bargain momma review: up & up diapers.

before vegas was born, of course we wanted everything name brand. who wouldn't, especially when mostly other people are buying it for you?! all she wore were pampers swaddlers. we had enough to last us nearly 5 months and then the inevitable happened. we ran out. sure, i continued to buy the pampers but then my coupon supply started to dwindle and i just couldn't bear the thought of spending nearly $21 on a jumbo box of diapers for a name that nobody but mothers even care about.

being the avid target go-er that i am, i'm not a stranger to their product line - up & up [which is fancy verbiage for "off brand"]. i have never been disappointed with any of the off brand house items i have gotten at target including medicine and paper towels. i decided to go out on a limb and buy a small package of [36] - size two diapers for $7.34. i was a wee bit sceptical because that is a major price difference from the pampers, so i figured they may be junk. sometimes you get what you pay for, everyone knows that wisdom.

as my "test", i loaded vegas up with formula and strapped a cute ass green and blue polka dot up & up diaper on her sleepy butt, and put her to bed. [sidenote] vegas pees a ton at night, but has never leaked through a pamper in her short six month life. she woke at 2 am and the diaper was still going strong. i decided to be a bad mom and keep the diaper on her until the morning to see if she would leak through. we all know in a perfect world we would change our babies the second any body substance hit the diaper, but that's just not physically possible, not for me anyways.

in the morning, when she beckoned me on the baby monitor, i fully expected to have to be washing sheets. i de-sleepsacked her and felt the mattress - dry as can be! her diaper weighed like 8 pounds but every bit of pee was still in the diaper.

she has been in them a little over three weeks and i am completely sold.

I FREAKING LOVE THESE DIAPERS!

yes, i was yelling.

not to mention the jumbo pack of up & ups at $13.69 for a case of 94 size 2's. that's roughly .15 a diaper as compared to the $21.00 i was spending on 84 pampers, which came out to about .25 a diaper. not only are you saving over $7.00 a box, you get 10 extra diapers for the same thing.

i am in no way being compensated to review these diapers (but if they wanted to, i would certainly not mind), i just thought i would share my findings with all of you bargain moms and dads. but mostly moms.

look what $18.28 got me, well vegas.

many times i have admitted my love of all things [on sale]. i am super proud of my consignment sale finds from this past weekend.

see. i know, right?!

obviously in the pictures it looks like a jumbled mess, but let me just let you in on the consignment goodness.

top picture L to R: pink old navy bathing suit cover-up, old navy monkey sleep and play, carters strawberry sleeper, gap jeans, brand new pink robeez! [hello, these particular ones were $30 new, and i paid $2 whole dollars for them], brown flower robeez, two blue sheet savers and a cute flower sundress.

bottom picture L to R: eight bibs, white childrens place shrug, white old navy tunic, white carters cardigan, white cherokee sweater [i have a small white obsession], dishwasher basket, formula divider [yes, she drinks formula, gasp.] freaking adorable pink and blue gap sailor skirt outfit fully equipped with a hat with anchors on it, squeeeee!, handmade patchwork handmade cardigan, and red and white gap onesies.

i am quite proud of myself actually. i wish i was a rich momma where i could buy all brand new, but i'm not to proud to use second hand.