Nesting or Shopaholic?

A while back I wrote about Helen's nesting stage. Not sure if this falls under the same category, but in recent days she has been preparing the house for Norby even more by buying lots of stuff. Check out the pic above- it's the crib that we purchased, put together (thanks for the help, Orben), bought a mattress for, covered said mattress with sheets, affixed a mobile above, and placed a couple of stuffed animals into. As I jokingly told my wife, 'now all we need to do is wait five months for the baby to arrive!' It didn't really make sense to me for us to put it together now, but as Helen reasoned, 'It's cute.'

Additionally, we've already picked up a bouncer, baby bathtub, activity mat, some clothes and are looking into purchasing a stroller. While this has all been great since we won't have to worry about that after the baby is born, it is slowly but surely filling up our already small home. It's not to the point of being Hoarders- baby edition, but things are definitely more crowded. And yes, the baby is still not due until December, as far as I know.

The saving grace is that Helen is a really smart shopper and has purchased these things mostly used and has made plans with many of our friends to take their little baby girl clothes off their hands. So we haven't been spending too much money. Yet.

As our good friend CC said to Helen, 'Dude, you need to STOP buying stuff so people have something to get you for your baby shower.' Good advice!

QUICK ASIDE: We went to Nordstrom Rack tonight, and I came this close to dropping $100+ on a D&G dress shirt (retail $325.) Ended up not pulling the trigger, but came close enough that I can never accuse Helen (or anyone else) of being a shopaholic.