Baby Bargains!

Finally, a rap song on the radio that I can relate to!  Despite the language (which is not "your granddad's" language), Thrift Shop by Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis is my new favorite song.  It's all about the thrill of finding a bargain at the thrift shop and refusing to spend $50 for a Gucci t-shirt.  I couldn't agree more, especially when it comes to baby clothes!

While I was pregnant with Corrie, I was a garage sale hunting machine!  I scoured Craigslist, my Garage Sale Rover app, and local classifieds for anyone selling baby items.  On Saturdays I'd wake up and be out the door by 7 to see what treasures I could score.

Seriously, y'all, the great thing about getting baby items secondhand is that babies grow so fast that they barely have time to ruin the clothes or do much damage to the gear.  That, and your baby is likely to only wear that outfit 3 or 4 times or use that swing for the next 3 months, so you shouldn't spend a small fortune amassing things that will become obsolete so soon.  Some of my favorite finds were a Bjorn Active baby carrier for $20, a Boppy pillow with a minky cover for $20 still in the packaging, a booster seat high chair for $10, a Cloud B Sleep Sheep for $5, and a portable baby swing for $25!  Had I bought all those items at their retail prices, I would have spent over $275, but instead I got them all for $80!

One Saturday morning I had a particularly lucrative hunt.  Shaun was out golfing, so I spent several hours at garage sales.  The loot?

22 onesies

6 sleep-n-plays

6 pants

5 dresses

4 shirts

3 shorts

3 skirts

1 jacket

1 beach cover-up

1 hat

1 pair of socks

1 musical crib mobile toy

4 books

1 swim floatie raft

15 bottles with lids

And my total price tag for all of my finds?

$18

Yup, I love garage sales!