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As many of you who have been keeping up with us as of recent may know, we received a TON of clothes for Jayden at our baby shower. It’s now a month later, and those clothes are still sitting in the original bags we received them in. Why? Because we have nowhere to put them! Mommy’s 26,104,295 pairs of jeans, 519,173,390,266 shirts, and 102,612,843,074,914 pairs of shoes take up every inch of space in every single closet and dresser we have. And those numbers are NOT an exaggeration!

So last week I decided to look for a nice dresser just for Jayden (that means hands off Mommy!) on Craigslist. After only a few minutes of searching, I found a really nice one for only $30! No, it wasn’t falling apart and yes, it still had all its drawers. It didn’t look too bad from the picture that was included in the ad, but as we all know, pictures can be deceiving.

So after getting in contact with the couple selling the dresser, Mommy and I headed over their way today to check it out. When I was finally able to see the dresser, my mouth dropped; it was perfect! It looked practically brand new! The dresser was definitely worth more than just $30, so I knew there had to be a catch. Dead rodent superglued to one of the drawers? Stinky poo aroma? Nope, all the drawers were clean and the dresser smelled just fine. So what could it be? That question was answered once I handed the money over to the guy:

Guy: (turns to wife) (in a questionable voice) $30 Hon?
Guy’s Wife: (in a oops-I-think-I-underpriced-the-dresser-a-bit-too-much voice) …yes…
Guy: (in a how-in-the-hell-could-you-have-sold-the-dresser-for-so-cheap voice) …ok…

Ohhh, I see now! *evil Bowser grin*

Needless to say, I skedaddled out of there (with dresser in tow!) before they decided to up the price on us; and before it turned into Wrestlemania in there between the guy and his wife!

So, we just got back home with the dresser and we’re going to go ahead and put all of Jayden’s clothes in it tonight. I’m going to monitor Mommy because knowing her, she’ll try to take over that dresser too! I found some similar dressers on Target.com (here, here, and here) that cost between $150 to $340, so now I feel even better about our deal on the dresser!

Lesson learned for the day: love Craigslist!

While browsing online for baby gear, I stumbled upon the Cariboo Folding Bassinet. We both agree that this bassinet is something that we will need. We will be moving after baby JT arrives so we won’t be setting up nursery decor and furniture until we get settled into our new place. When we get settled in our new place we can keep the bassinet in our bedroom until he gets used to sleeping in a crib. Since the bassinet folds flat, we can take the bassinet along with us when we are visiting family. When he gets older we can use the bassinet for toy and linen storage! We are unsure of the nursery theme so we’d probably go with the white with teak finish. For those who enjoy funky retro patterns, Baby Star offers the Cariboo Folding Bassinet in patterns exclusively made for their store. For the creative ones out there, decorate the white bassinet to match your nursery decor!