Hey, Kossacks.
I'm shifting gears from my diary series, "Reporting for Kossacks," to ask a personal question that I hope will help more people then just my family.
As some of you might know, my wife and I will be having our first child in either late March or early April. This kid is growing fast, and gallons of pregnancy hormones have sent my wife (who is already a very organized person) into a serious "nesting" streak.
Last night, I was watching "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" for the first time, and she told me that she wasn't sure how we weren't going to be able to buy diapers for the baby at Wal-Mart, since they're probably going to offer the lowest prices.
Hey, when you don't pay your manufacturers or employees, anything's possible.
So there you have it -- a diary about diapers that doesn't involve David Vitter.
(rimshot)
Lame and obvious one-liners aside, I view this as a pretty serious problem. About five years ago, I decided that my family was going to try never to shop at Wal-Mart again. We have been largely successful in this goal. Every time we see a major need coming up, we ask ourselves, "Where else but Wal-Mart can we get it?"
However, on the question of how we are going to keep the baby in diapers, we don't have an answer yet. My wife is all but convinced that Wal-Mart is the way to go, but I told her that I was going to find a way to get diapers that would be as or less expensive than buying them at Wal-Mart.
Please make any suggestions that come to mind in the comments section. There has to be a Web site where you can buy them in bulk or something. Maybe there's a different store that can have them shipped in for a pretty low price?
NOTE:
I regret to say that we make just enough money to not qualify for any type of aid program. Cloth diapers would seem to be a thrifty solution, but my wife is not sold on their ability to -- shall we say -- prevent a disaster. Furthermore, stores like Cosco, BJ's, Meijer and Kroger do not exist in my area -- there is only Sam's Club, Target, Walgreens and a few local drug stores.
I'll now raise a few fingers of whiskey to you, and to parenthood! Cheers!
(glug, glug, glug...)