Last Monday Emily told us all about the mom’s market consignment sale she went to, so if you haven’t read it yet, go check it out. What she didn’t tell you is that we also went to another sale of that nature last year, run by the local Moms of Twins & Multiples Club. It was also a doozy (you have never seen so many double strollers in one place! I even saw a triple stroller which scared my uterus so bad I think it just dried up like a raisin) and we both got some great bargains. That sale was held this past Saturday, and this time it was Emily who was booked and couldn’t go, but since I missed out on last week’s sale, I geared up hard for this one. It is always held at a large local church. Last year I got there 15 minutes before the sale started, which was about 45 minutes too late. The line went all the way around the church, and since I am a bit claustrophobic, I about had an anxiety attack just looking at all those people. However I had a very long walk from the shopping center next door where I had to park and was able to calm my nerves during that stroll.
So this year, lessons learned, I got up early, picked up my friend Chelle and her baby Nathan and some McDonald’s coffee and Cinnamelts (caffeine + sugar = bargain hunting fuel!) and we arrived by 8:05. (The doors opened at 9:00.) We got a great parking spot and were about the 35th-40th people in line – not too shabby since I think last year I was about the 500th. We had plenty of time to eat breakfast and get Nathan strapped to Chelle in the Ultimate Baby Wrap (I love mine – check it out on Amazon here – Parents of Invention Ultimate Baby Wrap- Black
This sale had a bonus this year – members of the Moms of Twins Club came out and handed out nice mesh shopping bags to everyone in line! What a great perk! When the doors opened, the mad rush began, and I made a beeline for the girls 12-18 month section, as Sophia had barely any fall and winter clothes. I was the first or second one to that section and I decimated it. I made it beg for mercy. I got so much good stuff it’s ree-donkulous! I got fleece pants, sweatshirts, hoodies, one-piece outfits, jeans, and sleepers. Sophie is now set for winter and I only spent $39 on her! All of the stuff I got was Carter’s (love!), Old Navy, Gap, or Tommy Hilfiger. I had a really tough time getting to the boys 3T stuff (darn you stroller-bringers for getting in my way!!), but thankfully Joshua didn’t need much, since he has hand-me-downs from his 1,000 boy cousins, and I did get him a nice, brand new with tags zip-up hooded sweatshirt an a cool Thomas the Tank Engine building, for a total of $6.75. Woot Woot! Chelle also got tons of stuff for Nathan – three big bags of clothes and toys for under $80!
The sale was a bit crazy, but I don’t think quite as bad as what Em experienced last week (and what we both experienced last year!) The funniest part of the whole thing happened when I was about one minute into my ravaging of the 12-18 month girls rack. With a great crash, the rack of boys clothes on the opposite side collapsed into the ground. The other moms and I looked up at the destruction and then looked right back down at our targets, not missing a beat. “Wasn’t me!†I said. Everyone else felt the same. We moms on a bargain hunt felt no compassion for the poor woman who had knocked the rack down. We had bigger fish to fry! And fry them we did. I can’t wait ’til next year’s sale!
