May Bank Holiday Weekend Haul

I was meant to type up this post last week but have been so busy I have only just got round to it.  

I've not done a haul post in awhile and actually have no idea why I don't do them more often as I do love reading

other bloggers haul posts. 

On Saturday we went to Milton Keynes and did some shopping in quiet a few places. 

We first of all went to BandM, I love BandM and I think Milton Keynes has 3 BandM stores in total (correct me if I'm wrong). We went to one of the smaller stores in Bletchley though .

I love homeware items and am trying to make more special touches to our home over the recent weeks. 

So in BandM I got 6 items which I am excited to show you! 

First of all I got two faux plants they cost me £3.99 each and I now have one placed on our bedroom window sill

and the other is in our bathroom on our little metal stand we have in there. 

The little boat that I got for £2.99 is sat in our bathroom. 

Our bathroom was in need of a bit of color as it is all white and after decluttering the window sill

at the weekend there was an area where it needed something so the boat is now placed there and it fits in nicely. 

I got a mouse for my laptop which I have yet to try out.

I sometimes find it easier to use a USB optical mouse rather than the touchpad when using my laptop. 

I also chose this photo frame for Blake's nursery which says Mummy + Daddy = Me for £3.99.

I just need to choose 3 photos to fill it and then decide where abouts I am going to put it. 

Last of all from BandM is these 3 wicker baskets which were £7.99. 

I have wanted wicker baskets for ages, so I am very happy with getting these at such a fab price too. 

The bigger one is filled with nappy changing bits and one of the smaller ones has baby lotion, powder, oil.

The other of the small baskets hasn't got anything in it yet but I am sure that I'll find something to go in it soon.

I am loving pale blue at the moment so I brought a new bin for the bathroom from Tesco for £5. 

The bin we use to have in there was much smaller so at least we have one that is a bit bigger now and in such 

a lovely shade of blue too. 

My sister had given me one of her quilt covers which she brought and then decided she didn't want and it goes perfectly in our bedroom. So I decided to get a new cream fitted sheet in Primark to go with it.

 The duvet cover is a lovely pearly pink color so I thought cream would go with it well.

I got some shorts for Blake ready for the summer in 6-9 months. 

Although he is only coming up for 5 months old he is starting to outgrow his 3-6 months clothing.

I got these shorts for £3 in Asda.

We are planning on starting to wean Blake at the weekend so I started off by buying him some spoons

in Tesco which were on offer for just under £2. 

We did go out and buy him some more bits this weekend just gone but I'll show you

in a separate post about weaning. 

I've really got into buying clothing for Blake from Peacocks as they have lovely bits and the prices

are fab too.

 I got him some more tops in there and we need no more of in 6-9 months as we have kitted him out now

and he has loads. 

The red one  with cars was in the sale and was £2, the grey one that says "cute runs in the family" 

was also in the sale at £3.  

The orange top wasn't in the sale but I thought it was cute it says

 "Awesome just like my Dad" and was £2.50.  

Last of all was some clothing from Primark for Blake. 

We got him some vests in 6-9 months which were £3 a pack.

We will need to get more though but they only had 3 packs of 6-9 months left in the Milton Keynes store.

Stuart chose this cute little romper that says Dude which is perfect for the summer I think it was £5. 

The chinos are so cute and I love navy on Blake so these went straight in the basket and cost £4.

Last of all we got a very light weight jacket for summer which I can't remember the price of. 

What do you think of my recent haul?

Comment below.

Baby Haul #3

I love showing you our baby hauls we have got more items this week and 

Stuart is planning on ordering some bits from Amazon for our little one at the weekend. 

So this week we have brought: 

Boots Baby Safety Kit, £12.99

We chose this kit so that once we have it all sorted we know 

what extras we will need to buy. 

I know we will need a lock for the washing machine, oven and dishwasher

as well as cord safety locks as all rooms in our home have blinds minus the bathroom and kitchen.

We also got this gorgeous outfit set in Boots which I forgot to mention in my last haul. 

It has a sleep suit, vest and bib for £10. 

We chose to get it in 0-3 months and near enough have all neutral bits we need in that size now. 

The bib says "Just Perfect". 

As mentioned in my last haul I ordered a wet bag 

as I am planning use cloth nappies. 

We went for this lovely bright giraffe, duck, elephant and frog design. 

I love it! It has two pockets so that you can keep clean and soiled nappies

separate. I paid £2.99 with 99p shipping from Amazon. 

We went to Milton Keynes shopping at the weekend just gone as Stuart needed to get some new shirts for work. 

So I asked him if we could go to the MKOne  park and pop into Primark. 

I managed to get a few bits for me ready for my hospital bag but also got this 

lovely fleece blanket for £4.

