Baby Prep

I'm a big list maker. Spelling everything out on paper helps me to see exactly what needs to be done and I do this pretty much daily in my personal and professional life in order to organize my time. Before Baby Two arrives we have been chipping away at our Baby Prep list. It's a long one, and though there are a number of items listed that seemingly have no relation to baby, I have a sneaking suspicion that if they aren't completed now it's going to be a long time before we get to them again. 

Thankfully more time at home means that we've slowly been checking things off. While my dad and Chris tackled the garage a few weekends ago I finally reorganized Eloise & Baby's closet, moved un-needed furniture out of their bedroom, sorted and organized my crafts and even made some much needed changes to my Monica Closet. I've filled holes in walls, primed and painted, assisted Chris to install a pretty new curtain rod and drapes in our bedroom and am just about to whip up a new bed skirt for us and a duvet cover for Eloise. This coming weekend we'll hopefully finish prepping Eloise's room for Baby by bringing down the crib, de-pinkifying and putting up a gallery wall.

It's all coming together and the best part is, we're only five items away from a fully checked off list. 

On Target

Target is a high priority on our cross border shopping trips for many reasons: they have the best cheap and cheerful home accessories, my favourite brightly patterned $1.50 ankle socks, an excellent baby selection and you can pick up a bottle of Champers on your way out. Since Target came to Canada a few months ago I thought it was finally time to take the trek out to the nearest store in Coquitlam to see how our (sadly) booze-free Tar-jay compared.

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It looked the same - bright white with red, bulls eyes and big plastic carts - but wasn't quite.
The selection seemed to be a little lacking even still I spotted a fabulous pink confetti patterned sheet set, fun knotted yarn throw pillows in turquoise and a collection of colourful accent tables. For kids there was a small but ample selection of clothing and accessories and we made it out with grey and rainbow neon geometric leggings for $4 and a pink bow headband. There were some super cute flat sandals with a band of glitter across the toes for me but they didn't quite cut it for my huge feet. Boo.

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I love that Target can be a discount big box store and have style cred at the same time. It's a great place to shop for stylish items on the cheap and now I know that I can stock up on stationery and baby things without driving to the States. Have you seen the super fun Target Canada commercial, "Can't Wait to Meet You Neighbour"? I appreciate that they spell neighbour our way.

I Love

Since I am 100% hip hop (in my music choices) this sign by Oh Dier Living needs to be in my home. Preferably on the mantle.

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Naturally, it's gold and shiny. Holla.