Stroller Envy

ok, so i can be a little juvenile. Honestly, who can't be. I can admit it and embrace the child in me :-P. Ever since the weather got nicer, everyone who had had babies over the winter and since has been coming out of the woodwork and out for walks.

My stroller is the one i used with my daughter, so it is almost 6 years old. I looked around everywhere, found out what i wanted in a stroller, found the exact one i wanted and made sure no one else had it cheaper. I paid $300 for the stroller, car seat and base all together (I have a severe problem with things needing to match) because i knew that we would be having two children and i wanted to use the same things through both children. I had not expected that it would take us so long to bring number 2 into the world but shit happens. It was perfect, i loved it.

So, 5 years later along comes Monster. The stroller does just what i want it to do, it matches the infant car seat, i am happy. Around the same time that we finished using the infant car seat, i noticed (maybe hubby noticed) that one of the back wheels was at a funny angle. It has always squeaked and groaned, but i didn't mind. So now, it squeaks, groans, and the wheel is gone funny. Then i notice all the wear and tear on it. All of a sudden, it isn't perfect.

Then i notice all the other lovely strollers walking around that are far newer, they have made tremendous advancements in gadgets and doo-dads, and colours. Now i am having trouble saying hello to people i see walking because i am checking out their strollers. I want one. any one. Hubby was not supportive and while i could understand why, I had stroller envy! We would talk, i would agree, we could get two more years out of this one *sigh* ok, fine. then i would see another stroller and i wasn't so fine. Hubby tried several thingS to fix the wheel. i will admit to a certain small about of sabotage :-D but that is all..

So two days ago i was shopping and the damn wheel fell off! I called hubby and graciously offered to run next door to toys r us and buy a new one. He didn't fall for it and told me to bring it home, he would try again. *sigh*

Then last night, he tell me to start looking online for used strollers maybe one like mine that we can use for parts. I have to tell you, this didn't inspire me. until i saw THE stroller. it is the same brand as mine, barely used, newer by far, and i called the guy, he lives 5 minutes away. At 9:30 last night i went buzzing off (with hubby's approval) to look, but i am instructed not to give any money yet. I went to see it and it is beautiful! and the guy only wants $70. Honestly, we could turn around and sell it for more than that.

I was stoked when i left his place and hubby was, i think, tired of hearing about my stroller envy. I went this morning to pick it up :-D. it has a little more wear than i was able to see last night, and isn't quite as maneuverable as my old one, but i love it and it has things on it, i didn't even know they made. I am in LOVE, and i will no longer have stroller envy. I will put pictures of both strollers sometime today :)