way to throw down...

...some bucks! pete and i went on our little search of the perfect glider tonight, since i was so bummed about the one from target and their outrageous shipping fee. another warning about target furniture purchases online: they deliver, but they do not assemble and some times do not even bring it into your house. i know. what is this world coming to?

pete, being the most awesome husband in the world, searched the world wide web and emailed the manufacturer of the same glider sold at target about where to find similar gliders within the twin cities. they promptly responded (such great service! thank you best chairs, inc.!) and let us know a baby store called baby grand sold them and all sorts of styles. pete called them, and apparently they have a ginormous store in st. paul. the other twin. but...even better, they had a smaller location that did orders and such in hopkins. much closer to us, i might add. pete called over there. pete told them our dilemma. they suggested some styles, and they even had comparable prices to target. better yet, you could choose your own fabric at no extra cost. hallelujah!

so we met up at baby grand in hopkins after work, and i was elated. not only was this place in a really cute downtown area, but almost everything in the store was all that i could want in baby furniture, toys, clothes, and art. so here is what happened.

1) we sat in some gliders.
2) we glided.
3) we chose a fabric. (there were some super cute polka-dot ones, but i refrained. i wanted the chair to match our current living room furniture once we move it out of the nursery. bummer.)
4) we fell in love and bought.

here it is: (this is not the color we got though. we got more of a cream color to match any of the bedding and other stuff i will decorate the nursery with.)



this chair is so soft and smooth, it could be an r&b singer.

oh, but wait. i'm not done. the search for the perfect crib ended today too! i had my heart set on something at babies 'r us, and we were just about to order it in. but baby grand showed them up like they were yesterday's news. i don't have the real picture of the crib, because baby grand does not have a website yet. this is the picture of the one from babies 'r us, but it is the same idea. white with an espresso color. oh, baby grand delivers and assembles too for a much cheaper price than the b.r.u. what? did you just get 'moted babies 'r us?



so basically i am pretty happy right now. we got the biggest items out of the way. we got exactly what we both wanted. it was cheaper (the owner even gave us a 10% discount off of our glider. he's basically my newest best friend in the whole wide world.), and the quality of our products was beyond what i could expect within our budget. thank you baby grand! you have won me over.