Great garage sales this weekend! I had the kids, and surprisingly, they did not put up too much of a fuss, which made it a lot more enjoyable.
We hit one where books were .25 cents each. I got all 4 of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants for N when she is older. I got The Recipe Club for myself. I have no idea if it is any good or not, but I judged the book by its cover - ha ha- not that I have any time to read novels lately. I also found a tin pig that is actually a tea light holder, but I have it out on my deck. Plus, this sale had some awesome free stuff. I got a massive box full of paper! Coloured paper, lined paper, spiral notebooks full of paper. Free. Great for N's art supplies! N picked out a figurine for herself and a sweet dog figurine for A. The lady gave her this ceramic basket, which N loves. She had 4 random wooden letters, so I got an A & D. All free. So, I spent $3.25 for all that.
At another place, there were kid's books, many of which had not been read. He wanted .5 cents a piece. I got 15, including Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan chapter books for when the kids are older! I almost scored another of the awesome animal ones ( not the same one, I don't thing, but similar) we got from Costco, as N had it in her hand, but before I knew the price, I said we already had one like it and put it back. Another lady snatched it up. I also found unused Wilton Easter cookie cutter, which I may use, or may give to the daycare, and a toy airplane and jeep for A. Well, the kid's toys were free (great condition). He only asked for $1 for the rest. We put the stuff in the car and came back to get a galvanized metal bucket, a Tonka truck and toy drill that makes noise, 2 Melissa and Doug wooden puzzles that A did all by himself for part of the afternoon. Again, he said the toys were free. I offered him $2 and he gladly took it. I think he would have taken .25cents for the lot, but I felt like I had gotten enough already.
Spent $4 for a barbie princess carriage, a horse, a Please Mum sweater and pink Please Mum splash pants. N was miffed that I didn't get her the Snow White lamp thingy, but I honestly did not want her to have it. I try to limit licensed stuff.
Ran into a friend at one sale. I ended up spending $2 on what I thought was a movie, but was a DVD of a TV show called Penguins of Madagascar. Oh well! That garage sale brought on a meltdown from N because I didn't get her a castle or a Sleeping Beauty lamp thingy (funny, I often see similar items at garage sales). We had to have a chat about how she can't always have everything she wants and that she already got some nice things.
Kids had fun with their new things. A's toys are for outside (love getting outside toys at garage sales...saves his nice indoor trucks, etc, getting ruined outdoors).
Looking forward to next weekend when G is home and I can go sans kidlets!
Okay, checking in on my summer goals.
Getting house in order...did kitchen cupboards (some), spare room, storage room, N's room. Not bad, but not great.
Today's Parent..this is coming along great. All of 2006 & 2007 read. Missing Dec 2006 and Jan & Feb 2011. I am reading 2010 and have about 5 issues left in that year. Then, just my current Aug 2011 issue.
Read 3 books ... didn't you just read about how many magazine's I have been reading :-P
Sort through stuff in storage (NOT the same as storage room as previously mentioned). Most likely, NOT going to happen. Unless, I get my mom to help me when she is here.
Mailed baby & birthday gifts...DONE!!!
Healthy eating...yeah, not so much.
Cloth Diapers...excellent! A has been in them pretty much all the time, except one night when G got him ready for bed when I was out getting groceries, and for the last 2 nights in disposables as his wool covers were in a desperate need of cleaning and were either too stinky or not dry after washing.
Do taxes...um, yeah...got to get on that one....
So, I would give myself a C+...well, maybe a C...
Just learned that my favourite brand of kids' shoes, Eleven, has gone out of business :-0
I just ordered 4 pairs for N from kidsteals, and then another pair today (in archives, no longer sold out). Now, I want to order many more to have both A & N outfitted in those shoes until they outgrow the available sizes. Part of me wants to wait until they have a good shipping deal happening again. But, part of me is worried that they will sell out before that. Hmm, what to do, what to do? At least, See Kai Run is starting a Kai line that goes up to size 13, but Eleven went to size 3. Would rather pay half the cost on KS....
Okay, so that is all for now...didn't even mention our new truck and selling the old one...
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