At lunchtime we went out to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I liked it a lot, especially the sets in the factory. It's one of those stories that could turn out to be a really bad movie but it's a Tim Burton movie so I was fairly confident and was not disappointed.
After the movie we met up with my in-laws for lunch. They had been clothes shopping and, once more, did not resist buying something for the baby - it really looks like I won't have to worry about how much baby clothes cost or how quickly he grow cause the grandparents are making sure there's enough stuff for the first year all by themselves :)
Something my mother-in-law said made me think, though: she said that girl clothes are much cuter and you really feel like buying them all. And I think she's right - if I was having a girl I'd probably spend a lot more money on clothes. As it is they're fun because they're so tiny but not so irresistible. So I'm actually saving lots of money by having a boy :)
After lunch we did some shopping. Hubby insisted that I should buy a bikini. He says I look like I'm wearing a sack in my bathing suit. I don't feel entirely comfortable showing of my huge stomach but I'll give it a try.
I also got a dress and a t-shirt plus a couple new bubble gum books (which is what I call the book version of romantic comedies - not that great but wonderful for the summer when you just want to lie back and relax).
Hubby finally bought the pillow he's been craving for months. It costs a lot but hopefully it will help with all the neck pain he's been having. I think it's worth spending money to have a mobile husband instead of a hunchback that can barely turn his head. He's done all these other treatments already so it's one more try.
At night we watched 'Super size me'. It's an interesting film and really makes you think about you eat on a daily basis. I don't actually eat burgers much (and none since I got pregnant) and we normally buy the meat and make the burgers ourselves, but I have other stuff, from breakfast cereal to the occasional pizza, and when you actually bother to really look at the labels on cereal or yogurts, for example, and realise how much sugar there is in it and start calculating the weekly amount, it gets pretty plain why we gain weight so easily.
The trouble is that I still prefer stuff with sugar rather than those replacement sweeteners that are these weird chemicals that may cause cancer and all sorts of other health problems. So I have accepted putting up with the sugar content so far, but i'm going to start looking for options. The problem is always that, like I mentioned before regarding non-animal tested products, alternative healthier foods are hard to find in supermarkets and we don't really have a lot of health food shops to chose from. In fact, some of the stuff that is sold in these health food places can be just as bad so you still need to be careful about what you buy. It takes forever to shop when you have to read the labels of every new product you want to try. But I guess laziness is no excuse if you're serious about this stuff :) |