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L has been diligently buying used stuff off Craig’s List. Last week we went down to Fremont/Union City to get a glider & ottoman for $200 (instead of $800). This week she got a kinda banged-up changing table for only $50 (versus $200 new).

This week we did a lot more baby prep. Dropped off boxes of stuff at the Salvation Army (salvaging your old stuff, and your soul, for a hundred years). We got the 10 year old VW Passat tuned up. We tried to get the little things fixed up too, but they ended up being too expensive. Then, yesterday, we left the plug for the GPS in the lighter socket, and the car had a real struggle starting up. That little LED sure must be drawing a lot of current. Our battery had passed the load test at the mechanic, so I was able to return the cheap, overpriced one I picked up at Kragan — after a 45 minute struggle. (They insisted that it had been used and that they’d never have sold me a battery in that condition. Great. Only after accepting a replacement did they realize that the replacements look like they’d been installed too.) After barely starting up, I am having trouble trusting the old Passat, so we’ll probably get a new car (Mazda 5 we liked at the car show?) sooner than later.

Tonight we are working on our registry. It’s difficult because we have to make lots of buying decisions on things that we aren’t very familiar with. I’m procrastinating on helping L on that task by writing this blog post. I’d better stop now and help her figure out what type of diaper pail to get. (We’ll be going through 10 per baby per day, 140 diaper changes per week, 560 changes per month. Egad, what have we done??!!)