Bargain Buy

Really quick post to share what I picked up from POUNDLAND! These are so cool I can't believe they were only one pound. Crazy! I'm not sure they will all go with the colour scheme but even if I only use a few it will still be so worth the money.. right?

I will do a nursery tour in the next week once I've finished everything so any that I do use you will see then. 

What have you picked up recently at a total steal?

Nursery So Far

You may remember I mentioned we decorated the nursery about a month ago. Since then nothings really happened with it and it's continued to store my junk. I am steadily clearing the wardrobes of my stuff and creating a more baby-friendly space. I will blog pictures of the progress a bit at a time but I had to share the cute decorative bits I bought yesterday. The boxes and bunting are both from the Next "Ziggy and Friends" range. I wanted to go with bright colours and gender-neutral stuff since we don't know what we're having yet. I may have got some shots of the decorating stages so if I find them I'll post those too.. Otherwise I think this is going to move quickly now it's got a bit of momentum!

15 Weeks

I'm nearly 4 months pregnant and I still can't believe it lol. This week the baby is the size of a "navel orange" - whatever that is! I've looked ahead a bit and I should warn you the fruit comparisons only get more bizarre as the weeks progress. We had another midwife appointment today and heard baby's heartbeat for the first time which was really special. Nicer for me than the scan, I was stressed then but today I was relaxed and really appreciated the experience. I'm considering buying one of those little things that allows you to listen at home, that would be pretty cool!

We've been so busy this week decorating and preparing the house for the baby's arrival. The nursery is all done now, we just need some extra bits, We have a swinging cot from when Ella was little but I think that will go in our room while it's with us and then we will be purchasing a larger one for the nursery.It's getting quite exciting now, it's feeling a little more realy but I'm still holding something back, I'm sure I'll feel overwhelmed in a month or so when I feel the baby move for the first time and it all hits me at once. For now I'm carrying the equivalent of a navel orange and just looking a bit podgy. 

Bed Browsing...

I've been looking at cots since we started TTC so no surprise I'm fairly prepared now I'm finally "with child".

I knew I wanted white and I knew I wanted a cot bed. White because the nursery has white built in wardrobes and a cot bed because it's just so much more cost effective. When moving baby from a cot to a bed it seems a waste to shell out for a junior bed they'll be in for 18 months. Ella went straight from a cot to a fullsized single but I did have concerns about the height so this time around... COT BED!

I've shopped about, as you do, and found a sweet deal at babies'r'us. To give you an idea of how great a deal this really is, a similar cot from ikea would cost only £10 less and is just a cot... this is really fabulous value.

Of course, in an ideal world I'd have an imposing sleigh style cot and plush furnishings but let's be realistic, I'm not spending more on a cot to be used to 2 years than my own bed!

So this is the current front runner...

Shoreditch Cot bed

Also Available in Natural

Buy HERE

for just £99.99

Any great deals you've spotted recently or just have a store you'd like to recommend? Go ahead and leave your comments below!