Maternity Deals of the Week

I forgot to write about my big maternity buy this week! I actually have a few. The biggest one was a nice, warm, affordable, maternity coat! I'll be most pregnant exactly during winter so I knew that I needed a really good coat that could last all winter. I was a little worried I wouldn't be able to find one for a decent price.

I was actually searching for used ones on Craigslist and finding absolutely nothing when I came across an advertisement for an all maternity consignment shop in Richfield. So I thought they might have used winter coats and it was worth a look. Boy was I right! I found a knee length, black, down, Motherhood Maternity winter coat that retails around $150-$200.

I got it for $31.

I know right! It was awesome. I also got an amazing pair of maternity jeans that actually stay up for $11 and two long sleeve Old Navy shirts for $7 each. It was a very successful trip to say the least.

My next buy will be some really good winter boots. I have no good footwear for winter and if I'm 7-9 months pregnant in the dead of winter I'm gonna want a good boot that has tread and is really warm. I was with Victoria that particular day and we thought we would go to Kohls to see if they had any winter boots.

They didn't have any, but I decided to look at bras while I was there. About 2 months ago I threw away all my bras and bought 3 new ones. My old ones were really worn and no longer fitting with the increasing size of my bust, but after only 2 months my 3 new ones were also not longer fitting. Not only did they not fit, but they were extremely uncomfortable. Like I'm talking miserably uncomfortable to the point where I dreaded putting one on each day. 

So there we were in Kohls browsing through the plethora of bras, 99% of which were not even close to my size. I really wanted something without underwire which was hard to come by in a DDD-E. (Yes, you read right) So I'm just grabbing anything that might be close to my size, and of course Vic threw in a "just try this one because it would be funny cause it's so ginormous."

Well, I came out of the dressing room with a sad look on my face. Not because I hadn't found anything, but because I had....I believe my exact words were, "They're soooooo comfortable, but they have FOUR clasps! I've never had a bra with FOUR clasps!" We laughed, and I also had to tell her that the "funny" one actually fit me and was quite comfortable. It was a sad day as I bought my, as I call them, Granny Bras.

My Granny Bras have literally changed my life. I kid you not.