Well, I caved and ordered some clothing from babygap.com this morning. Even when I worked there two years ago I appreciated how stylish and cute their baby clothes are. In the baby girl department, there is a distinct lack of wall-to-wall pink. Sure, some of the clothes are pink, but a healthy percentage are not, and they even let baby girls wear BLACK! Woo! So, here is what I succumbed to:

for Oct 31, or any day really

While browsing, I noticed how much the site has changed and evolved since my departure. So many more cool features, total brand integration, multi-store cart and checkout (those were on the horizon when I quit). I was impressed, and it made me wonder how much my department (front-end coding) would have been able to contribute to the new features. Perhaps building the new templates from wireframes… but overall it looks like a huge back-end development project. Well, good for them.

The most surprising thing I noticed is how many outside brands they are now selling, particularly in babyGap. Car seats, strollers, bouncers, all from non-Gap companies. I think they are trying to snag a little Babies R Us business — if so good for them because Babies R Us is awful. The bad grammar and spelling alone are enough to turn me off forever.

Anyway. Hey I’m still pregnant! Saw my doctor yesterday and I am quite effaced (this means my cervix has softened and flattened) and 1cm dilated. So, we’re headed in the right direction. Baby has certainly dropped low and is still head down and is still kicky. La la waiting.