where do you shop for your kids?

Last week, Kelly’s Korner blog posed the ‘Show Us Your Life’ question, “Where do you shop for your kids?”

Luckily, I have a friend who has a son 7 months older than Max, and she gave us a ton of clothes. (Also, had some of her sister’s son’s clothes who was born in the summertime, so a lot of the clothes that he had works out well for us, seasonally.) I didn’t buy any newborn clothes, and the one onesie I did buy, I ordered off CafePress. It was personalized, and while a little faded, it was cute enough. I’d buy from them again.

The next time I did some shopping, we were getting ready to take Max to the beach for two weeks, so I got very excited about buying him safe outfits that would guard his skin from the sun. I found great stuff in the sale sections of Target, Boden and Gymboree.

I subscribe to Zulily, and sadly never order anything. If only they had free shipping — at least once in awhile. I even have their iPhone app.

Max wearing Target

Max in Gymboree

Max in Boden

my rain boot obsession

Still obsessed with rain boots today. Ordered my Bogs and it looked like I snagged the last ones in blue. Woohoo! I win.

This morning was stormy. I saw a woman decked out from head to toe in Coach. (This is probably my least favorite designer brand, btw. Gag! Everyone loves Coach!) She was wearing the Coach tristee boots. She was holding a Coach umbrella. (Seriously, who pays $55 for an umbrella? I’m using a free one I picked up at a Nationals game!) And, it goes without saying, she had a Coach bag. I don’t know which one because I’m clearly a Coach basher — however, even on this muggy, murky Wednesday morning, this woman looked impeccable! I wish I could say the same about myself, but I’m pretty sure I have baby throw up somewhere on my cardigan.

If you love this brand, here’s a site that is chalk full of Coach, with pretty pictures of handbags.

On another note. Looking at my Zulily mail today with a ton of fabulous RAIN BOOTS. Dare I say, cuter than my Bogs? What is my problem with these boots, lately? First it was cloth diapers, now this!

Zulily Rain Boot Deals