First Time I've Ever Wanted to Be a Model

Have you seen the new Vera Bradley catalog (Winter 2010)? They shot it in Montana. I have a thing for Montana. I want to be there. Love it!

The purses are nice too - I'd probably buy them if I were rich.

I do have an umbrella that I found at the thrift store for pennies before I'd ever even heard of Vera Bradley. I just liked it. Then one day I realized it was a Vera Bradley. It was my favorite umbrella either way. Who doesn't need a lime green umbrella on a gray day?

Maternity clothes

I have been very blessed in my maternity clothes shopping. Most of the pieces I'm wearing this time around are new for this pregnancy. My maternity clothes from Anna and Ethan were mostly too small :^( and I borrowed most of my clothes for Rose's pregnancy from two friends. One has since gotten rid of all of her maternity clothes and the other is due a month after me.

So I needed to by some new stuff. I found some really nice dresses at a consignment sale for a fraction of their original prices. Most of the rest I found at my favorite thrift store and other consignment stores, usually for $1-5 a piece.

I prefer the underbelly waistlines - so much more comfortable and fewer lines showing - plus they fit sooner and can be worn postpartum, provided one can find long enough tops, however right now fashion is working in my favor. I actually found a number of cute spring skirts and dresses, as well as lots of capri/flood pants.

Also I've tried a new thing - the maternity belly band. I should have bought a stack - it's so handy, especially right now, when my belly keeps wanting to show. But at $20 a pop they rattle by budget sensibilities. I have a black one right now, though, and I'm really considering ordering a lighter color fast because I really think they're going to be very handy for nursing too - that and to hide the fact that I'll probably be wearing maternity pants way longer postpartum than is respectable. :^)

See I've entered the problem weeks. You know, the last several weeks where the tops that were previously unwearable tents are suddenly the only tops that cover your waistband. And all of those really cute tops are way too short. Half the pants no longer go over the belly at all (even the little bit they're supposed too). Then compound that by the fact that all of this much needed rain is making the temperatures much too cool to wear the capris and dresses that were bought to be larger.

So lately I've been frequently begging the dryer to hurry and dry the one pair of pants that are clean and fit so that I can get to my appointments on time.

Hurry warm weather - I want to wear all of those cute spring clothes a few times - but then, if that doesn't work out, maybe no one will notice that they're pregnancy clothes when I'm still wearing them in July!

iHerb

We use a lot of natural supplements around here, mostly for managing Brian's fibromyalgia. One of our favorite supplements is Fibromalic. The 180 capsule bottle is about $35 at our local health food store. I found it at iHerb for about $21. That's a deal even after shipping!

So I got an e-mail from them yesterday, advertising a $.99 shipping special throught the end of the month. So I ordered Fibromalic. a probiotic (Brian's on an antibiotic to get rid of that ten day illness he's just recovered from), and some gluten free brownies.

They gave me a code. LIC847. If you are a first time customer, and you go there and order something, put in my referral code, and you'll get $5 off. I get 3% of your order total in rewards credit. And if you order by the end of the month, you can also get $.99 shipping and I'll get a 10% credit.

So if you use supplements or order gluten free or other health foods, check out iHerb and see if you can strike a deal in the next few days.