Yard Sales Rock!!

So I'm doing my usual Saturday morning cleaning when Paula calls. She says "I'm at a yard sale and there's tons of baby girl stuff here! How fast can you get here??" Well for a deal, I can get there pretty darn fast - who cares that my hair looks like a pack of squirrels have taken residence in there??!

I'm going to have to start cruising the yard sale circuit more - we hit the mother load! Sleepers for $1, 3 piece outfits for $5-7, some items that still had tags on. All was in very good condition, maybe not even worn more than twice. I even picked up a pair of denim overalls. "Grammy Paula" purchased a bunch of outfits for Little Roo too - she is so spoiled already! We haven't published our registry yet, but the aquarium baby bath tub is coming off because I bought it for $5! I washed everything and hung up all the little outfits on tiny pink hangers I got from Target. I have some new outfits that I found at Costco in larger sizes and now it is easy for me to see what is washed and ready and what isn't.

Now we even have baby shoes for the pretty pink outfit too!! Grammy Paula found these!















My parents called about the crib hunt and we've decided to go with a "golden honey" Jenny Lind crib from Babies R Us. Unless I happen to come across something else before then of course. My mom is the queen of sewing and she is going to help me make it "Shabby Chic" style by sewing the bumper pads and dust ruffle. We can find crib sheets in every color to match whatever we pick out.

TRUE CONFESSION TIME!! Bill and Jon went to the St. Pete Grand Prix and I stayed home to run some errands. Well errands for me include Target (cruising the baby aisles), then to Babies R Us, then to Jo-Ann's (cruising for baby fabric), then to the grocery store. I was stopping in to Jo-Ann's for the specific purpose of buying a big spool of white thread for my machine and I was going to buy maybe 1/2 yard of flannel if I found something cute in the clearance section to make more wipes. I knew I was in trouble when the store had all the snuggle flannel on sale for $2 a yard. Oh no!!!! AND there was new prints - I know this for a fact!! So I ended up buying 6 yards of flannel and one panel of fabric that makes a soft book with Pooh on it. OK, I bought enough purple Noah's Ark themed fleece to make a blanket too. I couldn't help it - it was on sale too. I'll have to let my mom have a peek at the new stack when she is over this weekend. Bill doesn't know... don't tell!!

I ordered part of our diaper stash from here. I say "part" because I know from my other friends that diapering is a new addiction and there is always the next cute thing coming out! Here's what we are getting started with and I'm hoping we have enough different sizes to last us a few months:

Bumkins Tote in Red Puppy
Large Bummis Waterproof Tote in Purple

Swaddlebees Changing Pad in Red

Snappi Fasteners in Yellow, Pink, Mint, Lilac

2 Dozen Chinese Prefolds in Preemie Plus
2 Dozen Chinese Prefolds in Infant

bumGenius! 2.0 One-Size Pocket Diaper in Blossom
bumGenius! 2.0 One-Size Pocket Diaper in Twilight
bumGenius! 2.0 One-Size Pocket Diaper in Grasshopper
bumGenius! 2.0 One-Size Pocket Diaper in Butternut

Newborn Prorap Colors Diaper Cover in Pink
Newborn Prorap Colors Diaper Cover in Blue
Newborn Prorap Colors Diaper Cover in Mint
Newborn Prorap Colors Diaper Cover in White
Small Bumkins Diaper Cover in Pink Fish
Small Bumkins Diaper Cover in Cat in the Hat
Small Bummis Super Whisper Wrap in Jungle
Small Bummis Super Whisper Wrap in Froggy Pond
Small Polar Bummi Fleece Cover in Cream