I love my stroller... even though it didn't cost a thousand dollars!

So while making my register for the baby.. my boyfriend and I were pretty overwhelmed with the amount of choices that had to be made. We went in thinking this was going to be so much fun... which turned into a stressful outing. First of all my boyfriend must have attention deficit disorder. Giving a man a gun to scan items is a terrible idea. The woman at Babies R Us hadn't even finished giving us her instructions before my boyfriend was out of the seat scanning random things. There's no good way to go about making your registry. I tried going by the order on the list that was given to us of must haves.. this lead us on a wild goose chase around the store. So then I tried to go aisle by aisle. Every time I stopped to look at something, I would look up and my boyfriend would be nowhere in sight. I'd find him half way across the store scanning things that I wasn't sure we necessarily needed or wanted. We couldn't keep to any kind of order.

Then there was the debate of what items were too expensive to put on a registry. Of course for your first baby you always want the best of the best and this is supposed to be a wish list, but then there's the guilt of asking for expensive items from family and friends. What kind of person does it make you if you put on the most expensive swing, high chair, stroller, etc.? What will my family think? We did try to tell everyone that we were happy with anything, and the list was open to improvisation, and by all means to shop around for deals at other places other than Babies R Us which is over priced and you can find the same items for far cheaper other places. And I ended up feeling guilty anyway since when we made the registry some items were on sale and it was a great deal, but some people didn't end up making the sale and they went back to normal prices!

So anyway.. we got through the registry. We registered for a stroller that came with the car seat, and the base for the car. It was $350.. which amazingly is one of the cheaper ones. My parents were amazing and got us it for the baby shower. I've been so happy with it. It's been great for walking the baby and packs up relatively easily to put in the car (though it is pretty big even folded). But there's people out there that spend $1000 on a stroller, and that every part to it is bought separately. Its crazy! I'm sorry but I want the absolute best for my son but I think that it's insane to spend that kind of money for something that you won't use for that long. Even if I had it to spend (which I definitely don't) I wouldn't have bought a stroller for that much. I refuse to be shamed by those who do!