a lot for a little

there are many things this california girl loves about the south. one of them is the biannual consignment sales that they have. we have several around here, and i am hooked! in the spring & fall you can get together all of the clothes your children have outgrown, as well as baby/children furniture, toys, books, movies, bedding, strollers, etc. you tag your stuff to sell & get a percentage of what it sells for. the shops are usually open for a couple weeks, and they are huge hits! i love it because they only allow items that are in good condition and most of the clothing is name brand. since sean is getting older i often have trouble finding him some good quality clothing, but not this year.

between my mom and i we spent around $130. for that price we were able to get almost entire winter wardrobes for both boys, among other things. check it out:

for sean (all size 3t)

*mickey mouse pj's- 1 bottom & 2 tops
*carter's rocketship pj's
*2 sets spiderman pj's
*university of alabama top & pants
*university of alabama long sleeve t-shirt
*striped hoodie
*marvel superhero hoodie
*dinosaur hoodie
*disney cars hoodie
*disney cars long sleeve t-shirt
*spiderman long sleeve t-shirt
*dinosaur long sleeve t-shirt
*striped long sleeve dress up top
*2 plaid long sleeve dress up tops
*arizona brown adjustable waist cargo pants
*gap kids adjustable waist jeans
*levi's adjustable waist jeans

for nolan (all size 6-9 month)

*university of alabama outfit
*university of alabama windbreaker jacket
*jean jacket
*old navy plaid wool winter coat, practically new
*tan thermal long sleeve onesie
*blue football long sleeve onesie
*gray "dude" baseball style long sleeve top
*children's place striped sweater
*carter's 3 piece green fleece outfit
*carter's fleece pj's
*green baby gap hoodie
*navy blue "little dude" hoodie
*jean overalls
*cherokee blue jeans
*arizona khacki pants
*old navy blue pants
not pictured because i went back after i took the pictures ;)
*"daddy's helper" sleeper
*old navy "handsome like daddy" two piece pj's
*carter's dinosaur two piece pj's

also not pictured we got about 15 books for sean (all hardback children's books)
in addition i got my niece kaelyn 3 full outfits

i'd have to say we scored big time for the amount of money we spent! we got all these clothes between two of my favorite sales, dittos for kiddos and reruns for wee ones

i made around $200 at both sales, which is great!

yes, i sell in both consignment sales. i price everything & put it in the first sale. then, what does not sell, i lower the price or mark it for the half off sale and put it in the second sale. it works great!

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if you haven't seen sean's 3 year photo shoot, head over to my photography site and check it out!

great weekend

we had been really busy last week. i mean really busy. dathan was home all week working on our utility room addition. i was taking care of the boys, trying to organize our house (as we had to take everything out of the closets for this addition), and price a couple hundreds items to sell in the twice a year consignment sale (for babies, kids, & maternity).

so sunday we decided to do nothing, and stay out of the house as much as possible. we went to church, and then after church went to lunch with a couple other families from church who are great friends of ours. we ended up being at the restaurant for over 3 hours and had a great time! here is sean with his best friend elana (they posed themselves for this pic, might i add. all i did was take the camera out).

after lunch we came home and all 4 of us took a 2 hour nap! it was wonderful! when we woke up we went to books a million for some coffee. we also got to try out our new double stroller, the sit n stand deluxe, which we LOVE and are SO impressed with! we recommend it to anyone with a baby and a toddler!
yesterday i finally finished pricing all our items, and dropped them off with little time to spare at the store. we are selling a TON of stuff. i pray it all sells, what a blessing that would be!

this is after i got there and unloaded all my clothes. no wonder it took me so long to price them (and this wasn't all, we also had a stroller, bouncy zebra thing, a large plastic tool bench, & a tub full of toys)!