A random collection of a few of my most recent favorite things, in no particular order...
5. Portable DVD player for the car.
We weren't sure if Shelby was old enough yet or had enough of an attention span at this age to warrant spending the money on one of these, but let me just tell you it is worth its weight in gold! The reason we decided to just go ahead and bite the bullet on this was when we had our two 560-mile trips in July. Again, we weren't sure if the DVD player would really help distract Shelby all that much in the car or not, but we figured it'd be worth the try..and as it turns out, it was WELL worth it! Girlfriend loves her some Brainy Baby DVD's. I will often turn on a movie for her on the way to Target or something, and I will have to turn it off before I start unbuckling her or else she won't want to get out of her car seat! Ha!
In case you are in the market for a portable DVD player, we highly recommend this one! We ordered ours off of Amazon, and this is the model: Coby TFDVD7052 7-Inch Portable Tablet DVD/CD/MP3 Player (Black).
4. Safe Haven.
I love all of Nicholas Sparks's books, and this one is no exception. I would definitely recommend it.
Next up on my reading list is The Help, which is on sale this week at Target for only $10...and I got an extra 5% off of that with my Red Card..which brings me to #3...
3. Target's Red Card.
I don't know why I didn't sign up for this sooner considering how much I shop at good ole Tar-jay, but I finally got a Red Card this summer..and I'm loving it! In case you're unfamiliar with their card, it's a Target credit card {I think you can also get it as a debit card too, but we did the credit card} and whenever you use it at Target you get an extra 5% off your total purchase every.single.time. Even if your stuff is on sale or clearance..it's great! It makes me feel just a little bit less guilty about how much I go to Target. ;)
2. A new "big girl" car seat for Miss Shelby!
Since Shelby is just a month shy of her big first birthday, we got Miss Shelby a new car seat. She won't start using until after her birthday, but we are just SO excited to have her be facing the front in just a few short weeks!!
Of course, Derek had to do all of his obligatory research on Consumer Reports {which he loves to do} and he discovered this was the best-rated car seat that could grow with Shelby over the years. Usually, for our "big" baby purchases, we bought {or registered for} things in neutral colors that we could re-use in the future whether we had a boy or a girl down the road. But since Shelby will be able to use this car seat up to 100 pounds, we figured it was okay to go ahead and get a "girly" pattern b/c she is going to be spending lots of time in this car seat over the coming years!
Again, in case you are currently looking for a new car seat, this is the Graco Nautilis 3-in-1 Multi-Use Car seat {in the Raya pattern}. If you shop on Amazon or other websites, there are TONS of color options available, but they can be a pit pricey. Wal-Mart doesn't have a huge selection of colors/patterns, but they have by far the best prices on this particular type of car seat. Wal-Mart is where we got ours. :)
1. Turquoise & Caicos.
I'm usually an OPI kinda gal, but I was looking for something in the teal color family when I was at CVS recently and their selection of OPI was pretty limited...so I decided to give Essie a try. This color currently adorns my finger nails & my toes, and I'm loving it. :) Such a bright, cheery color!
What are your Friday faves?!
Emily has been using the nautilus car seat since she was 2 and we LOVE it! She is now 5 and we will still be using it for many more years. You will particularly like the cup holder and little storage area for her to keep snack:)
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