Day 89 - eBay-Be baby, baby, baby, baby!

Sing the title in the style of Ian Astbury circa Electric and all will make sense. ''Im a wolf child, hon-eh!'

Not sure what our future kid will make of that post title when I finally agree to let her or him read it:

'What's "The Cult", Dad..?'
'A bunch of Mancunians who started off as goths, then became psychedelia-era hippies and then decided they were native Americans who sounded like a garage version of AC/DC and were basically a bit tragic but nevertheless really, really rocked as long as you didn't mind looking uncool dancing to them...'
'Oooookaaaayy...'
'And She Sells Seashells is still one of the best rock riffs ever written, bar none.'
'Right. I'm going to leave now...'

Where was I?

Oh yeah, so, a few posts back, I mentioned about the cake party and our mate M___ saying you could get really good deals on nappies on eBay. Well, K___ duly started keeping an eye on the auctions, and lo and behold, there was an auction for the complete Bambino Mio, Birth to Potty set, as new. What does that mean? Well, it means 24 size 1 prefold nappies, 24 size 2 prefold nappies, 4 newborn nappy covers and 3 each of the next 4 sizes plus a rucksack and a nappy bucket with lid and meshes.

Look on and be jealous, oh ye childless.

Anyway, so K___ won the auction and got all of these nappies for about £100 less than the RRP. Not to be sniffed at. Particularly when full of cack.

Anyway, the seller took them to the post office who said it was too large for them to take and it would require a private courier. We were just taking it easy and chatting about what the midwife had been talking to us about when there was a knock at the door. It was the nappies. Well, it was a girl with some nappies. They hadn't come by themselves... The girl decided that since she only lived about 20 minutes away, she'd drive them over instead. We asked why she was getting rid of them and she said that her baby had been born with sensitive skin and didn't get on with the Velcro on the nappies and hence the sale. She'd even washed the newborn ones (you have to wash all new clothes for newborns otherwise there are chemicals in the dyes that can cause irritation. And leprosy. (Possibly. Not sure about the last bit.)

So, anyway, I guess this is me boasting that we had a result on eBay, but it's well worth a look. Since your kid will cost you a billion pounds to raise, anything you can do to cut the cost has to be a bonus. And also, thank you, M___ - nice one!