Baby Showers

Please, will SOMEONE explain to me the necessity of owning a Bugaboo Stroller at the tune $759.00?????

Seriously.

Tomorrow is my sister's baby shower.

I begrudge her nothing.

I looked at her baby registry and picked some nice items off her list that don't break the bank. Her registry is full of important and useful things. All of which are in the reasonable price range.

Except this damn stroller.

Now, I really need to know. Is this thing made of Gold????? Does it cook and clean as you walk the baby? Will it CHANGE the baby when that is needed? Does it provide rest for the poor weary mom?

For the life of me, I cannot understand that price tag. It's a STROLLER.

What on earth were they thinking and I posed the question to my new friend / neighbor - what the hell is so damn special about this ( citing all the above sarcastically). She sighed, and said, that they are all the rage in Manhattan and you can see them everywhere.

I have never seen A stroller let alone and 800 dollar stroller anywhere in Manhattan ( largely because I never go in to site see so unless the baby is doing magic tricks in said stroller I wouldn't notice. I go in, get my work done, have a post work drink with my colleagues and head home. I hate Manhattan to be honest. As much as I hate it - I love it too.

So while I do believe that what she is saying is true, I can't recall having seen one.

So I took my question to my sister-in-law. She too, sighed, and said "oh yes - that's the Rolls Royce of strollers.... "

The Rolls Royce of strollers?

That's a first. I'm having a lot of those "firsts" lately.

I wish her luck but as of now, its still on her registry.