I got these Pampers Easy Ups at a GREAT price, they were on clearance with coupons they were only $4 for a 40 pack. They were the girl’s Dora design but I didn’t think twice about it, the deal was too good! However little boy blue is NOT happy. How does he even know the difference, he is only 2 and is almost done wearing them as it is, why does it matter? Oh but it does! He is not happy, today he is little boy wishing for blue.
Do you have any Frugal Fail stories? I’d love to hear them! I’m thinking this would be a fun regular segment here on The Frugal Find. If you’re a blogger link up to a post where frugal living has been a flop, of course the success stories are more common but we all know there are those flopped shopping trips where the coupons don’t scan, the cashiers are grumpy, and all in all the deals you imagined just didn’t happen. If you’re a reader, leave a comment in the comment section sharing your story – let’s commiserate.
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Well i went to safeway on the 24th and bought 6 pillsbury dinner roll cans….only to be confused by the future catalina receipt and finally realize…oh it starts the 25th…:)
in hopes of saving money and not buying the bottled propel, we bought the generic drink mixes. i inadvertently purchased the wrong one. i gave her an energy drink mix and she was up until 11 p.m.!
Sorry, but you are not going to like this post. You are my favorite coupon mom blogger.I just started looking at blogs w/in the last 2 weeks so I am new to this.
However when I pulled up your site tonight I was very sad to see your little boy in girl pull ups. I understand a good bargain and explaining to your children they have to wait until a certain brand of cereal goes on sale and you have coupon before you will purchase it for them, but to put on a web site your little boy in girl pull ups is just wrong. I am sorry I really am not trying to be mean, but as a mother of 2 teenagers I know what I am talking about. You do realize that in 15 years your sons friends will find this blog and pic.
Tracy, it never crossed my mind that my 2 year old would care in the least. If anything I thought it would be his daddy who would have something to say. He wears them twice a day, nap and bedtime. I seriously doubt this post will come up 13 years from now, plus I’m sure there will far more embarrassing things to tell his friends if I ever need to
We were given a half bag of “leftover” unused pink pull-ups and my little guy wore then for a few weeks at nap and bed. He was not quite 2 and could care less. He didn’t even seem to notice and it saved me some money! They get peed in then thrown away anyway
I’m guilty of doing the same thing, Julia! Both my children were in pull ups at the same time, and night time pull ups are not cheap. We bought pull ups from costco and each box comes with a package of night time pull ups. Whenever we ran out of my son’s pull ups, i just slipped on the princess ones. He only wore them for naps and bedtime too. He never really noticed since he was asleep the whole time he wore them!
Julia, I should know this but I am sure he must have older sisters?
I think he might not want to wear these because of them. I think this is the same as getting a good deal on girl undies and putting him in them.(that is how HE feels) you cannot discount a childs feelings because they are only 2 years old. Again I am sorry and think you are great mother. I am only trying to help. Please take this pic of him off your site and seriously trust me. I have teens they can find any older pics online! you would be amazed! Imagine if he runs for a political office and this is what is seen. Again you are a great mom all I asking is that for your sons sake you take the pic off.
Totally my opinon and you do not have to concern w/ it!!!!
Awww, you’re human sweets! Your son won’t be traumatized for life because of pink pull-ups really! Speaking as a mom of 3 teens, there will be bigger and better fish to fry than pull-ups… you are a great mom, don’t forget it!
I have so done that before (except the opposite – put boy pull-ups on my girl) when the need arose! It truly is NO BIG DEAL!! Besides, my little ones have always admired their older siblings favorite characters – our daughter thought it was funny to wear dump trucks on her pull-ups. Little man loves Dora just as much as Diego! Just buy a pack of his favorite character undies and put a pair on over the pull-up every day!
He’ll survive without permanent scarring, I promise!!
Hey, his name and his face aren’t on here anywhere. This could be any sad little boy with pink pullups!
I think it’s awesome that you’re being honest with your Frugal Fail! I love reading your blog, Julia. It’s helped me save money for my family in a BIG way! I’m sure we all post crazy pictures of our kids on Facebook, etc… so this is nothing – or something that all our kids will hate us for in several years. But if we raise them with a good sense of humor, they’ll laugh about it right along with us. Warmest wishes!
Hi Julia, I did the same thing to my son with the swimmers! I thought I bought the Nemo ones but I accidently purchased Little Mermaid!! My son was upset at first but then he got over it, he is now four and I can honestly say that he does not even remember and is not traumatized!! Thanks for all that you do!!
