Garage sales are the best place to get deals on kids stuff. One minute your kid fits on the length of your forearm, the next their shoes are as long as your forearm. What I'm trying to say is that kids grow so fast, that especially for babies, it's hard to actually wear anything out before they grow out of it. This is why I so often find things that look just like new, and often times even ARE brand new with the tags still on. I got pregnant with my first baby in the summer, and found just about everything I could need at sales, from the bedroom furniture to a complete year's wardrobe. Each summer I look for clothes that will fit my kids through until the next garage sale season hits. And the best thing about it...I can later hold my own garage sale and get all of my money back, if not more on many of the items I found that they've grown out of!
It's garage sale time of year, so you may find me bragging about my great finds this summer. I am merely posting these things to solidify my viewpoint that garage sales are awesome. ;-)
This morning I came across a block sale with 6 sales within walking distance, which I like now that I have two kids to get in and out of the car. It was a great chance to take a little walk and bargain hunt. I didn't pick up as many things as I would have liked, being that we're hoping to move soon and I don't want to accumulate any more big stuff. But, I did spend a whopping $2.00 on these great finds:
On the left: Trumpette baby socks
On the right: a brand new Kipiis bib clip
So, while I only found a couple small things (not to leave out the cool blow-up airplane Sammy got from a free box), they were great finds...about $50 worth of stuff if I had bought it in the store, for $2. All this money saving is exhausting...think I'll go take a nap now.
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