they call me busty these days!!!

I tried on heaps of different things, maternity clothing and normal clothes in larger sizes. Something like 3 trips to the change rooms with 5 things at a time.

I finally settled very happily on two dresses both in a similar style. One was a white maternity dress with blue patterns and with shirring elastic around the bust. I got size 12 because size 10 fits OK (snug) now but in a month who knows. There is plenty of "give" in the top because of the elastic.

The other dress was black with purple and green patterns ... also with shirring elastic at the bust. This one was not a maternity one, but a summery dress which can be either worn as a dress (with straps over the shoulders) or the straps can be detached and the whole dress shifted down to be a longer skirt.

My kind of clothing ... multipurpose and the shirring stretches nicely around a pregnant belly with plenty of additional stretch. This one was a size 14 (normal clothes).

I considered getting it in a size 16 (still fits but has a bit more room) but decided against it because it really is only a summer dress and should fit me fine until about march when the weather starts to turn cold. Then I can wear it again next summer while my breasts are still big and my belly is figuring out what it is doing.

The tag on the black dress read $45 (which is a lot for me to spend on one item of clothing) but Kmart had 25% off clothes this week, so I figured it would come to a more reasonable $30. The other dress was $39 and would come to just under $30 too.

At the checkout the total was much less than I expected (how often does that happen!) and when I got home I was surprised to find that the $45 dress scanned at $30 and then they took a further 25% off to make it actually cost me $22.50!!!!

Wooooo hoooo!!!! what luck.

Even kt's swimwear was 25%off! $27 for two fabulous swimsuits!!!

Very happy!!!

This morning though uni drove my car home from work and because it was dirty decided to stop and give it a wash at the service station.

While he was manoeuvring he backed my tail light into a guard rail (which he could not see) and broke the outer plastic. The lights still work, but the coloured plastic is broken and jagged and there is a small dent in my body work. He thinks he might just be able to get the outer plastic replaced at a smash repairer ... but I suspect the whole tail light assembly might need replacing. OUCH! Don't think that will be cheap.

Hmmmpffff ....

He was very sorry and it was an accident and he was trying to do something nice for me at the time ......

grumble mumble .... husbands :-P ... what more can I say.