Baby Registry Gripes

Apparently part of having a baby in middle class America is creating a baby registry. We've been slowly working on one, but have been somewhat unsure about some of the things to put on it. Baby socks? Do you put baby socks on your registry? How about nursing pads? Receiving blankets?

We started trying to create a registry at Target online, but quickly got frustrated by the seeming lack of selection. We hopped over to Amazon and created one there, and added some stuff to it. Soon after, we developed some concerns about people being able to find and then use the Amazon registry, so we have experimented with going back to the Target registry. We went to Target yesterday and grabbed a scanner, and set off to scan baby stuff. What a pain in the ass. They had the Pac'n'Play that we were thinking about, on display. But apparently not for sale. Not to be found on the shelves, not even an item sticker thing with a bar code or anything on it. Just an out of place item on display. Then we got back into the smaller baby stuff, clothes and blankets and the like. And everything was on clearance. Apparently stuff on clearance means that its going away, never to return, and so registering for it would be a potential exercise in futility, since it would no longer be available for purchase by the time someone tried to purchase it.

Plus, for some reason, I've developed this weird sensation where it makes me a little anxious to ask people to buy stuff for me (or for my kid).

Painting Progress!

I was finally able to make some progress with painting in the nursery. Woo!

Click here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/xkrissix/Nursery