I went to a local kid sale today at a nearby church. I had been thinking over our baby stash, cloth diaper stash and what things we truly wanted to get prior to Hannah’s arrival. (Hannah – so nice to name her kicks and soon-to-be snuggles.) Having two girls 17 months apart can put some serious wear and tear on your baby items and has left some birth to potty training items in need of replacing.
I have found the easiest “large sale” shopping to be done for a newbie who has yet arrived due to every size being a viable option. This allows for me to pass over items that are “too high” in my personal price without the pushing need to go home with something for the child to wear/use “today.”
So I have acquired the following things for a total of $28.
[Vibrating bouncer ($8 and CUTE), toddler shirt-bib, plastic toddler bib, plastic paint-smock bib, 2 receiving blankets (I see cloth wipes in the future), plastic-backed spit-up rag, 1 large namebrand cloth prefold diaper cover (Abi can wear now) [got it for $1 – resale price = $9], 1 medium cloth prefold diaper cover (got it for $1), 3 small namebrand cloth prefold diaper covers (visions of newborn to 4 month old Hannah in cloth) [avg. resale price per cover = $5-9. I got each one for $1-1.50], 5 plastic-backed bibs, 9 newborn-3 month bibs, 3 changing pad cloths (easy blow-out clean-up), and two 2T cloth pull-ups (for when Abi’s ready to start learning).]
All for TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS, people. And this wipes out half of our “we’d like to get before we bring Hannah home” list.
– Enough to bring a smile to anyone’s face on a rainy-thunderstorm day. =D
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