Frugal Friday

I was able to FINALLY go garage saling yesturday.  Dropped M off at her cousin's house (Thanks, E), and headed off with some friends and Bram (who thankfully slept the whole time).  I got a lot more than I have in a long time... and was thrilled with the deals!

 $3.75 for these clothes for M.  She won't be able to wear them for awhile, but that's ok.

 $8.25 for all these clothes for Bram.  The jean jacket was $2 (it has a cute Tonka truck pic on the back), and the most expensive item there.  And I LOVE the farmer shirts.  So does my husband (haha). 

For all these toys?  $12.  That's it!  And I just washed them, too.  M loves the rocking horse at the church nursery, and this one is very similar.  For $4, I'm not complaining.  And she's ALWAYS after xylophone's, so I snagged this one for $3.  I'm looking forward to finishing my office the way I want to so I can have a nice little kids play zone in there.  The way it is right now doesn't really work.  It's ok, but I have a much better idea up my sleeve that will make much better use of the space we have in here.

So, that's my garage saling trip!  Woo!  I wanna go again... but not too soon.  I think I'd like to spend time scrapbooking, when I get the chance.  I have some catching up to do.

Oh, and a garage saling tip... if you don't know what you are going to do with an item, don't bother buying it.  It won't serve you well if you do and you will probably want to get rid of it shortly.  Plus, you lived this long without it, if you aren't sure, why add to your collection of stuff at home?  I've saved myself lots of money garage saling using this tip, and I've never missed the items I never bought.

That said... if something is a steal and you know you'll use it, and if you have the money/space for it... by all means!  ;)