Today we went to Winchester for some festive shopping & fun!
A bit chilly and windy
What Man Cub wore:
GNappies [go fish & globetrotter] & Bambino Mio miosolo [flying saucer]
- Great thing about cloth nappies? Colour co-ordination.See the picture above? Doesn't it all look beautifully blue together. No one we have seen today will appreciate that, but hopefully you will! Rule of thumb if you plain a day out, your toddler will use twice as many nappies as normal, especially if you're not close to home. Hence why we got through two gPants and a miosolo!
- Let's talk g's. They're painfully cool and trendy, I love love love them! But happily, their values stretch beyond beauty, they really are super practical. Instead of changing the whole nappy at each change you can change just the cloth liner inside [ in theory...poonamis require a whole pouch change!] either way there's a lot less bulk in the bag which is always a plus! Did I mention I love how cool they look yet?! Our globetrooter actually has a cookie monster face on it too, it's not great but it's okay and looks awesome. Man cubs in gNappy's gTea promo video in it. Look adorable of course! These nappies will probably pop up on here a fair bit, just a heads up ;)
- Miosolo's were our first ever cloth nappy, so they have a special place in our hearts. Super simple, super easy but unfortunately not super absorbant. As with the tots bots, we have to boost these. It doesn't make unusable at all, just a little bulkier once the extra layers are in. I know my husband prefers using these over most of our others for sheer ease. We could do these nappies with our eyes closed!
- Gnappies info etc can be found here: www.gnappies.com but you'll have to trawl eBay/Facebook for the old prints, and be prepared to pay retro prices...
- Miosolos are so widely available now. We got ours from their website http://www.bambinomioshop.co.uk/ but they're available instores too! (Boots, kiddicare amongst others)
- Sometimes I take the co-ordination thing too far, of course no one noticed his pants and socks were blue too! *sigh*
- These are part of the multipack yesterdays socks came from.
- So they're not really man tights, but they make pretty ace man cub tights. Today he was in the carrier (a lillebaby fyi) so he needed extra leg snuggliness. We went for blue and white stripeyness today, for obvious reasons. Whole day outside, in the cold yet no cold legs or feet. Win.
- Ours was purchased instore at Boots on the 3 for 2 but it's online too http://www.boots.com/en/Mini-Club-Girls-3-Pack-Tights_1357802/
- 25% made these a fab price and they don't have any slogans or weird cartoon faces or anything on them. Plain old vests. We haven't used vests all summer (been flashing that fluffy nappy addiction!) so it's been a small battle to convince man cub to layer up. We've had to start using vests at night too and these are great for both day and night. Today was definitely a day for layers!
- These were bought instore, and there's actually a 25% off at the moment too! We'll be popping by to get the next size up!
- Occasionally economics overalls ethics with my shopping, these trousers are an example of this. He's growing so fast it's costing me a fortune to keep up so he's got some cheap trousers to fill the gap. These are a lovely shade of blue though, and super soft cotton, almost chino-esque. They're very forgiving to dirt and stains too, whcih when you have a toddler becomes a high priority. They're still a touch too long so are great for the carrier, then we roll them up a bit when he wants to walk. Happy faces all around.
- These were on clearance at Primark but I'm pretty sure they had similar cut and designs in different colours as current lines. Lovely and cheap!
- These is another mama made shirt. It looked incredible in the summer with just a funky nappy and it's still a great layering a top. I think today was it's last outing though, his arms seem to have added about an inch since the summer. A great farewell to it though, now to find the pattern I made for it...
- Not available instores or online! My own design & craftmamaship
- It has elbow patches and pretend leather buttons. That sums it up really doesn't it? It's lovely and chunky and looks quietly festive, less garish red more wintery blue. This was actually bought by my mother, but it is definitely well loved. I don't think it was too pricey but it's well worth it. It fits over a head without having to undo any buttons, if required which is always a benefit. And has not faded despite many washes. We find we're popping it with jeans/casual trousers etc. because it adds asmart casual feel to his outfit really easily.
- Bought instore at Tescos, couldn't find it on their website so you may have to forage in your local store!
- Same as Sundays, the first one to hand this morning! Happened to match beautifully
- Not a patch on his friends squeaker shoes today, but still sturdy and lovely, if a little filthy. I think he's almost grown out of these though so we're going to have to go shoe shopping soon!
- Still available on the start rite outlet site http://www.startriteshoes.com/outlet/boys/tiny-red-nubuck
- I really am going to squeeze every possible day of use out of this coat before he grows out of it. If I'm honest, I wish I had one for myself. I'll definitely be sale hunting for a bigger one to put away for next winter, it's wearing so well and is effortlessly classic.
- I bought this instore a lot earlier this year, there may be one or two floating around on eBay though.
A perfect outfit for Chritsmas market going in my opinion. He looked like a little angel!
See you tomorrow!
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