Are you pregnant?
I’m not. But that doesn’t stop me from scouting out cute pregnancy and baby stuff. No, I don’t plan on reproducing any time soon, but when I do, I fully intend to be one of the trendiest pregnant women ever to waddle the earth.
(I know, I know…I’m not even trendy now, so why would I be trendy with an extra 100 pounds on my face and a fetus growing in my self? It’s just my dream, okay? If I have to be puke-y every morning for nine months, and grow ankles the size of grapefruit, can’t I at least envision myself looking trendy throughout my misery?)
And even though I’m not prego-my-eggo, it seems like every woman I’ve met lately has either been in the process of growing babies, or desperately wants to be, or just got finished doing so. Thus, the chances are high that I will be invited to some—or a gazillion—baby showers in the near future. And when I attend those showers, I want my gifts to be the cutest. I want to win.
So, every time I come across a lovely bit of maternal paraphernalia online, I bookmark it for future reference. {I’m kind of addicted to maternity shopping, if you want to know the truth. When my older sister was pregnant with P-diddy, I bought her unborn child glass baby bottles and cute little clothes and the best cremes money could buy.}
And since I value my readers to such a great extent, I have decided to share one of my favourite finds with all of you.
If you have ever been pregnant, or expect to be, or were born from a pregnant person, you will be delighted with Yummy Mummy Maternity™. Yummy Mummy™ is a 100% handmade company dedicated to cuteness and practicality. They sell the sweetest baby blankets and wraps, which are lovely, but they’re not what I’m talking about today.
Instead, I want to introduce you to Yummy Mummy’s™ handmade, machine washable diaper bags (which can double as a book bag for school, or an activity bag for church, if you happen to be childless [which I do]). They’re lined with super-sweet contrasting fabric, and the insides are just as lovely as the outside.
First up is the Amelia (in “Sage Lacework”):
The first aspect I noticed about all the Yummy Mummy™ bags was how pretty they were—the second thing I noticed was their durability. They feel so solid, without being too heavy. I packed them full with all my accoutrements (which are just as many as any mom would carry in a diaper bag), and they held up splendidly.
This bag is large, but not overwhelmingly so. I was lucky enough to bond with it all day on Saturday, and I felt so chic. The entire time I was carrying it, I was wishing to be in California, where all the cool people are: On the beach. It would have been perfect.
These bags have pockets galore—I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s even a magical hidden one that always mysteriously carries the exact change needed for a 32 oz. fountain drink at the local Quik-E Mart; that’s how highly I regard these bags.
There are 10 pockets in the Amelia—it literally has pockets within pockets—which provide ample room for every necessity imaginable. I stocked it up with everything I could think of for a Saturday on the town, and I still felt like the bag was empty! But even though it carries so much, there are enough compartments to keep things organised and un-cluttered.
After all was said and done, it didn’t even feel bulky—just suave.
I’m not a mum, and the bag wasn’t toting diapers, but if it was, it would have still been every bit as lovely.
Just try to deny it—see? You can’t. It’s too beautiful.
Next up is the Manda (in “Morning Glory”):
Again, with the cuteness. Oi—I can hardly stand it.
The Manda is smaller than the Amelia, which makes it seem less beach-y, and super easy to dress up.
Oh, yeah, and I finally got brave enough to don a pair of tights—I’ve been too afraid of them up ’til now. I felt ridiculous wearing them, but they did keep me warm.
I took this bag to church with me; even though it is smaller than the Amelia, it nicely fit everything I needed. It, too, has pockets up the wazoo, which are perfect for clutter-prone individuals like myself. With all the pockets, there’s a “place for everything, and everything in its place.”
My stuff looks so fancy in this bag, and yours can, too!
I’m quite smitten with the contrasting lining patterns of all the Yummy Mummy™ bags. I could never be crafty enough to come up with such a cute design.
The best part? I am supporting local businesses. All the Yummy Mummy™ merchandise is produced locally {in Mayberry}, but don’t fret, Americans! They ship to the States, and at reasonable prices.
The bags are priced between $50-$65, and each comes with a matching changing pad (plastic on one side, fuzzy-wuzzy minky on the other—they’re precious). That’s already comparable to Etsy™ prices, but I’ll do you one better: Go check out the Yummy Mummy™ website before April 1st, and you’ll get 20% off your order. And, just when you thought the deal couldn’t get any sweeter…
…the Yummy Mummy™ Blog is also offering a ginormous giveaway—as in, $105 worth of handmade merchandise, including your choice of a bag like the ones featured today—which is ending on April 13th. {A hot tip to those of you who are usually too pessimistic to enter giveaways…there’s only six entries so far! [Sorry to those six of you who’ve already entered. I think your chances just decreased.]}
I don’t promote any old product—I promote the best. Go check out the Yummy Mummy™ website and blog. Drool over the sweetness. Enter the giveaway. If you don’t think it’s as lovely as I do…you’ll be blacklisted from Archives of Our Lives forever.
(Just kidding…)
{…but do you really want to risk it?}
Her kid is the fat one strapped to the back. The one strapped to the front is her niece. She got all situated like this, and decided she was going to walk to the store—to buy groceries! Without a stroller! My sister is so funny. {It runs in the family. [Funny-ness, not motherhood.]}
It’s a good thing, too, because she was sucking the hope right out of me. As I sat to take this exam, I thought to myself, “There’s no way I will possibly be able to measure up to her la-la-land idea of quality writing. At best, I’ll get another 70-ish%. But I dare not hope for anything, not even a 70%. I’d better be prepared for a 50%, or heck, even a 0%—never know what she might find wrong.” Hope-sucker.
I was getting sick of Diet Coke™. 
He thinks it might not be necessary, though, because he’s fairly certain I’m NOT DISEASED! Only time will tell. I get the blood drawn on Friday morning. It’s going to make my sister really mad, because she’s super cheap, and would have liked an extra $100.
Still, I don’t think it’s much to sneeze at. Heh. Punny.
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