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Shopping Spree...wheeee!

(mimi at belfort furniture)

i decided that it was really important to focus on making a new room for mimi before the baby comes rather than decorate the baby's room b/c i dont want her to feel like we're doing so much for the baby and nothing for her...especially since we'll be taking the glider, the changing table, dresser and armoire out of her room and basically just leaving her with a bed and a nightstand!

so today we went shopping (very exciting, as we dont furniture shop often)! i chose some bedding and curtains at the pottery barn outlet in leesburg and then we went to belfort and bought a new canopy bed, dresser, mirror, and two bookshelves for mimi's bedroom (bookshelves are 'spensive!!! one small bookshelf cost as much as a 7 drawer dresser!).

i am not exactly sure if everything i bought today will work together, it was a hodgepodge of stuff at the outlet, but i couldnt pass up the prices. it was 40% off the OUTLET prices, so a quilt that normally sells for $200 was priced at $70. it was also a bit tricky at belfort b/c i didnt like all the pieces in any one collection, so that too was a bit of a hodge podge. i will find out if i totally goofed when they deliver it in two months!

while at the outlets today, rob bought a pretty diaper bag for me from the kate spade outlets. it's a glossy red patent leather...very snazzy! here's mimi at the kate spade store trying on a pair of fashionable sunglasses.

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