Yard sale finds...

We all slept in a bit on Saturday morning, even the baby. After a spirited breakfast table baby dancing session (with Vanilla Ice on Youtube), David suggested that we go out yard saleing. "But it's already 9:30," I said. "Anything good will be gone." But he thought it would be fun, so we went. For FUN! =) Not expecting to find anything... and of course, we hit the jackpot.

Above you see Seth's early 3rd birthday present. David's afraid to keep it in the shed because its wood, so he gets it now. Maybe we'll save the train set part for his birthday, I don't know. I've seen train tables before on Craigslist or at the stores, and they are usually at least $100. And often, that's without the trains and track and stuff.

Well, we got this little beauty, train set and track included for... $18! That was all we had left after stopping at the one other yard sale we visited, where I was blessed with a new postpartum wardrobe.

Somebody at that yard sale was exactly my current size. And they had name brand taste. After I got home and figured out that the shorts I had bought fit like a dream, I took our change bag and hurried back by myself. Everything was either Gap or Banana Republic. I got a pair of black pants and a pair of brown pants that feel so soft its like wearing pajamas. I came away with two skirts, at least 6 pairs of pants, a t-shirt, and a dress. And each item was... $1. Just the dress in the picture above makes me feel like a million bucks.

Shirt...Gap... $1

Shorts...Gap...$1

There's a lady who blogs who shows all these outfits she's pulled together with things she bought at yard sales. They're really nice looking, and I have scoffed and sneered at her posts. I figured she had to live in some ritzy area because I'd never seen any clothes at a yard sale that I thought were worth buying. And I've looked at a lot. Well, I've now seen that it can happen. =) And I feel very blessed. It's hard to feel good about your leaky, saggy body when you have a 10-week-old baby. This has helped a lot...