Shopping in the Maternity Section

[Shannon in ATL]

Originally Posted by kaplods

Oh, and I sometimes shop the babyfood aisle for snacks. Some of the Gerber Graduates snacks are quite good. They're less salty and fatty than similar products aimed at older customers. I've been looking for the Gerber Graduates Mini Veggies - Sweet Corn - it's just freeze-dried sweetcorn, which I absolutely love (I've had freeze-dried sweetcorn before from a health food store, but it's really expensive. I think the Gerber product, if I find it probably would be cheaper per ounce).

I love the Gerber Sweet Corn - we bought it for DSS and he wouldn't eat it so it became my snack. I found mine in a multipack at Wal Mart.

[kaplods]

My first experience with freeze dried corn was actually in those cup-o-ramen soups. Before I would add the hot water, I'd pick out the peas and corn kernels and eat them. I recognized them as freeze-dried and went looking for a source of freeze-dried veggies, and learned that they're quite popular in health-food stores and online camping/survivalist stores. The first online source I found was for a ridiculous quantity, something llike a 5 gallon bucket for $30.00 or something like that. I am prone to stocking up when I find things I like, but that was too crazy, even for me.

I eventually found individual packets at the health food store, at almost $2.00 for about three tablespoons. The 5 gallon bucket didn't seem so expensive or ridiculous, but I've been trying to find something in the middle, before I decide I have to have 5 gallons of freeze-dried sweetcorn in the house. It wouldn't be a great idea, because I can binge on any high-carb food, so it wouldn't be that much better than having 5 gallons of M&M's.

[cormandy62442]

I have done it before, totally on accident. I saw a really cute bathing suit at Target (they always seem to have mixed plus size and maternity) and I tried it on. It looked great cause it didn't cling to the tummy. I bought it, got it home and then looked at the tag and noticed it was maternity. I figured no one would know, so I kept it and still wear it -- though not for long!

[RN BSN 2009]

Originally Posted by kaplods

The first online source I found was for a ridiculous quantity, something llike a 5 gallon bucket for $30.00 or something like that. I am prone to stocking up when I find things I like, but that was too crazy, even for me.

I eventually found individual packets at the health food store, at almost $2.00 for about three tablespoons.

I bet the health food stores buy the 5 gallon bucket, then divvy out the portions 3 TBSP at a time. THEIVES I tell you! lol

[g8torgirl]

cormandy I did the same exact thing! Target has great clothes though! The lady at the register even said she needed to go get herself some of the outfits I picked out, and that no one would notice lol.

[Sonata]

I never bought them when I wasn't pregnant, but I am guilty of continuing to wear them for years after I had the baby! I was still wearing a maternity top from the first child time to time when I became pregnant with the second. As a matter of fact, even thinner now and a year post-partum, there is this one cute purple maternity top that I still wear to exercise in!