Crib Drama

You may remember when I blogged about our crib selection:  MTV Cribs

We made our decision a Baby Cache crib from Babies R Us.

Only it was not meant to be. 

We went into to purchase it in October and was told it was on back order until the begining of November.

Checked the begining of November- backordered to end of November/December.

Checked again toward the end of November- now even further backordered until late December.

Yeap in true pregnancy style.... I lost it! 

Well we would just find a replacement crib - right? 

Seriously this was hard. 

All I wanted from a crib was for it to be pure white and for it to look nice and be a convertible. 

Well you would be amazed how many different types of whites there were! 

There is

Off white

Cloud

Distressed White

French White.

Seriously!!!

Then you cut out the cribs that are ridiculously priced-there really went that many options.

So basically all the cribs at Babies R Us were out because they did not have any other pure white cribs that were also convertibles.

Buy Buy Baby was out because they quoted us 12 weeks to get the crib.  Seriously I would be 36+ weeks.

I do not think so!

So upon a recommendation from someone Joe works with we headed to Great Beginnings in Marland.

It is basically a baby wearhouse. 

First they scare the shit out of you telling you it will take 12 weeks to get your crib in- making you feel bad for waiting till 24 weeks. 

Well it was not my choice to wait- life just happened.  It was also very expensive and again overwhelming.  We left and I got in the car and cried. 

That sales lady totally made me feel bad and stressed me out!

So Joe looked at me and said-

"Lets go to the place in Manassas- we have nothing to loose at this point."

I agreed with him, so we headed to Baby 2 Teen. 

I will tell you I had a completely different experience this time. 

We walked in and started looking at cribs - we found two that we love. 

The sales rep came over and asked us if we had any questions. 

Answered all our question and was very knowledgeable. 

Joe basically told him what happened and our crib story so he called the companies and made sure both cribs we were considering were in stock and ready to be shipped.  They were. 

I was amazed that he did this considering Joe just told him what happened and did not even ask him to check.  Then he started telling us about the specials that they are having on black friday- basically if you buy a crib and dresser you get the conversion kit for free.  We explained we were not going to be here because we are going to Florida for Thanksgiving and he said he would honor it today or if we came in again because we would not be here.  The conversion kit is basically a $200 expense that Joe and I were going to pay for so this was a bonus. 

So I looked at Joe and we decided we were not going home without ordering a crib.

So we ordered the Pali Marina in White.

We opted for this one because I loved how it went down a little in the front because I am short and loved the finish.  It looks nice but still boyish, some of the white cribs definitely have a femine style.

All in all the total for the crib, dresser, conversion kit, and delivery was only $100 dollars more than if we had purchased at Babies R Us because we got the coversion kit for free. 

I totally love it!!!!!