Resistance is futile

Resistance to the blank page is strong this evening. I sit here watching the old "The Longest Yard," starring Burt Reynolds, with half my attention; the other half of my attention is on this entry. Wonder how much I will be able to get done? The dishwasher is washing a load of dishes. All the toys and junk on the living room floor needs to be picked up. I'll get around to it--eventually.

Tomorrow, DD & I will be going to a second cousin's baby shower. I haven't bought a gift yet. So, I guess we'll be going shopping beforehand. I should decide what to buy the baby, though. Otherwise, I'll end up going to at least three different stores, unhappy with whatever I end up buying, and having spent too much money.

This will be the second baby shower I've went to this year. My cousin is having a boy, so it should be easy to find something. But, I can't help but feel a little annoyed, because when I had my baby shower, she didn't buy me anything; instead, her mom put my cousin's name on "their" gift, and it was a cheesy plastic baby tub. LOL So, it's like, why buy her anything? But it's expected, so I have to get her something. I still have the baby tub. I never used it. I am considering giving it to my cousin, along with some other new stuff. :) That would be cheesy. Don't worry; I doubt I do that. That would be really cheap--and ungenerous.

So what would be a good gift? I was thinking maybe an outfit and/or some useful items like bottles or wet wipes. She is registered at Babies R Us, but I don't have time to drive 45 minutes to the closest one, and it's too late to order online. I'll just have to wing it.

For my friend's baby shower back in May, I got my friend a baby outfit and some bibs or something. I hardly remember. LOL She got so much stuff, it was insane. Baby showers can be like that.

I don't think I even used half the stuff I got at my baby shower, other than the blankets and onesies. Some outfits DD never wore because she was so tiny at birth, and by the time she grew into those sizes, it was the wrong season.

I think I'll get useful items. They'll get used and take up less space. I remember wishing that people had gotten me some diapers for DD at my baby shower. Diapers would have been way more useful than the baby wipe warmer I ended up returning to the store. :)