Rant: My issue with baby stores

DH and I went to Buy Buy Baby about a week ago to seriously begin looking at cribs and furniture. We saw several things we like (but prices we did not). We found a chair/ottoman combo we liked and decided to ask how long it would take to come in (or see if they had it in stock).

Didn't I feel like boo boo the fool when the guy said 8-12 weeks depending on the color you choose. So naturally without thinking I say "why--do you have grow the tree to make the wood that frames the chair". (Rude, maybe; truthful, yes).

Now what exactly do they have to do that would take so long to get a chair back to a paying customer. It's not like it's a cheap chair either. It was pretty doggone expensive. I could stroll on over to Ikea and get one and take home that day and put it together myself. I understand that not everyone in the world is a procrastinator like myself or DH, but really 8-12 weeks for a chair. Hell, Rooms to Go can deliver a very comfortable chair and 1/2 to you within 2-3 days. Now, I'm sure they only have a certain number in stock and certain colors people rarely order, so it may take a little longer to get, because they do in fact have to make it.

But come on--what about the cribs. It takes 8-12 weeks for cribs to come in as well? People need a crib before they need a chair. I firmly believe those should always be made available to you if nothing else. But who am I? Just a consumer with money to spend on something I actually need--so I am at the mercy of Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby. And they know this, which is why it continues to happen.

But oh did the heavens shine down upon me (well us) and the clouds parted as the angels started to sing.....

Just as I was getting frustrated, irritated, perturbed and determine I was going to make a cradle out of a dresser drawer; sitting in the middle of the aisle were two (not 1 but 2) in stock clearance cribs. Marked down from $699/799 down to $199. And let the church say AMEN!!!!

I immediately told DH--I want that one!!And we got it. With an additional 20% off. Score one for Team C!

The crib was being discontinued and I swear it was God's way of telling me to stop stressing over the little stuff and worry about the bigger things.

So we have our bedding and we have our crib.

The End. I'm a semi-happy, feeling almost accomplished pregnant woman for right now.

Go Nicole, Go Nicole, Go Nicole, Go Nicole