yard sales

Today is our neighborhoods community yard sale. We decided not to partake in the yard sale on the selling end, but as shoppers. I hit the ATM early this morning then the 4 of us walked the neighborhood stopping at several houses. So many households were selling baby things...i was pleasantly surprised. The main item I was looking for was a beach cabana. I've been looking for a beach cabana lately but haven't had any luck (surprisingly) finding one in stores. I've only been able to find them online, but since our vacation is quickly approaching I didn't want to risk ordering one and it not arriving in time. You can imagine how pleased I was when I found this at the first sale we stopped at. It's smaller than I wanted, and it doesn't offer as much privacy as I'd like (since I planned to nurse Trent in it) but it was only $10 so what the heck. I'm not much of a haggler but I kind of wish I talked her down in price. She was only charging $10 for it (which is great compared to the $40 target charges and the $80 at some websites) but I think I could have gotten it cheaper. Oh well. The woman selling it struck me as a richy rich snob....obviously not rich, as she lives in MY neighborhood, but she was very snooty and actually said, "that tent is clutch for the beach". It was hard for me to not laugh at her. Who's uses the word "clutch"? It reminded me of that blond chick in Mean Girls who kept trying to make the word "fetch" catch on.


The next house didn't have many things, but everything they did have was only $1. I couldn't resist the Timberland's. They are a size 4m so they don't fit him right now, but I'm sure he will be in them before we know it. Hopefully during the colder months.

Also, for $1 each (a $30 value)

I purchased a few picture frames for $0.50 each. I plan to spray paint them black and use them for a little project I'm working on. nothing special.

The best purchase I made was on this Leap Frog Musical Table. It sells for $45 in stores but I got it for $5. At first I wasn't sure if I should buy it or not, so I called Chrissy to get her input. She said her boys love it so I went back and got it. As I said, I'm not much of a haggler but I went ahead and asked her if she'd be willing to sell it to me for only $5 instead of the $10 it was priced at. I was psyched when she said sure!

I got this sports center from the same lady for only $5 (a $30-ish value)

The most unnecessary purchase I made was this float for $4. We already have a brand new float that we plan to use at OBX this summer but I figured it might be nice to have a spare. I mean, what if one of them gets a hole, right?

I really was astonished at how much good stuff was out there. Toys, high chairs, travel systems, stroller, etc. I even saw 2 jogging strollers that looked to be in really good condition, but I looked right past them since I have a freebie coming my way....I just hope my coworkers pulls through.