Specialty store, chain store or ebay?

[Teeki]

in the end like a pp said its meant to be fun so go enjoy and believe me ull wanna go crazy!!! i love baby shoppingits one of my fav shopping times...

Yep, we'll definitely be having fun Good chance we'd go over a budget if we went too wild, so we've decided the first thing we want to buy is a 3 in 1 cot, and we'll build the rest of the nursery around that. Plus DH wants to buy a few tiny little clothes cos he loves how cute they are lol.

Thanks for the tips re second hand stuff I definitely want a brand new car seat, I'd rather just not take the risk. And as for other bigger second hand stuff on eBay, it usually all says pick up only and it's never near us. So might stick with eBay for decoration type things I reckon. Plus I only have one good friend who's recently had a kids and she lives on the complete opposite side of Aus, so unfortunately isn't much help!

[ShootingStar]

Clothes, i always wait until theres sales.. or like Target or Kmart have 20% off or something. Theres always a "Baby Week" every 6 months or so too which has great deals. As for furniture/bedding etc etc.. go and have a look at what BabiessRus have. If you find something you like, then google or look on ebay and see if you can get it cheaper. I found a bedding set i liked which BabiesRUs have too. Was going to get it on ebay but then babiesrus had it on special for $99 (down from $150). So yeh find what you like and look around. Still plenty of time to grab a bargin.

[melbel]

we got our cot and changetable dresser from babies r us......they regularly have a 30% off timber furniture sale, like every 2-3 months so if you see one you like and then wait for the sale...we saved over $500 all up on those two items and a deluxe rocker/glider chair.........