Simple joys

Yesterday I hit up a few garage sales. I wish I could go every week but since my hubs has been in law school and now is studying for the bar exam, Saturdays are study days too so he can't watch the kids while I go. And who wants to go garage sale-ing with 3 kids in tow? Uh, not me.

So yesterday some friends had a sale so I told hubs I would only hit one and come home.  But then...my car drove itself to 4 other sales on the way home. Hee hee. I just can't ignore those neon signs! Anyway, I scored a couple of kid chairs and a play shopping cart. The big girls were thrilled. Just to have a kid sized piece of furniture really brightened up their day and got them out of my hair for a while. You know how kids get bored of their toys and start to whine and hang off your limbs? My kids are in that stage. I hid half their toys in a bin in the garage a few months ago, but I don't think it's been hidden long enough to have that new coolness factor when I get them out.

Solution?

Garage sales. Basically that's what has provided all their Christmas and birthday presents for the past few years. If they don't care, why spend big $$? I LOVE going to a store and seeing a toy that costs $40 that I got for $10, or even better, that time I saw a toy in a store for $80 that I got for $3. Brand new too!

Once the fall garage sale season starts I'm gonna hit them up every week to do my Christmas shopping. If you are picky and patient you just might find something awesome.