Just a word of warning, before you read the whole post: there is going to be a photo of me. I, along with 3/4 the female population, am not fond of photos of myself. So don't read all the way down if you would rather not embarrass me by looking at the picture.
I went to Goodwill in Ames today, and had great luck finding girls' dresses. Sundays are the only days that the Ames and Boone Goodwill stores have sales on their clothing. Today blue tagged clothes were $1.29. Nothing I bought had a blue tag- but since kids' clothes are regularly $1.98 it was not a big deal. I bought 4 dresses for less than $8!
Katherine loves green, so she was happy with this one.
Funny story about raising kids while shopping at thrift stores:
When Katie was in kindergarten we went to Dubuque over Christmas break to visit Jeff's sister. We forgot and left Katie's snow boots there. I knew we would eventually get them back, but she needed some to use in the meantime. I figured I would go to WalMart and buy a cheap pair. Well, they were $20 at WalMart and that was more than I wanted to spend. I ended up at Goodwill and was lucky enough to find a great pair that fit her perfectly. I was telling the store manager my story about how we needed the boots and I was so happy to find them, when Katie piped up, "Yeah, 'cause my mom likes buying stuff for cheap!"
Well, yes I do.
(Here's the part where you should stop reading if you want to skip the picture of me)
I wanted to show that it is possible to find high quality women's clothing second-hand. This whole outfit was thrifted- see below for the details:
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| Necklace: $5 Premier Designs- new in package from a garage sale Pink Shirt: $13 from Miss Meyer's consignment store White T-shirt: $4 from Miss Meyer's Black Dockers Dress Pants: $.25 from a garage sale You can't see my shoes, but they are black Clarks $3.89 from Goodwill |
I have gotten so many complements on that shirt. If you live anywhere near Ames- check out Miss Meyer's shop. It is a very fun place.
Happy thrifting! As always, post a comment to share one of your great finds.
As always, YOU LOOK AMAZING! Way to go on all your awesome finds. Yep, I am JEALOUS!!! Can't wait to see even more deals!! THanks for the post and pics!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Jamie. You should start a blog too- I know you have great finds too!
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ReplyDeleteI don't usually garage sale or thrift shop but you inspire me to try it. I had time to waste last Sat and stopped in at Goodwill in Boone and right in front of me was a little girls big wheel. I had been looking for one to have at my place for when the grand daughter comes down. It was all of 2.99, much better than prices I had seen at Wal-Mart and K-mart. Will have to keep trying the trift shops, lol.
That is awesome Jerrie!
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