Yesterday my Mum forced me to go clothes shopping. I have been wearing the same pair of hot pink yoga pants every single day for months now. Nothing else fits and the maternity clothes I have tried on have been both horribly ugly and uncomfortable. Not to mention, that everything seems outrageously expensive.
I actually had some luck. I found a nice pair of 'normal' cargo style pants with a soft foldover waist. I just bought a large, instead of medium and I think they are going to work fine.
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While there I had my first experience with pregnancy related sympathy from a stranger. I was clumsily maneuvering my shopping cart around, and an older lady looked at me & my belly and said 'bless your heart'.
After the Exchange my Mum took me out for an early dinner at The Baker's Crust. Another thing to be grateful for. There are lots of great things in this part of the world, but my family and travels have spoiled me. Hence, what I consider to be good food isn't always one of them. But the Baker's Crust meets the mark. It's pretty much the only place in the area to get decent bread. They have a wood-fired oven which is pretty cool. I tried the spinach & artichoke dip, yum. And ordered the classic burger. I've never really been a burger fan, but now that I'm pregnant & am past the pukey stage I want to eat one 'at least' once a week.
photo by fishberryjam
photo by fishberryjam
photo by fishberryjam
For my pregnancy diet I'm letting my body and urges lead the way. Meat, (but not chicken for some reason, yuck) potatoes, salad, icecream & some types of fruit are top of the list. My favourite thing is Cranapple Juice. I LOVE CRANAPPLE JUICE. I can't get enough of it. In fact, my husband is at the store right now buying me more. He can't believe I've already polished off the huge three liter bottle we just bought.
After eating like a beast we went to The Macarthur Center. It's nothing compared to a big city, but is probably the best around here. They have shops like Michael Kors and Coach. I also discovered that Lush moved in a few months ago! Amazing! I didn't buy anything but I did have to go in and smell everything. Everything smells so good you just want to eat it. And that's exactly what happened. A family was there with their little girl; she was probably around two years old, maybe younger, and she took a big bite of a bath-bomb! And then started sobbing when she realized it tasted horrible. Poor baby. It was very cute & pretty funny.
So anyway, I did find a couple of more things at Nordstrom's. This amazing cardigan by Bobeau that I am so super in love with, and a plain pair of black yoga pants that are sooo soft and actually look like real pants and not sloppy sweatpants. Both were on sale, thank goodness, and I guess now I can stop looking like a bag lady, my Mum's favourite phrase.
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I guess my only other observation about the day is that there were babies EVERYWHERE. And I found myself eyeing things like carriers, strollers and even parenting styles with an interest I've never had before.
I came home last night to the cutest husband, who had done all the laundry, because he is the best. I brought him home some huge cookies (from the Baker's Crust) and we curled up and watched The Guilt Trip (I recommend. It didn't get great reviews but we really enjoyed it) and went to bed.
Today has been spent resting and recovering from my marathon day with my Mum and just generally BEing (still and in the moment) and incredibly happy, grateful and in love.
As I've been writing this our little one has been kicking around in my belly, as he likes to do, and I can hardly wait til I get to see him move his little limbs around and kiss his precious self.
(Side note: I guess this phone update thing is ok, except all the photos are dumped at the bottom willy-nilly, and no spellcheck, mea culpa. I'll edit it and make it perty at some point. Cont'd: Ok, all prettied now!)
