So I go up to Bed, Bath, and Beyond and load up on household necessities (new kitchen towels, new under-the-sink rug, rug pads, new duster, nursery toy totes, and a Dirt Devil), gaily check out, and traipse home.

Only then do I realize that not only did I forget to give the check-out guy my 20% off coupon, but that we also have this huge BB&B gift certificate that someone gave us for Christmas and I neatly tucked in a drawer and completely forgot about.

Then I was packing up a baby present to send to some relatives, and I reread the birth announcement and realized that the baby was born in February and I bought it size 3-month clothes.