Teeth & Shopping Problems

Ok, so these things have nothing to do with each other, but it seemed silly to make separate posts about them.

First off, and more importantly, Allie is currently sprouting her second tooth. That's right, my child has teeth. We realized she was getting her first one over Labor Day when my mother in law said she felt one coming in. Talk about feeling like a parent that isn't paying enough attention to their child--we didn't even notice that she had a tooth coming in! She's been a pretty heavy drooler for months, but our pediatrician reminded us that babies can do that for months without getting teeth, so we shouldn't think it meant anything necessarily.
Not so in Allie's case, I guess. Anyway, that tooth came in with very little fuss but she's been a bit of a bear now with this second one (again, our daycare provider had to point out that she thought a second tooth was coming in--talk about some slacker parents!). She's still sleeping well at least and I know that her extreme fussiness is nothing compared to most kids', so we'll deal. She seemed a bet better this morning so hopefully the worst is over (also saw a corner of the tooth peeking out this morning so now that it's broken the skin, it should get better). I now need to figure out exactly how many teeth kids get so I know roughly how many more times we're going to have to go through this!!

The shopping problem I'm having isn't your usual shopaholic issues--well, it is, but in a different way. I'm currently super addicted to getting good deals on things. I check daily a bunch of mom bargain/deal blogs and websites and am constantly ordering things that are good deals. While this seems like a great thing, I know it's getting a bit out of hand. As of today, I have enough clothes for Allie until easily this time next year. I know, I know, that's terrible. I just can't seem to say no to a good deal. The thing with clothes is is that I may end up getting burned on them if she doesn't stay on her predicted growth curve and ends up in different sizes than I predicted. I really hope that doesn't happen, but the thought of that has me holding off on buying any more clothes in the near future. But I just channel that deal shopping mentality into other things--in the last two weeks, I've bought an outside swing, a furminator for our dogs and several wedding gifts for upcoming events we've got going on. I really need to get a handle on this!