We just got a bassinet!

This is it! A nice-looking Eddie Bauer bassinet... For half price!

Over the weekend, I got an excited call from Grandma Enid Bean, who had heard about a Fisher-Price Zen Collection gliding bassinet at a garage sale and wondered if I was interested in it.

Good question.

We had been toying with the idea of getting a bassinet, but we were reluctant to spend full price on something that our baby may or may not use. And if she did use it, she wouldn't use it for more than a couple months!

There are several options for where an infant can sleep before their crib, from bassinets and cradles to Moses baskets and co-sleepers. We were more inclined to go for a bassinet or cradle and had noticed a nice Eddie Bauer model on our first trip to Buy Buy Baby.

Back to the excited call from Grandma Enid Bean. The Fisher-Price bassinet retails for $250 and goes for $199 on Amazon.com. She heard the one at the garage sale was listed at $100, which is a pretty good deal at half off! So she went back over to take a look, but it had already been sold.

Inspired by her garage sale find, I checked out Craigslist.com, looking for the same bassinet or the Eddie Bauer one. I found several of each!

After e-mailing with a few sellers, we decided to purchase the Eddie Bauer one, which was being sold by a young couple who live in downtown D.C. about 5 minutes from our place. Their son had colic and had not used it much, so it was in new condition. (Click here for listing)

They purchased their bassinet from Target for $149 + tax. We picked it up tonight for $75 cash.

Score!

And a good lesson on what savings we can find on Craigslist. We hope to get a futon and some furniture that way too. And I'm also looking for the Fisher-Price Zen Collection swing (retails for $189-$219)... Some things you want new, but it'd be great to find savings on other things.