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drank Black Beauty by Mandala Tea
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Tea from this morning while i stressed over strollers. Yeah that’s right. Strollers and car seats are a pain in my butt. The one we wanted was on sale – and they never go on sale – but they’re pretty much out of stock everywhere in toronto as a result. My parents however are amazing and did a bit of running around in Ottawa for me and managed to snag the last one at a store there. And then to top it all off, are giving it to us for christmas. Parents are the best sometimes :) So glad i pulled this tea out today though. it’s been a while since i had it and it was sooooo good. Sweet, smooth and a little bit of chocolate in the background. I do love my straight black teas.

__Morgana__

Getting the right stroller is very important. I remember being stressed over that as well. We ended up with the Inglesina Zippy. I don’t know whether they make it anymore, but one of the reasons we liked it was that it was easy to fold and it had wheels that swiveled, which can be important in tight spaces.

It was on the list of ones we wanted to check out at the baby megastore, and I was practically in tears of overwhlem trying to decide — but then a parent wheeled a baby by in the Inglesina Zippy and the baby was laughing and otherwise incredibly happy. So that tipped the scale for us. It served both my kids very well.

Sil

it’s silly how stressful it can be! :)

Kittenna

This was a serious cause of stress for me too! I ended up deciding that it just didn’t matter that much, and went with the boring, generic, but frequently-on-sale Graco Click & Connect. So far, perfectly happy with my choice, but it’s only been three months.

Sil

haha we picked up our carseat over the holidays as well so we’re basically golden in terms of big worrisome purchases now thank god. Just have to pick up a crib at some point and then all the small stuff like actual clothes/wash cloths/diapers etc.. but that’s the easy stuff

Kittenna

I stressed about it for way too long; probably wasn’t good.

One thing I’ve learned is not to bother buying like, any clothing aside from maybe a couple nb and 0-3 sleepers. Between large lots of secondhand clothes given to us by friends and presents for baby, we are basically covered for all our clothing needs until he is 18 months! Aside from a couple specialty items (Christmas stuff, formal clothes). Thankfully we bought fairly few items of clothing, and all secondhand, so we’re not too swamped!

Sil

Kittenna – yeah not playing on buying much of anything nuntil it’s closer to the due date. And if we do it’ll all be second hand

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__Morgana__

Getting the right stroller is very important. I remember being stressed over that as well. We ended up with the Inglesina Zippy. I don’t know whether they make it anymore, but one of the reasons we liked it was that it was easy to fold and it had wheels that swiveled, which can be important in tight spaces.

It was on the list of ones we wanted to check out at the baby megastore, and I was practically in tears of overwhlem trying to decide — but then a parent wheeled a baby by in the Inglesina Zippy and the baby was laughing and otherwise incredibly happy. So that tipped the scale for us. It served both my kids very well.

Sil

it’s silly how stressful it can be! :)

Kittenna

This was a serious cause of stress for me too! I ended up deciding that it just didn’t matter that much, and went with the boring, generic, but frequently-on-sale Graco Click & Connect. So far, perfectly happy with my choice, but it’s only been three months.

Sil

haha we picked up our carseat over the holidays as well so we’re basically golden in terms of big worrisome purchases now thank god. Just have to pick up a crib at some point and then all the small stuff like actual clothes/wash cloths/diapers etc.. but that’s the easy stuff

Kittenna

I stressed about it for way too long; probably wasn’t good.

One thing I’ve learned is not to bother buying like, any clothing aside from maybe a couple nb and 0-3 sleepers. Between large lots of secondhand clothes given to us by friends and presents for baby, we are basically covered for all our clothing needs until he is 18 months! Aside from a couple specialty items (Christmas stuff, formal clothes). Thankfully we bought fairly few items of clothing, and all secondhand, so we’re not too swamped!

Sil

Kittenna – yeah not playing on buying much of anything nuntil it’s closer to the due date. And if we do it’ll all be second hand

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So no real clue what to write about myself here. A friend got me into drinking loose tea and it’s something I thoroughly enjoy though I have nowhere near the experience that many folks on the boards seem to have.

My other interests are cycling, reading, board games, disney cruises, world of warcraft and dancing – in no particular order. I love travelling as well!

Most of that is on hold these days though, including tea drinking like I used to as I have a new little one who eats up all my spare time.

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