So we decided that I should sacrifice (myself) and brave the fair myself while hubs go shopping somewhere else with Nuha- alone. Now I'm not sure who got the better end of the deal... So come Saturday morning I was up bright and early! ok maybe not so bright, but I was up early coz Nuha wakes up at 630 most mornings. It didn't help that I read the news the night before so I was pretty unbright that morning. After the inevitable hi5 shows and various annoyingly chirpy cartoons, a shower n a quick bfast, we were on our way by 930am.
Turns out we weren't the only psycho parents. There was already a huge crowd waiting in front of the shutters. Strollers and prams of all colours n sizes were lined up like little tanks just waiting to run over your feet in a mad stampede. It was there that I bid my husband goodbye and kissed my baby for luck. I watched them walk away, Nuha with a mischievous glint in her eyes, and hubs, armed with biscuits n crackers- thinking he was going shopping. Heh, such innocent thoughts.
Once the shutters opened I slithered in past the rolling tanks and huge balloons, squeezing myself between parents and their five kids (Do u really need to bring the whole jing bang clan?), looking with pity at the mom holding the screaming baby while dad registers (registering gets u loadsa freebies).
Once in I was like a mad women on a mission. I could no longer hear what the sales people around me were saying. I vaguely caught glimpses of stem cell thingymajig, insurance for kids, a thousand dollar baby rocker (now is that really necessary?). I had a flashing sign going on in my head that read PYJAMAS!!!. Once I found it I got the sales people to look for Nuha's size for me in all girl dsigns, grabbed a lot of antibacterial wipes and I was out of there in 15 mins flat.
On my way to look for diapers I caved when I saw wooden toys going for cheap! I spent a while choosing this and putting this back and paying for it before realising I now had a huge bag of clothes and a heavy load of wooden toys to carry. I hate baby fairsss!!!
Found the diaper counter and bought 2 coz they were on offer. So I now had a huge bag of clothes, a heavy bag of toys and 2 huge packs of diaper. That didnt stop me from grabbing some cute shoes. 2 for RM60 are u nuts?!?!?! I love baby fairs!!!
I was almost out when something caught my eye... baby mattress, the coconut husk kind, going to RM100. We had been looking to buy one but it cost RM350 each! I looked at my load of stuff and decided- I was gonna have to manage. The salesguy wrapped it up in a HUGE plastic for me and even made a little handle so I could drag it along instead of carrying it like a shield in front of me (like a mad women).
I walked about looking for hubs and Nuha looking like a bag lady. Hubs didn't manage to do any shopping for himself. But he did get a whole bunch of clothes for Nuha. We were out of MV by 1115. 100 points for teamwork I must say- though both of us looked like rags by mid-day. We were so tired we didnt even want to have lunch outside! Its safe to say we wont be doing anymore shopping for Nuha for at least another six months.
And just for the record- I hate baby fairs!!!
