Score!

Our friend LiPA is participating in a yard sale this weekend, and she was kind enough to give us first dibs on her baby gear - and then refused to even let us pay her for any of it.

(We'll get you back for that. You just wait.)

We stopped by her house after work to take a look at the goods, and ended up with a pack and play, changing table pad (to turn a regular dresser into a changing table), high chair and a box of toys and books.

Oh yeah, and a bag of dishes and silverware that her daughter J brought out to us, before we even got all the way up the driveway, and handed to me, announcing, "These are for the baby."

(How sweet is she!)

After hanging out and playing with the kids for a while (J invited Shrike up to her room to play Polly Pockets, then the dog asked to go out, so Shrike took her and J for a walk, and then LiPA's son T started handing out gloves and balls and we played some catch in the yard) we finally let them get on with their evening plans, and we went out for another birthday dinner.

(Red Robin coupon for a free burger and sundae - all we had to pay for was a beer for Shrike!)

Then we came home and went to sleep, because we're pathetic.

I set the clock to get up around midnight for a prometrium (but not a shot this evening!) and now, guess what? I'm awake!

This wouldn't be so bad, except that I have to work in the morning. Ugh.

But, we have a bunch of baby gear in the back of my car - for free!

So YAY!!!!