Some people have way too much time on their hands… Pink/Blue… Who cares, really?? Job well done Julia!! I would have done the same excact thing!!
And on a side note, my husbands mother used to put him in pink clothes and guess what… He’s fine and very much a man and was never teased as a teenager!!
Have an amazing evening and chat soon
I see nothing wrong with it. Boys watch Dora on a daily basis. What’s the big deal that he’s wearing a Dora pull-up?
Tracey – would you say the same thing if it was a picture of a girl wearing a Diego pull-up? Just curious.
I have 3 kids, 2 girls and a boy. My youngest daughter is big into super heroes and the like. There’s nothing wrong with that either.
i just wanted to say 4 bucks! that’s awesome!! ;o)
I think anybody who has a toddler (not had one 20 years ago) can totally relate to this post! Blue or pink – 2 year olds won’t remember in 15 years. & if it gets brought up later, just say “so what?” LOL You really think teenage kids are going go around saying “you wore PINK pull ups once when you were a baby, neener-neener”….. no! I know my friends pull their girls in boys undies and it’s no big deal!
I asked my teens for their opinion, they were totally OK with it and didn’t think you were subjecting your son to trauma, but IF he really flips about it next time, guess it isn’t worth the “savings” – maybe one of your followers would swap them out for you
Great to hear everyone’s perspectives, I appreciate you all! As soon as he saw Dora on the pull-ups he loved them!
He’ll be fine!
Honestly, wearing pink pull-ups when one is two is very low on my list of skelletons in the closet to look for in a political candidate. I think you’re okay.
as the mother of a teenager, preschooler, and toddler I can say he will not care. My teenage (son) does more embarrassing, clumsy, funny things to himself on a daily basis that the fact that 20 yrs ago his mom put pink pull ups on him will be the least of his worries. Their just pullups people- you pee in them! I dont see this women complaining when you are saving them money…Keep up the good work mama!
I would do it! It’s not like you are putting a pink outfit on him and submitting him to public humiliation. If anything, there is a lesson in this (not that he will remember it, because he is only 2). And the lesson is… don’t worry about what other people think. This reminds me of my 6th grade year in school. There were various color chairs in the classroom, blue, yellow and green. If you sat in a green chair you got made fun of and called “gay”. I mean really… does a green chair make you “gay”? Does wearing a pink pull up when you are two mean you can’t run for office when you are an adult?
LOL- too funny, I’m a mom of two boys, one still in diapers, and I would have done the same thing!!! Maybe you can give him markers and let him decorate them?? Crayola markers color on diapers well…
You can’t even tell in the picture if it’s a boy or girl. I’ve done the same thing but to my daughter; had to use up her big brothers Cars pull-up and it was a Costco size box, so it took awhile. And right now she dressed in her princess dress and shoes so I don’t think it ruined her gender indentity.
Thank you for all your hard work on your blog, it’s a huge help to me and my family.
Julia, Wow it is great to see 20 others who think you are a great mother and love your blog! I am glad to hear your son no longer cares about wearing pink pull ups. My point was you asked why he would care and how does he know since he is only 2. I was only trying to explain why he would care and since he was”NOT happy”
I only posted that because you asked and I thought I was being helpful not mean. I never said he would be traumatized.
That is a little extreme!!!
I just wanted his pic off your web site.
I have a freshman daughter and a son who is a junior. I know how mean kids can be it starts earlier than you think and all you have is faith and to raise them to have extremely high self esteem because when they go to school (even a Catholic school) other kids are mean.
So as a mother of teens I thought I would just anwser the questions YOUasked.
Like I said before I enjoy your site.
I was told about another site at my last book club and I did not like that site bec I thougt they were promoting items for there own finacial benefit. I came across your site and you seem very kind so I thought I would check it out. I do not like the swagbuck thing, but I suppose if I had access to so many viewers and helped them save money I might have done the same thing.
Have a great night with your family!! They grow up sooo fast!! Tonight It is my husband and I (kids are at a cavs game) So enjoy them while you can, seems like you have alot of younger parent followers.
Strange comments by Tracy.
one thing i love is honesty. My sale swimmers are here for anyone visiting the pool with little one…we’ve had girls in blue and boys in pink all with one rule….if you want to get wet…you have to wear what i have….even funnier…lots of ladies in tshirts and mens trunks. Keep up the good work! Mom to 3 for 24 years!