Krystal Ball - I am so a buy in bulk and in advance type of person. I used to work at Pumpkin Patch and, while expensive, they do have really good sales twice a year. They want to sell EVERYTHING from the current season so there are different rounds of pricing sometimes even twice a week. Obviously the range gets smaller as the prices do but you can get stuff for Kmart prices. There was always heaps of mums that would come in and buy an entire wardrobe for the next year. I'm so doing that!

I bought my niece a winter woolly jacket for about $20, it was 3 sizes too big but she got about 5 years wear out of it as she wore it big, grew into it slowly and then had a year where it fit, she just couldn't do up the buttons . Now her friend's little sister has it. Not bad for $20.

Wish I still got a staff discount though....it was so wasted on a 20 yo single gal! although very shush, I did buy one babies outfit because it was just the cutest thing I've ever seen. I planned to give it away as a present but no one I know has had a boy so I guess I better keep it now LOL, it is in a non-descript bag wayyyy at the back of my wardrobe! Problem is, in my 20 yo wisdom I bought it in 000! Wish I'd got a bigger size.

As for having a baby kitty, I have a kitty kitty for my cats. I put aside some $ every pay so when I need to buy litter, food or meds (I usually buy in bulk), I just dip in. I also put some aside in case one needs a vet visit. Perhaps I'll do something like that with the baby, at least at first until I get a handle on what and how much to budget for every day type of stuff.

Oh and it might also help if I get pg first, or at the very least come of the BCP...lordy am I a planner or what? I drive myself (and everyone else) nuts!