Month: December 2009

Shopping for the Holidays

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Please visit Steph in the City for more ideas on holiday shopping and budgeting.

I usually start Christmas shopping in September. I look for deals on items and make an excel spreadsheet to track what I have bought for whom. This allows me to at least try not to go overboard. This year I am being the most conservative ever when it comes to spending money. And, I am especially going for quality not quantity. I have a hard time buying one really nice item for someone.

Remember that Parenthood for Me offers some great items to purchase for gifts, and the net proceeds of your purchase go toward the endowment. Click here.

Buy our signature hairclip. Comment on this blog to purchase a clip. $6.00
Only 8 remaining.

PFM official tshirt.

Slogan says, ” Help make a difference. Help to start a family.”

$15.00

Sizes- Baby/toddler 6-12 months, 18-24 months, 2T, 3T

Adult- S,M, L, XL

Our bumper sticker – $3.00

Artwork for Building Families Notecards

$12.50 for ten cards and envelopes. Cards are blank inside.

There are black and white images. Here are two examples. There are five images total.

Landscape Art. 5 images total.


Watercolors done by our favorite third graders at The School at Columbia University. 10 images total.


http://www.parenthoodforme.org/. Your purchases and donations are a tax write-off.

Consult your tax professional.

Show and Tell- 12.2.09

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Even though parenthood seemed like it would never come to be, I Tucked away a few items for our maybe-baby in the attic. I always knew in my heart that I would be a mom; I tried to never lost sight of this. The pain of each disappointing pregnancy test made it hard to remember what my heart was telling me at times. However, after I felt a little better I would soothe myself with the thought that someday, someday there would be a child to raise and love.
As soon as we found out that Min Man would be our son, I was able to release my planning instincts again and think about the nursery and getting the house ready for a baby. Infertility is hell for a person who plans everything. I mean everything. I planned for college as a high school freshman. I plan parties eight months in advance. Whew! I was ready for all my secretly stored baby plans shoved in the back of my brain to be released!
Here are three of the items for our someday-baby. They will always have special meaning to me as they represent a dream come true.

The infamous Willow Series. I am not a big collector of things, but I wanted one to have for myself. I bought this for someone else’s baby shower but decided to stow it away at the last second.


This is from a Gallery in one of my favorite places, Key West. My MIL bought it for my birthday when she asked me what I would like. It reads at the bottom, “Someone to Watch Over Me.”

I love antiquing. My mother and I found these in Ontario, Canada. I asked her to give them to me when we were ready to have our baby. She wrapped them up for Christmas the year we were waiting for Min Man to come home.

Check out the rest of Show and Tell.