AshesFromStars

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Everybody has wedding present lists these days, made up of the items that the couple want along with where to buy them. Usually ranging in the £40-£250 area (or at least on wedding lists I’ve seen for recent weddings my family’s been invited to).

Question is what’s acceptable to pay for a new baby present? Should it all be £10 baby booties and £20 towels and blanket sets in pretty pastels? Or is that just being cheap. Like buying a toaster for newly weds?

The reason that I ask is that, as regular readers will be aware, my best friend’s girlfriend is expecting their first child in February. Obviously I want to get them a really cool gift that will aid them aswell as be functional for the baby, but don’t want to just head to TK Maxx for a basket full of white babygrows and socks with teddybears on them for £14.99.

Britax Carseat

Browsing the internet I came across the Britax minisite for carseats. Granted at the moment my best mate doesn’t drive but he’s going to have to learn pretty damn soon! I don’t mind shelling out a little extra for a good quality present for the baby and parents if I know it’ll make their life a little easier. And I don’t want to be the person to give them yet another ‘cute’ collection of baby bibs and dummys.

Everybody's at it...

So here I am, jumping on the bandwagon and manga-ing my face at faceyourmanga.com. Anything to take my mind off of last week’s drama is good.

Some of you may remember that a while back I was having issues with my employer trying to move me to a different shop, which I fought against and stayed in the shop I want to work in. Well last Wednesday I got offered a move again. To yet another shop I wasn’t comforable working in. Or hours I’d be able to work (but that’s a different blog post altogether). Anyway, they accepted my decision to stay put but not without stressing me out, again. A thousand and one niggly questions at the back of my head - do I actually want to further my career? I keep putting barriers up for myself. Do I actually have what it takes? What am I so afraid of?

Thankfully I’m on holiday for a week or else I’d really be stressed. One whole week to concentrate on me, the boyfriend and my hobbies that have fallen way-side to work over the past month or two. Day one and I’m bored!