Boy oh Boy!

We had our anatomy scan, 20 perfect little toes and fingers, and two little penises. I saw the look of disbelief in my husbands eyes and I imagine his mind was saying "...but the odds..." oh yes 'the odds.' The thing about statistics is that, statistically, we should only be having one baby; so stats are off the table in my book.

Welcome the world of the "less than 1%." 

I live in this world, sometimes it's a life-changing shock and sometimes it just makes your day. This week, Target is having a sale on diapers, compounded with many other coupons I bought 6 $25 boxes of Pampers Swaddlers and Baby Dry for $70. That's right, 70 smackaroos. That's less than half price! I am fully aware I hold no flame to any run-of-the-mill coupon-er, but for a woman who just doesn't have time to work the system, I am damn proud.

Enter the "less than 1%"

...whilst at Target, I pointed out the cribs I chose for the twins. My friend says "...is that a clearance sticker?"

Shock.

Dismay.

Over 60% off!? Could this be? I went into "super-saving blackout mode" this 'mode' rarely happens, especially because I don't coupon so such a deal can't exist...can it?

Short answer? No.

The crib was on clearance and I hadn't even noticed during all my trips to Target! They were down to the floor model and cannot sell that for safety reasons.

Crushed. Nothing made sense anymore, I knew how Willy Coyote felt during all of my youth.

But still, we persevere...

I looked on the Target app and the crib was sold out everywhere. But, yesterday on my way home from work I thought, hey, why not try this Target! I walk up and there are two glorious giant boxes that could only contain cribs...They did...they matched...and they were MY cribs!

Cue: super-saver blackout mode

I ran and punched the "Help" button, ran back to guard those cribs like a lunatic while awaiting the lovely Target staff to arrive. While 'scanning my surroundings,' I notice an infant car seat box. A Graco Snugride 35, my second choice for the additional car seat we needed to get.

It Had A Red Sticker.

You guys, I think I blacked out. It was also 50% off. I know I am very blessed to be able to afford all these things new and not on sale. But the shock of buying two of everything was overwhelming. This was like The Man Above saying "I got you boo, we'll do this thing together." Ultimately, I got two cribs and an infant car seat for $370. It was so exciting and awesome I had to share.

Also, the boxes did not fit in the Jeep Grand Cherokee. So my dear, sweet husband (who left work early after I frantically called and demanded he come right away) unpacked two cribs and loaded the individual pieces into his Jeep.

A modern day fairy tale 💖