Last night I met my friend Katie (and her daughter) for a little dinner and shopping in downtown. Today I am asking myself, “WHY did you do this to yourself, Isabel?”

You see, if Katie had a Super Power it would be shopping. Not only does she walk slow and look at everything in the entire store. She must touch everything. She isn’t the best shopping companion because of this. Especially when I am pregnant and dealing with already swollen feet. And why did I wear heels to shop in? What was wrong with putting on some better shoes before I left the house? Nope. I was determined to not look like the frumpy pregnant girl that I am.

I had a great time. I really did. We started the night with a fun dinner in a little dive of a Chinese restaurant that The King and I found recently. Katie’s daughter only made a slight mess when she tipped over the cup of egg flower soup. We were able to catch up on what’s been going on. See, it was nice.

Then we headed outside to shop. I don’t want to get into it too much, but I was a bargain shopper. The likes I have never been before. I kid you not when I say that I spent $6.66 at Old Navy and walked away with a bag full of baby items. You in the back, did you hear what I said? Six dollars and sixty six cents. For a bag full of baby goodness.

Next stop, The Gap. Their baby sale items were picked over. Which means I had to buy myself a fabulous (non maternity) shirt for $2.97. A shirt that I would have happily paid full price for. A shirt that I am wearing today and am anxious to get home and spend some alone time with. I like it that much.

By this time we had spent about two hours in two stores. My feet were killing me. I was hot and tired and ornery. It was time to be forceful and call it a night. I think Motherhood may have slowed Katie down a little because she seemed happy to part ways.

I was so excited with my score that when I got home I played this fun game with The King. A game that I like, but he hates. Most of my games are met with the same eye-rolling and begging me to just leave him alone.

This game is played by me laying all the fun new items on the couch, hiding the price tags and making The King guess how much money I spent. His final answer was $25.00.

Sucker.

I spent less than $10.00. For a ton of good stuff. This isn’t crap people. No, this is genuine quality baby gear. I mean, have you ever seen a baby shirt for .05 cents? Me neither. But my baby’s gonna wear it and he’s gonna love it.

What makes this even funnier, is we got a package in the mail yesterday. A little onesie that The King bought our little guy. A onesie that matches a shirt that I got him last Valentines Day. (Of course the one we got was black and NOT pink. Don’t worry). This one little piece of clothing was $25.00 (with shipping). So for half the price of what The King spent, I got three times the amount of gear.

Who’s the best Mommy in the World?

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Today? I can’t lift up my feet completely when I walk. My feet hurt that bad. And I’m not even wearing heels today. I’ve got on my super comfy (albeit not very attractive) black loafers. And my feet are still killing me. I can’t wait to get home and prop my feet up on the coffee table. And stay there. All weekend.

But first I have to walk home from work.