So, the blog I follow, Kelly's Korner is talking about how to dress for less. I thought I would write about how to dress your kids for less.

First there is the Just Between Friends Consignment Sales. They are amazing, well the larger ones are. They have toys, clothes, halloween costumes, books, nursery decor, maternity clothes, baby gear, everything you can think of. Sadly, they are not everywhere, but they are in a lot of states. To find out if there is one near you, go to http://www.jbfsale.com/home/

Here are a couple outfits I have bought at the JBF sale:

This Santa outfit was $2

This snowsuit was $1.50, the dog was not included ha!

They have them twice a year, in the spring and fall. I have gotten a lot of clothes for my son there, and my niece and nephew have gotten a lot of their clothes there as well. I can spend $100 and get 4 giant Ikea bags full of clothes and toys. I have never spent over $20 on a whole outfit for my son yet. You have to look at the clothes because although everything is supposed to be gently used, there are always a few things that have stains or rips on them. But most everything is in really good condition! I bought my son's electric swing there on half off day for $15!!! Originally it had been $75!

Then there is Goodwill. Still used clothes, but at my son's age, nothing is worn that long anyway. Again you have to look for stains, but Goodwill is pretty good at sorting through things. You can also sometimes find good clothes for yourself as well. My sister got a really nice wool peacoat from Goodwill this past winter for $20, originally it had been $120, thats $100 off.

This outfit came from Goodwill, it was $0.25!! There were 3 like this, with differernt designs. I spent less than a dollar and got 3 outfits! Yeah buddy!

Now, if second hand clothes aren't your style, then there are always good sales going on at Old Navy. I love this store, right now until well, tomorrow, their jeans are only $19, normally they are $30, which still isn't bad. In high school, silver tabs were the rage, and those suckers were almost $50! Crazy!

Also there is always JCPenneys. That store is always having sales, you should never have to pay full price on anything there! And they also send out $15 dollar off coupons. If you are a cardholder, which I am not, but my grandma is, they also have great perks. For example, you want a family picture done? Well, with the card you can avoid those dumb sitting fees. And they also always have coupons for portrait sheets too, just look in one of those parenting magazines.

Well, these are my tips for cheap shopping. Hope this helps a few of you save a buck or two!!

We went shopping today. We didn't buy much, just some pedialyte for Wyatt and some yummy sounding salsa from Target, its pineapple peach salsa and tequila lime salsa! I will let you all know how good or bad it is once we finish the dip we already have open.
We checked out Ross, they have the cutest little blue and white shoes that I want to buy Wyatt to go with the outfit I have picked out for family pictures. I don't however, want to buy them too early because I am not sure when we will do pictures. I want to wait until after Travis finishes radiation and is a little more peppy!
Travis felt better today, seeing how he didn't have to go in for radiation today. 4 days down, 13 to go. Neither of us can wait until he is finished. He can't wait because he hates feeling yucky. I can't wait because I hate him feeling sick and because he will finally be able to hold Wyatt again (Not to mention change a few diapers!!!).
We are going up to Tulsa for Valentines day weekend I think we decided. If Travis is feeling up to it. If not, then the weekend after for sure. We need to buy his brothers, dad, and sister in law birthday presents though before we go up there. I have decided for our next child(ren) their birthdays cannot be in March or June, Hopefully not Sept or Oct either. We need to spread the birthdays out throughout the year! They are all cluttered together in those 4 months basically. There are 14 birthdays in our families in those 4 months, and there are only 2 that do not fall into those months!

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”- Philippians 4:8