It is time to buy a stroller. The Ergo is great, but it hurts my back when I wear it too much, and Mini-Me is outgrowing her car seat bucket so the Snap'n'Go isn't going to work for us much longer.
I'm such a sucker for marketing - after researching strollers all weekend I am finally ready to test-drive and buy a stroller, maybe today. Yesterday I caught myself turning up my nose at a "common" stroller at Costco, and envying fancy European strollers of other moms at the gym... models I had already taken off my own list. I am not one of those types of people who has the tenacity to spend four weekends in a row test-driving strollers like, say, my neighbor across the street, but I am willing to spend a few hours browsing the excellent reviews at Baby Bargains and then just pick one.
In the end, I decided to spend $200-$300, with the aim of getting a stroller that was sturdy enough for errands around the neighborhood, light enough to get up our steep hill without killing me, and foldable for the airplane in case I wanted to fly with it. I had a short list:
Inglesina Zippy
Zooper Waltz
Valco Buggster
I must admit that I was drawn to models that had cool names. And cool colors. Kiwi is the new black.
I am test-driving a Buggster today, and if I don't have any problems with it, I'm going to buy one. I just got off the phone with the IRS (after 45 minutes on hold last week and 30 minutes on hold today) and they confirmed that our economic stimulus package was miscalculated because they left out the kiddo. They owe us $300. Zippety-doo-da!
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