Consignment Extravaganza

Whoever invented consignment sales...bringing all kinds of Moms, Dads & Grandparents together to sell their gently used baby/childrens items at one time for great deals...GENIUS!!! If you have never considered consignment sales I strongly suggest you try them! You will spend a fraction of the money for clothes, shoes & toys! Kiddos grow so very fast and if they are anything like my girls they can ruin some clothes (spills or just romping around)! I can't see paying full price for pieces of clothing or shoes that will only be worn a few months, be ruined after one wear or toys they will get bored with only after little use! Plus I love a great deal!!! I see it as being a good steward of what we have been given!

This past weekend was a consignment sale extravaganza!!! Our church was hosting a consignment sale as well as a few other churches in the area. Since Jack is our only boy we have few (from friends) hand-me-downs for him :) And since Emma is the oldest and seems to grow a couple of inches each season, we don't have many hand-me-downs for her either! I hit one of the sales early afternoon looking for summer clothes for Emma & Jack. I found a bunch for Jack (another post) and some things I thought Emma would like but decided to come back with her after school, (the church where the sale was backs up to our subdivision so it was super close) since she is picky about what she wears these days! I then hit our church sale that evening with a friend where everything was reduced by half off the ticketed price, super bonus! Here are some of the outfits and shoes (that had not been worn) I got for Emma...

A dress, two more outfits, a pair of flip flops...

And some more shirts...

And here are a pair of shoes Emma absolutely loved, she put them on as soon as we got home :) Also in excellent condition!!!

I was so pumped at the awesome deals I found and Emma was happy with our purchases, score one for Mommy! These are good quality clothes too, Old Navy, Carter's, Bongo, etc. The great thing is that these clothes will be worn for a few more years (Anna & Lizzy) making it splendifurous :) I will have to get her some more pieces, but we're off to a great start!!!