makes perfect sense hollye!

we've not bought bibs and things (unless they were part of a "suit" we have bought) - we just figure they are your "typical" gifts if someone is going to buy for you, so we haven't gone there - they're also not a "large" expense close to or after baby arrives. but things like cot sheets (18 bucks instead of 30) - why wouldn't i buy? a nappy stacker for $3.40 that is part of the manchester set we're getting - of course i bought it!

we're also financially in a better position now (well, after i go back to work) than we will be when i go on mat leave at 34 weeks - so it makes more sense for us to get stuff now. i have opted for taking my mat leave at half pay over twice as long to pay my mortgage for six months - but it means we won't have much money left to play with each week - i'd like to be essentially ready for baby before we hit that point... it's not like we're going to have someone generously paying our mortgage for that time so that we can afford to buy everything we haven't gotten as gifts at that point!