I must say though, that this has been a productive morning. It is that time of year again when I realize that summer and/or Family Camp are merely weeks away and my children may not or may have nothing whatsoever to wear. Yesterday’s quick perusal of their under-the-bed boxes of clothing-to-grow-into confirmed that at their [...]
September 12, 2009 – 6:27 pm
Okay, several people have been asking if I am going to publish a new list, and since the first sale is next weekend it seemed like I should probably get on that. I know I haven’t posted in a couple months, but I’m hoping to get that back together here after I get settled into [...]
Ha! I love a deal. Tonight we decided to take the kids to their favorite restaurant, HomeTown Buffet, since we’ve been all broke and haven’t taken them out in ages. But you know, I don’t like going out and paying full price, so naturally I started scoping around for coupons. There was one in my [...]
February 4, 2009 – 12:29 pm
So last fall when I had my what-are-my-kids-going-to-wear flip out, I ended up consigning a bunch of stuff at local consignment events and then buying new stuff at the same. The payouts for these are much better than consignment stores, averaging between 65% and 80%. For stuff I had floating around that was too ancient [...]
January 31, 2009 – 10:16 am
Yeah, okay so the men are supposed to be the hunters and blah blah blah. Well, yesterday I conquered the shopping beast and it was awesome!! Brief backstory (stop laughing. I can be brief if I want to!): Usually I buy the kids clothes for the following year at the end of the previous season [...]