Surprise Wittlebee Box & Snowstorm Nemo

First, apologies for the lack of posts the past few days. We had a bit of a storm around here and I've just been spending time with family while being snowed in instead of blogging. Thankfully we didn't get the 24 inches at the top end of the prediction, but I've heard we got somewhere around 18 inches.

I was surprised to find a Wittlebee box on my porch Friday afternoon. I have posted a few times in the past week about how my box that billed January 17th had gone to packing and processing several times. I was getting frustrated that it wouldn't just ship. Apparently there was some sort of system glitch as my box was mailed February 1st.

Top to bottom, left to right: LeTop Cardigan, LeTop Dress, Trish Scully Shirt, Wittlebee Leggings, Trish Scully Leggings, Crush Leggings

My Wittlebee Box is Packing....Again and What's Up With Those Pants?!

**Update: Apparently the Trish Scully pants on their website and the ones Wittlebee is sending out are different styles and not intended to look the same or be the same.**

How does that old saying go? Third time's the charm? Or is it three strikes and you're out? Either way, my Wittlebee box, that I was charged for on 1/17/13 went back to packing status on Tuesday evening. I didn't say anything at the time because I didn't want to jinx it and have it go back to processing again. To date, it is still packing. I guess only time will tell whether it will leave the warehouse this time.

Truth be told, I am scared it is going to leave the warehouse. The reason being that people have been getting boxes lately, and those boxes, much to my surprise, have included designs by Trish Scully Child. When I first saw people posting photos of their items, specifically the leggings in Sugar Plum, I was really excited. They're not something I would buy as I don't think they will fit O correctly, but I'd like to try them out. However, it became clear to me after seeing a few photos of the pants that something wasn't right with them.

Wittlebee: My Box is Packing and a Brief Review

**UPDATE 2/1/13: My box is now back to processing. I guess I have a bit more of a wait.**

My Wittlebee box is packing, yay! This will technically be my fourth box, and I'm scared and excited all at the same time.

I have been a customer of Wittlebee since September 2012. I think I stumbled upon a review on another blog and thought I would try it. What is Wittlebee you ask? It's a monthly kids clothing subscription service. Wittlebee has been around for awhile, but is probably best known for the boutique brands they advertise as carrying in their boxes. Some examples of these brands are: Trish Scully Child, Kate Quinn, Small Paul, and Tea Collection. They also recently announced a partnership with Threadless.

Wittlebee has been experiencing some growing pains, and going through some big changes lately. Most recently, they announced that they were going to begin charging shipping on their boxes, something that previously was included in the $39.99 monthly price tag. In December 2012 they announced they would be moving all subscriptions to 6 items, and would be trying out an 8 item box at an increased price for families with more than one child. This move came as some of the original members were still receiving boxes with 8 items. I personally only ever had 6 items, so that wasn't a big deal for me.

I think one of the biggest complaints with Wittlebee is the long processing and packing time. I have heard some members have had to wait a month of more from their billing date for their boxes to ship due to low inventory in the size they need. The longest I ever had to wait for a box to ship was 28 days, and that was back in October/November 2012. My current box, that started packing yesterday evening, billed January 17th, so 14 day processing time, and as of yet unknown packing time. Another one of the big announcements made recently was the implementation of a new system where members will be able to pick items to put in their boxes. This will hopefully cut down on the amount of time it takes to get the box, since you will no longer have a stylist personally designing it for you.

Enough talk about Wittlebee, I'm sure you want to see my boxes!