Consigment Sales

Okay, so around Portland there are consignment sales in the spring and fall.... and this spring I managed to go to three sales!  The first was  smaller one that Miss A came along with me to, she was good and napped the whole time.  I got some really good deals and I happened to go the day a lot of items were marked down 25%!!

The second was one that I had been to before, and I was really expecting to get some great deals- the sale was suposed to have higher end clothing.  But apparently the people who consigned their stuff just dropped off the same cothing as every other sale but for more money.  Don't worry, I still managed to get some good stuff including a $5 red snow suit in 12 month size :)

The third sale was huge, it was at the Expo Center and there was so much stuff!  I went with a friend who is expecting a daughter in a couple weeks, so looking through the girl clothes was more fun!  Tho, she and I really had to pick over the clothes since most of the clothes were summery and both our girls need winter clothes for the sizes we were looking through....  I picked up a mini-swing for my parent's house for $12 and an exersaucer for us for $25.  Oh and clothes!  Mostly pjs, but a few other things, all for 6 months and up.

Between the three sales I picked up a lot of clothes for Amelia and a few toys!  Hopefully this will keep us set in clothes until at least December!  Amelia is tall and already in 3 month clothes (at 8 weeks she's been rocking 3 month clothes for 2 weeks.  It's kind of funny- none of the waist bands are lose to being tight at all, her pants move around all day long.  We are lucky to have friends who've loaned us plenty of clothes, but to be able to fill in the holes so cheaply was great!  Now I jusr need to finish washing the clothes and sort through them....

Day One

Well, I have pretty much lost all the baby weight from my pregnancy (6 weeks, that's pretty good, right???)... but I don't quite fit into my clothes and  I am 15ish pounds above what my normal weight was.  I had diverticulitis surgery 5 years ago and didn't heal properly, and I was given medicines that caused me to gain 25 ish lbs.  I lost some of it, but I still am dying to get back to my pre-surgery weight.

Today the hubband and I are starting the 17 Day Diet!  I must say this, I am by no means going to go hungry, this is for us to eat healthy!!  My parents started this 6 months ago, after one of their best friends died of a sudden heart attack, and they look good!  So, we are following in their footsteps!

So far I've survived breakfast!  The hubband ran out of time to fix himself the full breakfast (a litte girl kept us up last night....), so hopefully he can get a good salad on the go today.

On a cuter note, here is Miss A this morning:

She's in a "new" bouncy seat that I got at a consignment sale (my new favorite way to shop!), we received a hand me down from the huddand's sister, but Amelia didn't seem to like how far down she sat.  She really seems to like how she sits up in this one.  (It may be that she's so little and the other will be perfect in a few months.

Poor girl has what we thought was baby acne, but it's practically covering her face and gets darker throughout the day and has spread a little... we're thinking it's now rash and could be from our soap or fabric softener, so we now start trying to figure out what may be bothering her.