Spree, Spree, Spree!

Here is my latest spree from Amazon, and the best part of it - shipping was free!

Parcel #1

The first parcel that arrived on 1st October! The delivery by iparcel was surprisingly fast - within a week after it was dispatched from Amazon.  

Ian has been begging for a taller bottle to bring to school, and one without a straw. It turned out that one of his classmates had been going around making fun of other kids who were drinking with a straw bottle, calling them babies. Anyway, it is probably a good idea to upgrade his bottle since he can finish the water in the old bottle pretty fast. And so that he will not have to ask for refills frequently.  Again, I have chosen a stainless steel bottle for him as it is probably a better choice than plastics, and he was strong enough to carry it around.  I have also chosen a good old plain bottle that is not coated with colour, so that he will not get a chance to complain about scratches any more!

I also bought a new straw bottle for Belle, in an adorable Hello Kitty design. She is going through straw bottles at an alarming rate - about one bottle every 1-2 months. Either the straw is breaking from her constant biting, or else the cap is broken. Reviews on this Thermos Titan Straw bottle mentioned that the straw was pretty durable, so we shall see how it goes. The only dislike I have is that the straw has no extra protection from the environment - you just flip it up to drink and down to 'close'. But for the very nice price tag (USD $7), it is worth to give it a try.

I also threw in a box of Nuk teats with this order, and it was a pretty good deal as compared to purchasing them locally.

Parcel #2

After what seemed such a long wait, the UPS guy finally arrived with the rest of my loots today - shoes for the little ones and myself.

Ian has worn out his old pair of Mickey Crocs much earlier than I have expected (the soles were literally frictionless).  The new pair of Crocs that I have stocked up for him late last year is still a little huge on him, hence, I have gotten him another pair in a smaller size.  It was a McQueen design that he has been requesting for such a long, long time - and thankfully, I finally found one in his size (J1).  The older McQueen design from Crocs seems to only go up to 12-13M, and I cannot remember when was the time that Ian has surpassed this range.

I also grabbed a new pair of Stride Rite for Belle in the next size, as they fit her so well.  

After stacking the available discount codes, my own pair of Crocs turned out to be free, and with change.  Scored!

Goodies!

Ian loves the no-brand cars shirt from Por Por and always reaches for it first whenever it is back from the laundry.  However, he has already outgrown the shirt and we are also short on his pajamas.  I saw these shirts on Kohls and since they were still within reasonable budget, I grabbed them for him.  It was also partly because he had been eyeing on the Cars merchandise when we were out shopping.  It was cute that when the long-sleeved shirt was dried for the first time on the laundry line, he took it down himself and told me it was dried and he wanted to wear it to bed.  To my surprise, he could almost fit well into it, and I had purchased a size 5.  The short-sleeved shirt was a size 4 and he could already fit them now.  Glad that I am buying 2 sizes up nowadays!

Now, Isabelle's share of the loots... her first soft-soled shoes, from Sneak-A-Roo...it is a bright pink but the colour looks way off in the photo which was taken with my iPhone.  I bought the smallest size (0-6 months) but it is still too big on her, even though the shoes would not drop off her feet.  Perhaps they would be just nice on her for CNY!

 

And more dresses from Kohls.. simply love these seersucker dresses from Youngland.  I have bought them in various sizes from 12m to 3T, and they are just waiting now for Isabelle to grow into them! :)

More Clothes + Diapers

Newly arrived today were a few more pieces of clothings from OshKosh (9m-24m dresses/tops/leggings for baby princess, 2 tees for Ian).  I also threw in a Carters french terry jacket for Ian as this material was not as easy to find as fleece. 

The DHL guy also brought us more of the cloth diapers today - what I had collected through various sales (about 40-50% off): 2 fitteds from Earth, Mom and Baby, a Rumparooz pocket and cover, and the 4 AppleCheeks that were hard to come by (the website crashed while I was trying to buy, and only managed to order through email 2 hours later hoping that there would be cancellations).

Clothings For The Little Ones

Bought a few pieces of girly clothings in preparation for the latest addition to our family, so that she will not have to appear in her brother's clothings all the time, and have something girly for special occasions like full-month, etc. They are in various sizes from 6 months to 12 months.

Of course, not forgetting our Prince.... and an Elmo tee for him (I showed him on the screen before I added it to the cart, and he loved it!).

It was a pretty lucky spree, since the package came in a plastic bag and BDL charged me the exact weight.  But I realised that as the clothes sizes get bigger (for Ian's case, we're buying kid sizes already), the heavier the parcel gets. :(

A cozy blanket and a dream blanket from Aden+Anais, bought before the price increased on Amazon, and also used my 3rd and last $10 coupon on one of them.  These are mainly because Ian would need extra blankets for his childcare from next month onwards, so we would have enough to rotate at home between the two of them.

Unfortunately, the dream blanket came in a huge box this time (unlike the swaddles which was packed very compactly), so shipping was small blow.