Yard Sale Deals

The yard saling last Saturday was red-hot! A big church sale, Shop-a-holic Gal's sale, and several other good sales with kids' items. I found the 4 main things I was looking for: nice summer shirts for Ali, a couple of summer shirt for myself (one Land's End, one a new long T), carpenter work pants for King Jo (5 pairs for $1.25 in just the right size, saving us a minimum of $100 this year which we would have spent for him since his job is hard on pants and his tall, thin build is very hard to buy for), and a car seat booster for Ali since we're moving all of our kids up carseat-wise.

6 like-new T-shirts for $3 for my girl! I was so excited to find some T's that didn't have snotty sayings on them and were actually modest since those are rare indeed for girls 4 and up these days. The nice gal I think of as Shop-a-holic Gal does yard sales 2-3 times a summer and must do it as a way to make money (or else has a spending problem) because she always has about nine 6-foot tables full of children's clothing (rows and rows of organized stacks, most of it like-new) and lots of shoes and toys that are new-in-the-box. I love her sales and have been outfitting my kids from her sales for the last few years in addition to hand-me-downs!

This cute duffel bag is perfect for Ali to stash her toys/blankie/sippy for our road trips.

A little pair of girl Robeez for 50 cents (which went to Havily since I have been too lazy to make leather shoes since Justus was born). The darling baby girl onesies and headbands are brand-new but I got them for a quarter. They will go into my baby gift stash. If you've ever wondered how I can instantly whip out a baby gift for someone that looks like I spent $50, this is why!

Jeremiah says he wants ANOTHER racecar birthday when he turns 3. He likes racecars that much! So, this mylar balloon for a quarter was a great find!

This door organizer for the kids' room was a freebie since Shiloh didn't sell it at our own yard sale a couple of weeks ago. It's perfect for organizing all three of our kids' socks, Justus' baby shoes, tights, belts and ties, and swimsuits.

Our yard sale went really well and I think we all turned the bulk of our junk into cash. As usual, I ended up buying or inheriting half of my friend Shiloh's stuff. She has such nice stuff and low prices, I love it! In fact, as her husband unloaded an adorable white cabinet out of his van, I purchased it and he said, "I told Shiloh that you'd probably take this immediately!" They know I have a fascination for organizational things and that cabinet happens to be a perfect homeschool supplies/book shelf that fits nicely in my closet and makes my newly cleaned closet even cleaner! $5 for a 3-level cabinet/shelf system that looks barely used! Someday I may remember to take a pic of it just to show you all!