"How are you?" "PREGNANT."

Today I've felt more pregnant than ever before (except for the crying and whining episode the other night). I just feel FULL, which, duh, I am full... of a person! And tired, and my back and hip were really bad today. I'm thinking the next two months are going to be... uncomfortable. Increasingly uncomfortable. Still happy and exciting and amazing, but it's not like my body is going to start feeling better, at least not until Caius is out!

However: retail therapy! Wal-Mart is clearancing out their summer stuff because, my gosh, it's already the NINTH of AUGUST, summer is totally over! (Tell that to the thermometer at 2pm today.) This means swimsuit cover-ups and swimsuits are super cheap! I know I'd talked about getting or making a Pretty Pusher labor gown, but this was so much cheaper. I probably couldn't even have made something for so cheap. Grabbing something off the rack was also way easier than fussing with measuring, sewing, pinning, re-sewing, etc. etc., and now that I'm back to work, my crafty time is much more limited.

This is totally how I'm going to look in labor. $5 for this! P.S. I'm wearing my wedding and engagement rings on a necklace now because my dang fingers are swollen to the point I was almost worried I wouldn't be able to get them off today! Better safe than sorry.

It's not very long--just past my bum, really--but since various people are going to need easy access to my lady bits while I'm in the hospital, that's fine. It's long enough to not be embarrassing while I'm walking and leaning and standing and moaning for hours, and it's quite comfy and soft. However, I do want something under it until the point that I'm pushing, or close to pushing, so....

I don't know why the strawberries are yellow and green. BUT RUFFLES! POLKA DOTS!

Isn't this the cutest thing? I also got matching shorts (to wear in labor or just for the heck of it later on). THREE DOLLARS! How could I not?

I do want a bikini top in case I want to labor in the shower or the tub, or even have a water birth, but they were all out of this pattern, of course. I might be able to find it at another Wal-Mart. If not, I'll keep an eye out in the clearance racks of various stores for something yellow or blue that is at least close to matching.

The best thing is that once these things are covered in blood and fluids and yuck, I will not feel bad about just throwing them away. $8 for the whole shebang! No, it's not that fancy and it's not very good quality, but what's the point? It's not like the things I'll be wearing to scream and cry and push and hold a gooey baby  need to be heirlooms. I'm happy with them.