Garage Sale Finds

When the girls were babies I went to garage sales every week.  Usually Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  I bought all of the baby equipment we needed as well as most of their clothes and toys.  They came along with me and never complained (yeah, right). 

Now that they are older we are busier and this summer I have hardly had time to go to any sales.  I have been to a few, but hadn't found any great deals.  Last weekend, I lucked out!


Children's Place shirt



I found a bunch of very nice clothes for Katie.  2 different sales had size 10/12 (she can still grow into them)- and almost everything was $1.



Justice sweater and matching bejeweled tank top.  Which she says she will never wear because it is "scratchy." 
It's not.  It's very soft.  Erin says she'll wear it when it fits her.



Same color- different shirt.  This is a henley with beading detail.  She said she will wear this one.



Land's End corduroy jumper and matching shirt.  $1.50 for both!   



A vintage jigsaw puzzle for $.50 and the whole collection of The Chronicles of Narnia for only $.25

And my favorite find of the day........


Looks interesting- what might be in this old card box with the faded writing?

 

They are real butterflies!  The man who was selling them (50-ish years old) said that his grandpa gave them to him when he was a kid, and then his kids had enjoyed them.  I don't know why anyone would ever sell them- they are so cool! 

Tomorrow morning is the Polk City city-wide garage sales. My mom, my friend Jamie and I are meeting at 7:30- who knows what we will find this year?

Found any great things at a garage sale?  Post a comment!



The Story of our Home, Continued......

We (OK, mostly Jeff) did a lot of work on our first home.  We lived there 11 years, and in that time we replaced and updated almost every single thing.  I'm not kidding, either.  Some of it was a project we set out to do because we wanted a change for the better.  Like when we changed the flooring in the kitchen:

Before

Notice the lovely 1980's pattern in the wood flooring.  And of special note, the deep-pile carpet under the table.  That's right!  The only place where you could sit down and eat in this house had shag carpet beneath it.  I fed my children there from their first foods until Erin was 3!  Scrubbed applesauce out of the carpet more times than I want to remember.  So we were very happy to tackle this project.



The girls were great helpers.





Yes, yes that is a Laura Ingalls bonnet on Erin, backwards.  And Katie was wearing the apron.  Don't you also like to dress fancy when doing home renovations?



Every project was always more work than we planned.  Like here- Jeff had to rip out the floor under the fridge because at some point it had water damage and the wood was rotten.

Other projects we did only because we had to.  Like replacing the heating and cooling system, or the pump in the septic tank.  Or every window in the house.  Or the deck.  But we loved our house and we loved the improvements, and the ways in which it made our lives a little better.  Like paying cheaper utility bills.

After!

 



The new flooring is called Adura Tile





Or not having to scrub applesauce out of the carpet.

What Erin Has Been Up To......

Erin has been taking classes at Performance Dance Centre this past school year. 

Her recital was in May.  This was her first time being in a real recital- with the fancy costumes and make up and all that. 



"Simple Gifts"- Ballet



She loved it.

And she was pretty good, if I do say so.  Not that I'm biased or anything.



"Let's Have a Party"- Tap





"Very Merry Unbirthday" - Jazz     (You can't see Erin)



And she can't wait until next year.