I also managed to persuade Stuart to let us look in Asda since its not too far away from Primark

and as I know they have their baby and toddler event on still we picked up some lovely bits.

The Tommee Tippee Closer to nature soothers which are suitable 0-6 months was on our list

of things to buy. I have a pack already that came with a set I brought we chose to get another lot

since soothers easily go missing. 

We spotted these 10 pack of bibs for £3 they had them in just plain white or with a bit 

of color and Stuart thought it be nice to have ones with a bit of color. 

We saw this Winnie the Pooh sleeping bag and fell in love. 

We have found that sleeping bags tend to cost quiet a bit of money but at £13 

this one was one we couldn't pass up on. 

I think if we buy any more we will try ebay in the future as most I seem to have found cost brand new £20 +.

Last of all we got this little pack of 3 sleep suits for £7.

We chose to get the newborn size. 

We love how one of the sleep suits says "Little and Cute". 

What do you think of my recent haul?

Baby Haul #2

Hi everyone, so we finally got around to actually starting to buy more baby bits. 

I have been waiting for most things to arrive before I did this post. 

We have a lot still to buy, but now that we have started buying bits I feel relieved. 

We have also borrowed a few items from my brother in law's family. 

The things we have borrowed which aren't pictured are: 

- Moses Basket and Stand 

- Safari Rocker Chair 

- Red mock Bumbo baby chair

- Audio baby monitor 

- Baby sling

and

- Door bouncer 

So onto what we have brought so far. 

The other day I managed to buy a set of 26 baby vests and 2 sleep-suits for £4 off a lady on a local selling site. 

There are 13 vests in size newborn, 6 in size 0-3 months and 7 in 3-6 months and

the two sleep-suits are size newborn.  

They are a range of brands including George of Asda, F&F of Tesco, Mothercare etc. 

I am a huge fan of Amazon and I love giraffes so when I spotted this 

patch the giraffe changing mat for £9.95 I had to buy it. 

I love that this will suit baby whether they are a boy or a girl 

due to the neutral soft colors. 

 We are planning on using cloth nappies with the occasional use of 

disposables. 

We are yet to buy the actual cloth nappies but we are thinking of going

for Little Blooms in all in one pocket nappies. If anyone has any other affordable brands 

that they use and/or can recommended the info would be great. 

We have however brought a 14 liter nappy pail for just over £5, 

x2 mesh bags for £8.99 for the bucket and some biodegradable nappy liners (100) for £3.95. 

We are also waiting for a wet bag to arrive in the post so I'll share that on my next haul.

Someone I know from Slimming World was selling her electric steriliser and 

bottle warmer for £6. 

I am planning on breastfeeding but I am hoping to express so that Stuart 

can do some night feeds during the week and a few day feeds during the weekend. 

So getting a steriliser and bottle warmer was something we thought would be a great idea.

We chose to get the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Newborn Starter Kit for £14.99

from Amazon so that we have some bottles ready for expressing. 

The kit contains: 

- 2 x 260 ml Easi-Vent bottles with slow flow teats

- 2 x 150 ml Easi-Vent bottles with slow flow teats

- 2 x Easi-Vent medium flow teats

- 1 x Bottle brush

- 2 x Anytime 0-6 months soothers

-1 x Instruction leaflet

We also have gone for the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Manual Breast Pump, £10.99 from Amazon.

I have chosen to go for a manual breast pump over an electric one as even though I plan on expressing

I am hoping to probably do it once or twice a day and no more than that.

The box contains: 

- 1 x Breast pump

- 1 x Easi-vent 150 ml bottle

- 1 x Milk storage pot

- 6 x Disposable breast pads

 - 1 x Microwave steriliser box

Philips AVENT SCF155/06 Washable Breast Pads have been brought as I am hoping it will save me

a lot of money rather than having to constantly buy disposable ones.

These were £5.99 ( also Amazon) 

I have also brought 3x packs of 8 wash cloths £1.99 a pack again from Amazon.

We still have quiet a bit to buy for little one though here is a list of things we still need to get: 

- Wardrobe and chest of drawers for baby's room 

- Toy Storage 

- Cot (mother in law has offered to buy us one) 

- Bed in a bag ( most likely going to wait til little one is here to buy gender specific set) 

- mattresses for both Moses basket and cot

- Sheets and blankets 

- Healthcare kit 

- cloth nappies

- washable wipes and container

- breast milk storage (we unsure atm if going to to do pots or bags) 

- safety bits but they not really needed til little one is here and on the move

- Clothing we need to get more sleepsuits mainly in sizes newborn and 3-6 months for now. 

- Toys and books

-Bibs 

I think that is all if there is anything else you think I have missed please let me know :)