Storm Doors: Must-Have Item or Trendy Accessory?

We got back to the house the other day. Aaron and I were both fairly cranky from not sleeping well, too much work, etc. And we were greeted with this, except with the panel still on all twisted-metal-like:


Classy, no?

So we were forced to venture into the cold (COLD!) dark night, baby and all, for the fun task of purchasing a storm door. Luckily we have been casing out storm doors for many many months because one panel of that apparently poorly made door had already flown off in the wind a long time ago. Also, it doesn't fully latch shut on its own. You wouldn't think there would be so many subtle facets of storm door ownership, would you? We both independently measured the door frame so we could get our story straight because last time we went browsing we were questioned as to whether a door could truly be those proportions. We are not secure about our measuring skills to begin with, so this was a blow to our collective ego. We eventually made the big decision (the "Helena" it is) after again being mocked and questioned due to our apparently freaky door size (we then learned our neighborhood is notorious for this deviant quality).

Other things we have been shopping for lately have included baby clothes and more baby clothes. I went a little nuts at the secondhand baby clothes store and this was the result:


But seriously, everything is like less than $3. It's awesome. Although it starts to seem like less of a deal when you spend $70. This was my best find:



It hasn't made its way onto the actual baby yet, but that will come with time.

A doggie door that Snuffy can fit through