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By Moriah on September 9th, 2008
Our area’s largest consignment sale started today, so I buzzed over there this morning, leaving the kids with Andy. It’s the kind of thing where you have to dig through a lot of rubbish to find a few gems, and in those types of situations, I can’t fully concentrate unless I’m alone.
I had to park pretty far away; a lot of the parking lot was sectioned off or marked as reserved. I walked in the door to racks upon racks upon racks of clothes and every kind of baby/child thing you can imagine, all “gently used” and fairly cheap. Also, several vendors had booths off to the side of new items (hairbows, boutique dresses, baby gifts, and the like. You know, EXPENSIVE).
The mailed flier had said NO STROLLERS but lots of people had strollers anyway. I kind of wished I had brought my umbrella one just to load up with stuff. As it was, I had to hold everything as I browsed. AWKWARD.
I mainly wanted to find a winter coat for Madeline and then maybe a few long-sleeved shirts for Drew (as playclothes). And I always have to scour clothing sales for cute dresses. Here are some of my fun and cheap finds:
A Strasburg fall jumper with a matching Gymboree turtleneck, $10:
And one for Adelaide (this one from Old Navy), I think $5?:
A Christmastime dress for Madeline, about $8:
A fall jumper for Adelaide (at least I think it will fit her), also about $8:
The coat I found for Madeline, $6:
(You can’t beat that!)
And this little ditty for Drew, $10:
(I found several other steals but they’re not really worth posting.)
Glad I went! And even gladder Andy was home to babysit!!
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Hey, is this the Jack and Jill sale? I put stuff in the sale last year, and the last two seasons I’ve gotten all of Coop’s winter/summer clothes for less than $30 (that was at the 1/2 price day, though). I didn’t know about the “no stroller” rule…glad to be forewarned!
so cute- i looovvve the jacket! i can totally picture drew wearing it!
There is nothing that thrills me more than scoring some great deals. That coat is an amazing find for $6. And can you even imagine how much the Gymboree jumper retailed for? I love that store but I about pass out from sticker shock every time venture in.
Great finds. I love that fall jumper! Makes me sad my girls won’t wear cute stuff like that anymore. :(